Sergio A. Carrillo Melendez, MD
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Sergio A. Carrillo, MD, is a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and The Heart Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is a researcher at The Center for Regenerative Medicine in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He is surgical director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) program. He is associate professor of Surgery with the Department of Surgery at The Ohio State University.
A native of Guatemala, Dr. Carrillo obtained his medical degree from Universidad San Carlos in 2002. He completed his postgraduate training in the United States at prestigious Institutions such as Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, FL; University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; and The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH which included rotations with the current Nationwide Children's Heart Center team in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.
He honed his skills with one of the foremost congenital heart surgeons of the 20th century, Dr. Aldo Castañeda, for two years in Guatemala. Following that, he completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship in Congenital Heart Surgery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA under the tutelage of Dr. Frank Hanley, from whom he learned the Unifocalization procedure for a subset of patients with TOF and complex surgical pulmonary rehabilitation for conditions like Williams and Alagille Syndrome.
His research interests include hybrid single ventricle palliation, off-pump cardiac surgery, pulmonary artery reconstruction and the Ross procedure. His translational research focuses on tissue-engineered vascular grafts and physiological consequences of Fontan palliation.
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Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Heart Center
Physician Team -
Heart Surgery
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Cardiology Fellowship
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Primary Department
Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Member, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
- Member, Western Thoracic Surgical Association (WTSA)
Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/01/2018
Board Certifications
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- Surgery (General Surgery)
| Fellowship | Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital | Date Completed: 06/30/2014 |
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| Fellowship | Fundacion Aldo Casteneda | Date Completed: 06/30/2013 |
| Fellowship | Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Date Completed: 06/30/2011 |
| Residency | University of Louisville Hospital | Date Completed: 06/30/2009 |
| Residency | Mount Sinai Medical Center | Date Completed: 06/30/2006 |
| Residency | University of San Carlos | Date Completed: 07/01/2004 |
| Medical School | University of San Carlos | Date Completed: 03/31/2002 |
2014 - 2018 Children's Heart Center - Nevada, Physician
