Nicholas R. Teman, MD

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery
• Surgical Co-Director, CTICU
• Director of ECMO

Recognitions

• Top Doctors: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Virginia Business Magazine (2024)
• Hoos Building Bridges Award, University of Virginia Office of the President (2023)
• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Virginia School of Medicine (2021)
• Elected to Academy for Excellence in Education, University of Virginia School of Medicine (2021)
• ELSO Platinum Center of Excellence Award, UVA ECMO Program (2020)

Research Interests

My research interests include the deleterious effects of cardiopulmonary bypass, outcomes of patients after cardiac surgery, and cardiac surgery clinical trials. I have published extensively on all aspects of the perioperative care of cardiac surgery patients. My particular areas of interest include resource utilization, operating room and hospital efficiency, and quality improvement in critical care.

Publications

• Beller JP, Mehaffey JH, Wegermann ZK, Grau-Sepulveda M, O'Brien SM, Brennan JM, Thourani V, Badhwar V, Pagani FD, Ailawadi G, Yarboro LT, Teman NR. Strategies for Mechanical Right Ventricular Support During Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Aug;114(2):484-491. PubMed PMID: 34843696
• Tribble C, Teman N. Sewing Proximals on the Ascending Aorta during CABG Operations. Heart Surg Forum. 2022 Apr 29;25(2):E330-E339. PubMed PMID: 35486040
• Kaso ER, Pan JA, Salerno M, Kadl A, Aldridge C, Haskal ZJ, Kennedy JLW, Mazimba S, Mihalek AD, Teman NR, Giri J, Aronow HD, Sharma AM. Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism: a Meta-Analysis and Call to Action. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2022 Apr;15(2):258-267. PubMed PMID: 34282541
• Teman N, Hobson C, Tribble R, Tribble C. The Venerable Subclavian Line. Heart Surg Forum. 2021 Oct 31;24(5):E925-E934. PubMed PMID: 34730493
• Strobel RJ, Money DT, Young AM, Wisniewski AM, Norman AV, Ahmad RM, Kaplan EF, Joseph M, Quader M, Mazzeffi M, Yarboro LT, Teman NR. Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Center of Excellence recognition is associated with improved failure to rescue after cardiac arrest. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 May;167(5):1866-1877.e1. PubMed PMID: 37156364
• Piccini JP, Ahlsson A, Dorian P, Gillinov AM, Kowey PR, Mack MJ, Milano CA, Noiseux N, Perrault LP, Ryan W, Steinberg JS, Voisine P, Waldron NH, Gleason KJ, Titanji W, Leaback RD, O'Sullivan A, Ferguson WG, Benussi S. Efficacy and Safety of Botulinum Toxin Type A for the Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2024 May;10(5):930-940. PubMed PMID: 38661602
• Teman N, Tribble C. We Were Residents Once … And Young. Heart Surg Forum. 2021 Nov 30;24(6):E1005-E1014. PubMed PMID: 34962460
• Mazzeffi M, Miller D, Wang A, Kothandaraman V, Money D, Clouse B, Zaaqoq AM, Teman N. Iatrogenic blood loss from phlebotomy during adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A retrospective cohort study. Transfusion. 2024 Mar;64(3):475-482. PubMed PMID: 38385665
• Tribble C, Teman N, Merrill W. The Calm Before The Storm: The 4th Year of Medical School prior to a Surgery Residency. Heart Surg Forum. 2021 May 24;24(3):E451-E455. PubMed PMID: 34173736
• Herrmann HC, Mehran R, Blackman DJ, Bailey S, Möllmann H, Abdel-Wahab M, Ben Ali W, Mahoney PD, Ruge H, Wood DA, Bleiziffer S, Ramlawi B, Gada H, Petronio AS, Resor CD, Merhi W, Garcia Del Blanco B, Attizzani GF, Batchelor WB, Gillam LD, Guerrero M, Rogers T, Rovin JD, Szerlip M, Whisenant B, Deeb GM, Grubb KJ, Padang R, Fan MT, Althouse AD, Tchétché D. Self-Expanding or Balloon-Expandable TAVR in Patients with a Small Aortic Annulus. N Engl J Med. 2024 Jun 6;390(21):1959-1971. PubMed PMID: 38587261
• Strobel RJ, Young AM, Rotar EP, Kaplan EF, Hawkins RB, Norman AV, Ahmad RM, Joseph M, Quader M, Rich JB, Speir AM, Yarboro LT, Mehaffey JH, Teman NR. Center case volume is associated with Society of Thoracic Surgeons-defined failure to rescue in cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Jul;168(1):165-174.e2. PubMed PMID: 37211243
• Teman NR, Hawkins RB, Charles EJ, Mehaffey JH, Speir AM, Quader MA, Ailawadi G. Minimally Invasive vs Open Coronary Surgery: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Cost and Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 May;111(5):1478-1484. PubMed PMID: 32961136
• Tonna JE, Boonstra PS, MacLaren G, Paden M, Brodie D, Anders M, Hoskote A, Ramanathan K, Hyslop R, Fanning JJ, Rycus P, Stead C, Barrett NA, Mueller T, Gómez RD, Malhotra Kapoor P, Fraser JF, Bartlett RH, Alexander PMA, Barbaro RP. Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry International Report 2022: 100,000 Survivors. ASAIO J. 2024 Feb 1;70(2):131-143. PubMed PMID: 38181413
