Arnar Geirsson, M.D.

Assistant Professor and Director, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Surgical Specialty

Cardiac Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive surgery

Clinical Interests

Heart valve disease; heart failure; additional procedures: aortic root surgery; aortic valve surgery; off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery; minimally invasive surgery; mitral valve repairs; mitral valve prolapse, robotic surgery

Research Interests

Role of micro RNAs in cardiac remodeling, Cardiac Regeneration, TGF-beta signaling in degenerative mitral valve disease, Negative gene regulation of the MHC class II antigens.

Board Certification:	Surgery, Thoracic, Board Certified 2008
Education:	M.D., University of Iceland Medical School, 1997
Training:	Resident: General Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital 2005 General Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital 2005 Fellowship: Research, Immunobiology & Transplantation 2002 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania 2005

Curriculum Vitae

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Contact

Office Address
Department of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208062
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8062

E-mail
arnar.geirsson@yale.edu

Office Phone
(203) 785-4079

Fax
(203) 737-4033