Pyongsoo Yoon, MD
Pyongsoo Yoon, M.D.
Board certification
Diplomat, American Board of Thoracic Surgery - 1996
Diplomat, American Board of Surgery - 1993
Education
Allegheny General Hospital
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship 1992-1995
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine
General Surgery Resident - 1987-1992
Medical College of Virginia
Doctor of Medicine - 1987
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry - 1983
Hospital Appointments
Cardiothoacic Surgeon, Mission Hospital: 2019 - present
Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery - UPMC Passavant: July 2016 - 2019
Vice Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery - UPMC Passavant: July 2016 - Present
Medical Director, Cardiovascualr Surgery – Valley Care Health System of Ohio (formerly know as Forum Health): March 2013 – Present
Surgical Co-Director: Adult Cardiovascular Institute-Methodist University Hospital/UTMG March, 2011-March 2013
Director of Cardiac Surgery – Mary Washington Hospital: May 2010 – March 2013
Chairman: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine – Forum Health: May, 2003 – March 2013
Director of Cardiovascular Medicine – Forum Health, Trumbull Memorial Hospital: July 2002 – March 2009
Director: Cardiothoracic Surgical Services – Forum Health: October 1998 – March 2009
Chairman: Heart Hospital Committee – Forum Health: February 1998 – March 2009
Co-Chairman: Cardiovascular Disease Committee – Forum Health: July 1997 – December 1997
Acting Director: Cardiothoracic Surgical Services – Forum Health: 1997 – September 1998
Professional Society Memberships
Ohio State Medical Association 1999 - 2016
Mahoning County Medical Society 1999 – 2016
Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery 1995-present
Pittsburgh Thoracic Society 1993 – 1997
American Medical Association 1994 – present
Pennsylvania Medical Association 1994 – present
Allegheny Medical Society 1994 – present
American College of Chest Physicians 1994 – present (Affiliate)
Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2000 - present
American College of Surgeons 2002 - present
Academic Persuits
Annual sponsorship of international research fellows (visiting scholars) through ECFMG Academic surgeons from Korea spending their 1 year sabbatical with us
Annual visit by invitation to South Korea to perform surgeries and give presentations at multiple university hospitals
Visiting/adjunct professorships to multiple university hospitals in South Korea
Chairperson in a session in CAD at the Asian Society of Thoracic Surgery – 2002
Key-note speaker at Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital Cardiovascular Symposium celebrating 5 year anniversary 2007
Moderator, speaker, and a surgeon in live surgery at an International Cardiovascular meeting: ENCORE (Endovascular & Coronary Revascularization) - SEOUL 2007
Key-note speaker at The 7th Korean Coronary Artery Surgery Forum 2008
Key-note speaker and live surgery at First annual Aortic Symposium – Seoul National University Hospital System 2008
Panelist and a speaker at an International Cardiovascular meeting; ENCORE SEOUL 2010
Key-note speaker and live surgery at Inje University Sang-Gae Paik Hospital Cardiovasucular Symposium – November 2010
Mentorship for general surgery residents over past 11 years, leading to over 30 % of graduating chief residents going into CT surgery residency: 3 to Allegheny General hospital, 1 to Ohio State University, 1 to Texas Heart Institute, 1 to University of Tennessee Memphis, and 1 to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles California.
Residency Program Associate Director for Thoracic Surgery Residency for University of Tennessee Health Science Center – March 2011 – December 2011
Residency Program Director for Thoracic Surgery Residency for University of Tennessee Health Science Center – January 2012
Honors & Awards
Member of 1978 Indoor Track & Field AAA / Virginia State Champion
Member of 1978 Cross-country / Virginia State Championship Second Place Team
Dean’s List, 1981-1983, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Virginia Commonwealth University
Magna Cum Laude, Class of 1983, Virginia Commonwealth University
Scholarship for Research Fellowship for Gifted Korean-Americans, KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute of Scientific Technology), KRICT (Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology), Seoul, Korea, June 1983
Honors for Academic Performance in Vascular Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, October 1986
Honors for Academic Performance in Clinical Surgery, University of California – Irvine School of Medicine, November 1986
Honorable Mention for a Presentation at Allegheny General Hospital Graduate Medical Education Resident Research Symposium. Allegheny General Hospital, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1994
Publications & Projects
Yoon PS, Gregory RT, Wheeler JR, Snyder OS, Gayle RB; Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – A Plea for Elective Resection. Virginia Medical, 1989
Britt LD, Dascombe WH, Yoon PS; Penetrating Thoracoabdominal Wounds – The Elusive Diaphragmatic Injury. Current Surgery 49:2-6, 1992 Yoon PS, Cardone JC, Magovern JA, Magovern GJ; Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty – Hemodynamic Effects in Acutely Ischemic Heart, 1993
Yoon PS, Cardone JC, Magovern JA, Magovern GJ; Coronary Artery Bypass in Elderly – Outcome, Cost & Quality of Life, 1993
