Karl Reyes, M.D.

Karl Reyes, M.D. is an Associate Professor in the UT Southwestern Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He is also the Surgical Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and the Director of Congenital Cardiac Surgery Education Program.  

After earning his degree at the University of the East College of Medicine, Dr. Reyes completed residency in general surgery at the University of the Philippines, and fellowships in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and congenital cardiac surgery at Boston Children's Hospital. 

He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, and the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.

As a leader, academic, researcher and publisher, Dr. Reyes’ experience brings a wealth of knowledge and innovation to the thoracic and cardiac surgery field. He is a sought-after lecturer with numerous published abstracts, book chapters, and peer-reviewed publications. His research has been published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, The European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiology, Multimedia Manual of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.

Dr. Reyes has over a decade of experience in taking care of patients with congenital heart disease of all ages. His interests include neonatal cardiac surgery, complex valvular reconstruction, Ebstein anomaly, diseases of the aorta, aortic valve and root, tetralogy of fallot with pulmonary atresia and adult congenital heart surgery. His research interests include studying outcomes in high risk patients undergoing complex cardiac surgery and surgical innovations.

Dr. Reyes enjoys teaching and is also a reviewer for multiple journals related to his specialty. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, European Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 

Fellowship

Cleveland Clinic Foundation , Cardiovascular Surgery

Medical School

University of the East (1999)

Internship

Philippine General Hospital (2000), General Surgery

Residency

Philippine General Hospital (2005), General Surgery

Fellowship

Boston Childrens Hospital (2010), Cardiovascular Surgery

Featured Publications

Coronary transfer for complex looping and intramural variants in the arterial switch procedure.

Murtuza B, Morell V, Reyes K, Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2023 Jan 2023

Complex Infantile Scimitar Variant: Primary Stenosis of a Meandering Pulmonary Vein.

Murtuza B, Suh E, Gonzalez J, John JB, Ringewald J, Morell V, Reyes K, Ann Thorac Surg 2021 Oct 112 4 e315

Two-patch transannular repair of tetralogy of Fallot with complete atrioventricular canal defect.

Murtuza B, Morell V, Reyes K, Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2021 Jan 2021

Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm Characterized by Multimodal Imaging.

Brenneman DJ, Pitkin AD, Gupta D, Bleiweis MS, Reyes KM, Chandran A, World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2020 Jul 11 4 NP161-NP163

Single-stage repair of interrupted aortic arch type B with ventricular septal defect.

Reyes K, Ahmed M, Ellebaidy Z, Amin A, Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2019 Oct 2019

Impact of 3D Printouts in Optimizing Surgical Results for Complex Congenital Heart Disease.

Han F, Co-Vu J, Lopez-Colon D, Forder J, Bleiweis M, Reyes K, DeGroff C, Chandran A, World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2019 Sep 10 5 533-538

Hybrid procedure with pulsatile ventricular assist device for hypoplastic left heart syndrome awaiting transplantation.

Philip J, Reyes K, Ebraheem M, Gupta D, Fudge JC, Bleiweis MS, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019 Aug 158 2 e59-e61

Left Ventricular Aneurysm Following Blunt-Force Trauma in a Child.

Brock MA, Co-Vu J, Bleiweis MS, Reyes K, Shih RS, CASE (Phila) 2019 Feb 3 1 39-42

Heart Transplant in Patient With Isolated Left Superior Vena Cava by Atrial Appendage Rotation.

Reyes KM, Gupta D, Fricker FJ, Cooke S, Bleiweis MS, Ann Thorac Surg 2018 Jun 105 6 e279-e281

Single-stage repair of double outlet right ventricle with subpulmonic ventricular septal defect (Taussig-Bing anomaly).

Ahmed M, Reyes K, Brock M, Bleiweis M, Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2018 Jan 2018

 Featured Books

Spontaneous Pneumothorax. In Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest 8th Edition

Karl G. Reyes and David Mason (2010). Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier

Spontaneous Pneumothorax. In Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest 9th Edition

Neil G. Mores, Karl G. Reyes, Siva Raja, David P. Mason (2016). Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier

• Rene G. Favaloro, M.D. International Award in Cardiac Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  (2009)

• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (2019)
• The European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (2011)
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (2013)
• The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (2012)