Vinod Sebastian, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Biography
Vinod A Sebastian, M.D. was born and raised in India. After graduating from Medical College Kottayam in India, he trained in General Surgery at UMDNJ-NJMS and Monmouth Medical Center in New Jersey. He trained in cardiothoracic surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Following this he was awarded the Oak Foundation Fellowship at Stanford University where he pursued research in fetal cardiac intervention. He did his training in pediatric cardiac surgery at Stanford University under Frank Hanley and V Mohan Reddy.
Dr. Sebastian is a Diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. His clinical interests include surgical management of pediatric and adult congenital cardiac lesions with special interest in Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Atresia, MAPCAs
Education
| Medical School | Medical College Kottayam (2000) |
| Internship | University of Medicine & Dentistry (2003), General Surgery |
| Residency | Monmouth Medical Center-Dept. of General Surgery (2007), General Surgery |
| Fellowship | UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010), Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery |
| Fellowship | Stanford University School of Medicine (2011), Fetal Cardiac Intervention |
| Fellowship | Stanford University School of Medicine (2012), Pediatric Cardiac Surgery |
Specialty Areas
Clinical Interests
- Primary Interests
- Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Valve Disease, Stenosis & Regurgitation
- Arrythmia Surgery
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure
- Atrioventricular Canal
- Cardiac Transplantation
- Cardiac, Cardiothoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital Heart Surgery
- Heart Surgery
- Heart Transplant
- Heart Tumor
- Heart Valve Disease, Stenosis, Regurgitation
- Heart Valve Repair
- Heart Valve Surgery
- Hole in Heart
- Hypoplastic Left Heart
- Lung Cancer, Masses & Tumors
- Maze Procedure
- Mediastinal tumor
- Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
- Mitral Valve Disease, Stenosis & Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Open Heart Surgery
- Pacemaker Insertion
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Pectus Excavatum
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Surgical Stents
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Thymoma
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
Research Interests
- Airway stenting in tracheomalacia
- Fetal cardiac bypass
- Heterotaxy and pulmonary atresia
- Hypoxic-ischemic neurologic injury in piglets undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, selective cerebral perfusion and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
- Mechanical support of failing Fontan circulation
Publications
Featured Publications
Sebastian VA, Ferro G, Kagawa H, Nasirov T, Maeda K, Ferrier WT, Takatani S, Riemer RK, Hanley FL, Reddy VM J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2012 Aug
Cerebral near infrared spectroscopy during cardiopulmonary bypass predicts superior vena caval oxygen saturation.
Ginther, R, Sebastian, VA, Huang R, Leonard SR, Gorney, R, Guleserian KRj, Forbess JM. J Thor Cardiovas Surg 2011 2 142 359-65
Heart transplantation techniques after hybrid single-ventricle palliation
Sebastian VA, Guleserian KJ, Leonard SR, Forbess JM J Card Surg 2010 Sep;25(5):596-600
Ministernotomy for repair of congenital cardiac disease
Sebastian VA, Guleserian KJ, Leonard SR, Forbess JM Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2010 Jan;10(1):135-7
Sebastian V, Einzig S, D'Cruz C, Costello C, Kula M, Campbell A Images Paediatr Cardiol 2005 Oct 7 4 5-9
Sebastian VA, Carroll BT, Jessen ME Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2010 Jan 10 1 135-7
CT and appendicitis: evaluation of correlation between CT diagnosis and pathological diagnosis.
Andre JB, Sebastian VA, Ruchman RM, Saad SA Postgrad Med J 2008 Jun 84 992 321-4
Intestinal obstruction and ileus: role of computed tomography scan in diagnosis and management.
Sebastian VA, Nebab KJ, Goldfarb MA Am Surg 2007 Dec 73 12 1210-4
Honors/Awards
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Certification (2011) - American Board of Surgery
Certification (2007) - Charles L. Zukaukus Chief Resident Award
Surgical Resident demonstrating precision, thoroughness and meticulous attention to patient care (2007) - Ellen Cosgrove MD Research Houstaff Competition Award
For CT and appendicitis: Evaluation of correlation between CT dianosis and pathological diagnosis (2006)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- UT Southwestern Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of Pediatric CT Surgery (2012)
- Stanford University, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (2011-2012)