Yoon PS, Cardone JC, Magovern GJ, Liebler GA, Park SB, Burkholder JA, Maher TD, Benckart DH, Magovern Jr GJ, Magovern JA; Treatment of Delayed Perforated Esophagus. Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, 1994. (Abstract accepted)
Cardone JC, Yoon PS, Magovern JA; Muscle-splitting Utility Incision. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1994. (Submitted)
Cardone JC, Yoon PS, Truble DR, Magovern JA; The Effect of Aortomyoplasty on Regional Myocardial Function during Acute Ischemia, 1993
Cardone JC, Yoon PS, Magovern JA; The effect of the Nasogastric Tube on Gastroesophageal Reflux after Coronary Artery Bypass, 1993
Cardone JC, Yoon PS, Magovern JA, Magovern GJ, Clark RE; Long-term Results of Right Latissimus Cardiomyoplasty. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 1994. (Abstract Submitted)
Yoon PS, Cardone JC, Magovern JA, Clark RE; Treatment Options for Perforation of the Esophagus. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 1994. (Abstract Submitted)
Kramer C, Yoon PS, Cardone JC, Magovern JA, Reichek N; MRI Evaluation of Chronic Effects of Myocardial Infarction, 1994
Yoon PS, Cardone JC, Parcella J, Magovern JA; Development and Evaluation of Extraortic Balloon Pump as an Assist Device, 1994
Yoon PS, Cardone JC, Magovern GJ, Liebler GA, Burkholder JA, Benckart DH, Magovern GJ Jr., Magovern JA; Delayed Treatment of Perforated Esophagus. The Journal of The Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, 1995
Cardone JC, Yoon PS, Magovern JA; Muscle-Splitting Utility Incision. The Journal of The Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, 1995
Yoon PS, Kao RL, Magovern GJ; Myocardial Regeneration – Transplanting Satellite Cells into Damaged Myocardium. Texas Heart Institute Journal 22:119-25, 1995
Magovern JA, Yoon PS, Hunter TJ, Reddy R: Left Axillary to Left anterior Descending Bypass: The Modified MIDCAB Procedure. Evolving Techniques and Technologies in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Meeting, 1998. (Abstract submitted)
Yoon PS; Evolution of Surgical Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow of Cardiac Surgery. Commemorating Symposium of Professor Inje Paik’s Centennial Birthday, the founder of Inje University Paik Hospital, 1999. (Abstract accepted)
Yoon PS; Evolution of Surgical Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow of Cardiac Surgery. Commemorating Symposium of Professor Inje Paik’s Centennial Birthday, the founder of Inje University Paik Hospital, 1999. (Manuscript accepted)
Magovern JA, Hunter TJ, Yoon PS; Clinical results with left axiliary to left anterior descending Coronary artery bypass. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2001; 71:516-564.
Hashimi ZA, Yoon PD, Henn, LW, Gursky AG, Smaroff GG, Cardone, JC, Jo MS; Ednovascular aneurysm Repair vs Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Comparison at a Community Hospital Performed by Cardio-thoracic Surgeons, 18th Biennial Congress Association of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia ( ATCSA), Nusa Dua – Bali, Indonesia, November 25th-28th 2007. (Abstract & Presentation)
Henn LW, Hashimi ZA, Smaroff GG, Yoon PD; Repair of Left Ventricular Aneurysm and Large Psuedoaneurym using pericardial patch and bioglue, 18th world Congress – World Society of Cardio-thoracic Surgeons – Kos Island – Greece, April 30 – May 3, 2008. (Poster presentation at the meeting and published in the Heart Surgery Forum Volume 11, supplement 1, 2008)
Hashimi ZA, Yoon PD, Henn LW, Gursky AG, Smaroff GG, Cardone JC, Jo MS; Endovascular Aneurysm Repair vs Open Abdominal aortic Aneurysm Repair: Comparison at a Community Hospital Performed by Cardio-thoracic Surgeons, 18th world Congress – World Society of Cardio-thoracic Surgeons – Kos Island – Greece, April 30 – May 3, 2008. (Poster presentation at the meeting and published in the Heart Surgery Forum Volume 11, supplement 1, 2008)
Yoon PD; Complete revascularization using left internal thoracic artery and saphenous vein grafts vs total arterial grafts” Journal from the 7th Korean Coronary Artery Surgery Forum, as an invited speaker, Dae Gu, Korea, April 2008. (Abstract accepted and printed in Journal)
Hashmi ZA, Yoon PD, Smaroff GG, Cardone JC. Coronary Cameral Fistula: Left Anterior Descending Artery to Left Ventricle. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2009; (accepted & pending publication date)
Park N, Hashmi ZA, Kim J, Lee J, Keum D, Yoon PD, Choi S. Aortic Arch Aneurysm associated with Arch Vessel Anomalies: Truncus Bicaroticus and Retroesophageal Right Subclavian Artery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2009; (accepted & pending publication date)
Hashimi ZA, Yoon PD, Henn LW, smaroff GG, Cardone JC. Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon’s 5-Year Experience of Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair at a Small Community Hospital. Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery Abstract journal. 2008;1:14.
Patel SB, Hashmi ZA, Smaroff GG, Cardone JC, Yoon PD. Congenital Absence of the Left Internal Carotid Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2009; (accepted & pending publication date)
Bedford T, Phillips JK, Gagliardo G, Cicchillo M, Yoon, PD. Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) First: A Unique Approach to Maximize Patient Safety for Combined Carotid Endarterectomy and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Open Journal of Clinical & Medical Case Reports: Volume 3 (2017) ISSN 2379-1039
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