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Edgar Aranda-Michel, MD, PhD

    Education & Training

  • University of Pittsburgh, MD, 2023
  • Carnegie Mellon University, PhD, 2021
  • MIT, BS 2015
Representative Publications

E. Aranda-Michel et al., "Miniaturized Robotic End-Effector With Piezoelectric Actuation and Fiber Optic Sensing for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Procedures," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 4961-4968, 15 June15, 2018, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2828940.

Aranda-Michel E, Waldman LK, Trumble DR. Left ventricular simulation of cardiac compression: Hemodynamics and regional mechanics. PLoS One. 2019 Oct 31;14(10):e0224475. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224475. PMID: 31671155; PMCID: PMC6822737.

Han J, Kubala M, Aranda-Michel E, Trumble DR. Ventricle-specific epicardial pressures as a means to optimize direct cardiac compression for circulatory support: A pilot study. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 5;14(7):e0219162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219162. PMID: 31276569; PMCID: PMC6611657.

Aranda-Michel E, Bianco V, Kilic A, Gleason TG, Navid F, Sultan I. Mortality and Readmissions After On-Pump Versus Off-Pump Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2020 Jul;21(7):821-825. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2019.12.008. Epub 2019 Dec 5. PMID: 31836478.

Bianco, V, Aranda‐Michel, E, Sultan, I, et al. Inconsistent correlation between procedural volume and publicly reported outcomes in adult cardiac operations. J Card Surg. 2019; 34: 1194‐ 1203. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.14218

Aranda-Michel E, Yousef S, Sultan I, Kilic A. Septic coronary embolism in a deceptive case of presumed isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis. J Card Surg. 2019 Oct;34(10):1130-1132. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14198. Epub 2019 Aug 2. PMID: 31374581.

Aranda-Michel E, Bianco V, Sultan I, Gleason TG, Navid F, Kilic A. Predictors of increased costs following index adult cardiac operations: Insights from a statewide publicly reported registry. J Card Surg. 2019 Aug;34(8):708-713. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14117. Epub 2019 Jul 3. PMID: 31269297.

Aranda-Michel E, Bianco V, Kilic A, Gleason TG, Sultan I. Endovascular management of spontaneous rupture of the left subclavian artery. J Card Surg. 2019 Jul;34(7):645-646. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14091. Epub 2019 Jun 18. PMID: 31212383.

Aranda-Michel E, Kilic A, Gleason TG, Bianco V, Sultan I. Diagnostic dilemma in prosthetic valve endocarditis: Computed tomography to the rescue. J Card Surg. 2019 Apr;34(4):208-210. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14001. Epub 2019 Feb 25. PMID: 30803027.

Aranda-Michel E, Kilic A, Bianco V, Gleason TG, Sultan I. Aortitis Masquerading as Intramural Hematoma of the Ascending Aorta. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 May;107(5):e353. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.12.049. Epub 2019 Jan 28. PMID: 30703366.

Han J, Aranda-Michel E, Trumble DR. Muscle-Powered Counterpulsation for Untethered, Non-Blood-Contacting Cardiac Support: A Path to Destination Therapy. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2020 Nov;67(11):3035-3047. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2020.2974826. Epub 2020 Feb 18. PMID: 32086191; PMCID: PMC7587079.

Daniel Shiwarski*, Joshua Tashman*, Alkiviadis Tsamis, Jacqueline Bliley, Malachi Blundon, Edgar Aranda-Michel, Quentin Jallerat, John Szymanski, Brooke McCartney, and Adam Feinberg. Fibronectin-Based Nanomechanical Biosensors to Map 3D Surface Strains in Live Cells and Tissues. Nature Communications. Oct 2020.

Edgar Aranda-Michel, Valentino Bianco, Keith Dufendach, Arman Kilic, Andreas Habertheuer, Rishab Humar, Forozan Navid,Yisi Wang, and Ibrahim Sultan. Mid-term outcomes of subcoronary stentless porcine valve versus stented aortic valve replacement. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2020

Seese L, Aranda-Michel E, Sultan I, Morell VO, Mathier MA, Mulukutla SR, Saba S, Dueweke EJ, Levenson JE, Kilic A. Programmatic Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Survey of 502 Cardiac Surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Sep;110(3):761-763. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.014. Epub 2020 Apr 28. PMID: 32360389; PMCID: PMC7187822.

Aranda-Michel E, Bianco V, Kilic A, Gleason TG, Sultan I. Acute type A aortic dissection with complete intimal intussusception into the descending aorta. J Card Surg. 2020 Jul;35(7):1626-1627. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14599. Epub 2020 May 3. PMID: 32362006.

L. Seese, E. Aranda-Michel, L. Huckaby, M. Keebler, G. Hickey, M. Mathier, I. Sultan, T. Gleason, A. Kilic. Development and Validation of a Risk Score to Predict One-Year Mortality after Bridge to Heart Transplantation with Contemporary Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2020.

Research Interests

Engineering a actuated tip catheter for better cardiac ablation outcomes

Career Advisor
Keith Cook, PhD
Thesis Advisor
Dennis Trumble, PhD
Program
Biomedical Engineering (CMU)
Dissertation Title

Towards patient specific direct cardiac compression

Trainee
Past
Graduate Year
2023
Training Start Year
2013