• Wisniewski AM, Sutherland GN, Strobel RJ, Young A, Norman AV, Quader M, Yount KW, Teman NR. Mitral valve repair in a regional quality collaborative: Respect or resect?. JTCVS Tech. 2024 Apr;24:66-75. PubMed PMID: 38835591
• Beller JP, Tyerman Z, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Charles EJ, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Wancheck T, Ailawadi G, Mehta NK. Early Versus Delayed Pacemaker for Heart Block After Valve Surgery: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. J Surg Res. 2021 Mar;259:154-162. PubMed PMID: 33279841
• Norman AV, Young AM, Strobel RJ, Joseph M, Yarboro L, Teman NR, Quader M, Kron IL. Unplanned postoperative catheterization during admission for coronary artery bypass grafting is neither cheap nor benign, but may rescue patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Sep 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37659463
• Taylor LJ, Jolley SE, Ramani C, Mayer KP, Etchill EW, Mart MF, Fakhri S, Peterson S, Colborn K, Sevin CM, Kadl A, Enfield K, Whitman GJR, Zwischenberger JB, Rove JY. Early posthospitalization recovery after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in survivors of COVID-19. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Sep;166(3):842-851.e1. PubMed PMID: 35431034
• Wong DH, Teman NR. Commentary: Variable in disguise: Using graphical modeling in cardiac surgery to stay ahead of the curve. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Nov;166(5):e463-e464. PubMed PMID: 36192226
• Chancellor WZ, Mehaffey JH, Beller JP, Hawkins RB, Speir AM, Quader MA, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Impact of tricuspid regurgitation with and without repair during aortic valve replacement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jul;162(1):44-50.e2. PubMed PMID: 32173103
• Hawkins AD, Scott EJ, De Guzman J, Ratcliffe SJ, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Strobel RJ, Speir A, Joseph M, Yarboro LT, Teman NR. Temporal Cluster Analysis of Deep Sternal Wound Infection in a Regional Quality Collaborative. J Surg Res. 2023 Nov;291:67-72. PubMed PMID: 37352738
• Ahmad RM, Strobel RJ, Young AM, Wisniewski A, Zhang A, Kaplan E, Yarboro LT, Yount KW, Beller J, Teman NR. Renal recovery in cardiac surgery patients requiring postoperative renal-replacement therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38135000
• Strobel RJ, Kaplan EF, Young AM, Wisniewski AM, Ising MS, Chaudry B, Speir A, Quader M, Mehaffey JH, Beller JP, Teman NR. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Definition of Failure to Rescue Should Consider Including Cardiac Arrest. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Dec;116(6):1301-1308. PubMed PMID: 37271448
• Young AM, Strobel RJ, Kaplan E, Norman AV, Ahmad R, Kern J, Yarboro L, Yount K, Hulse M, Teman NR. Delirium is associated with failure to rescue after cardiac surgery. JTCVS Open. 2023 Dec;16:464-476. PubMed PMID: 38204716
• Young AM, Strobel RJ, Zhang A, Kaplan E, Rotar E, Ahmad R, Yarboro L, Mehaffey H, Yount K, Hulse M, Teman NR. Off-Hours Intensive Care Unit Transfer Is Associated With Increased Mortality and Failure to Rescue. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 May;115(5):1297-1303. PubMed PMID: 36739071
• Haywood N, Mehaffey JH, Chancellor WZ, Beller JP, Speir A, Quader M, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Burden of Tricuspid Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jan;111(1):44-50. PubMed PMID: 32497644
• Tyerman Z, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Dahl J, Narahari A, Chancellor WZ, Yount K, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. History of Serious Mental Illness Is a Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality in Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jan;111(1):109-116. PubMed PMID: 32544450
• Krebs ED, Chancellor WZ, Beller JP, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Sawyer RG, Yarboro LT, Ailawadi G, Teman NR. Long-term Implications of Tracheostomy in Cardiac Surgery Patients: Decannulation and Mortality. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Feb;111(2):594-599. PubMed PMID: 32619618
• Kaplan EF, Strobel RJ, Young AM, Wisniewski AM, Ahmad RM, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Yarboro LT, Quader M, Teman NR. Cardiac Surgery Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic Worsened Across All Socioeconomic Statuses. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Jun;115(6):1511-1518. PubMed PMID: 36696937
