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Peter Wearden, MD, PhD
Job Title
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
412-692-5218
Phone
412-692-5817
Fax
Email
peter.wearden@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1993 West Virginia University School of Medicine |
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Residency: |
2001 West Virginia University School of Medicine, senior surgical resident and chief resident in surgery |
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Fellowship: |
2005 The Hospital for Sick Children, clinical fellow, pediatric cardiac surgery |
Board Certifications
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
Awards
- 2001 Watne, Warden, Moran Resident Research Award, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University
- 2001 First Place, 13th Annual Bernard Zimmerman Resident Research Competition, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University
Publications
- Aortic translocation for the management of transposition of the great arteries with a ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and hypoplasia of the right ventricle.
Morell VO, Wearden PD
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
Biography Summary
Peter Wearden, MD, PhD, joins Children's as a congenital cardiothoracic surgeon. He comes to Pittsburgh from The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, where he was chief clinician fellow in pediatric cardiac surgery. In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Weardon has a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology from West Virginia University. Recently, Dr. Wearden was director of surgery for preclinical testing at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