• Narahari AK, Mehaffey JH, Chandrabhatla AS, Baderdinni PK, Weiderhold A, Cook IO, Hawkins RB, Roeser ME, Kern JA, Kron IL, Yarboro LT, Ailawadi G, Teman NR. A 30-year analysis of National Institutes of Health-funded cardiac transplantation research: Surgeons lead the way. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Dec;162(6):1757-1765.e1. PubMed PMID: 32768298
• Ta HQ, Teman NR, Kron IL, Roeser ME, Laubach VE. Steen solution protects pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells and preserves endothelial barrier after lipopolysaccharide-induced injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Jan;165(1):e5-e20. PubMed PMID: 35577593
• Teman NR. Commentary: How Much is Too Much: The Role of Oral Antibiotics Following Completion of Intravenous Therapy for Infective Endocarditis. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Autumn;33(3):699-700. PubMed PMID: 33171252
• Strobel RJ, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Young AM, Scott EJ, Quader M, Dehmer GJ, Rich JB, Ailawadi G, Kron IL, Ragosta M, Yarboro LT, Teman NR. Socioeconomic Distress Associated With Increased Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Over Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr;115(4):914-921. PubMed PMID: 35868555
• Norman AV, Teman NR. Commentary: Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia - Getting Ahead of the Game. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Summer;34(2):583-584. PubMed PMID: 34098121
• Clark SA, Teman NR. Commentary: Cardiac surgery in COVID patients: Figuring it out as we go. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Aug;162(2):e374-e375. PubMed PMID: 33994206
• Rotar EP, Beller JP, Smolkin ME, Chancellor WZ, Ailawadi G, Yarboro LT, Hulse M, Ratcliffe SJ, Teman NR. Prediction of Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay Following Cardiac Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Spring;34(1):172-179. PubMed PMID: 33689923
• Strobel RJ, Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Rotar EP, Yount KW, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Minimally Invasive Approaches Are Safe for Concomitant Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery. Innovations (Phila). 2022 Sep;17(5):416-423. PubMed PMID: 36254535
• Teman NR. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adults With Sepsis: The Next Frontier?. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Sep;110(3):878. PubMed PMID: 32119852
• Wisniewski AM, Teman NR. Impella bridge to durable LVAD: A short run for a long slide. J Card Surg. 2022 Nov;37(11):3584-3585. PubMed PMID: 36116050
• Haywood N, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Zhang A, Kron IL, Kern JA, Ailawadi G, Teman NR, Yarboro LT. Gastrointestinal Complications After Cardiac Surgery: Highly Morbid but Improving Over Time. J Surg Res. 2020 Oct;254:306-313. PubMed PMID: 32504971
• Beller JP, Strobel RJ, Teman NR. 'Everybody's working for the weekend': demonstrating the safety of elective cardiac surgery on the weekend. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 May 27;61(6):1389. PubMed PMID: 35195248
• Yount KW, Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Teman NR, Yarboro LT, Kern JA, Ailawadi G. Aortic valve biologic protheses: A cohort comparison of premature valve failure. J Card Surg. 2022 May;37(5):1224-1229. PubMed PMID: 35245397
• Krebs ED, Beller JP, Mehaffey JH, Teman NR, Kennedy JLW, Ailawadi G, Yarboro LT. How Big Is Too Big?: Donor Severe Obesity and Heart Transplant Outcomes. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Oct;13(10):e006688. PubMed PMID: 32933324
• Strobel R, Khaja M, Peruri A, Mullen M, Kadl A, Sharma A, Teman N. Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Thrombectomy for Massive Pulmonary Embolism. Heart Surg Forum. 2022 Mar 24;25(2):E241-E242. PubMed PMID: 35486062
• Beller JP, Teman NR. Reply to Bernard. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Nov 1;58(5):1103-1104. PubMed PMID: 32728729
• Mehaffey JH, Cullen JM, Hawkins RB, Fonner C, Kern J, Speir A, Quader M, Ailawadi G, Teman N, Yarboro L. Access to Left Ventricular Assist Device: Travel Time Does Not Tell The Whole Story. J Surg Res. 2022 Mar;271:52-58. PubMed PMID: 34837734
• Mehaffey JH, Cantor R, Myers S, Teman NR, Kern JA, Ailawadi G, Pagani F, Kirklin J, Yount K, Yarboro L. Impact of preoperative versus postoperative dialysis on left ventricular assist device outcomes: An analysis from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support database. JTCVS Open. 2022 Mar;9:122-143. PubMed PMID: 36003469
• Yarboro LT, Mehaffey JH, Cantor R, Deng L, Teman NR, Yount KW, Kern JA, Kirklin JK, Bergin JD. Progression to Transplant Under the New Heart Allocation System: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Jun;113(6):1926-1934. PubMed PMID: 34389303
• Beller JP, Krebs ED, Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Quader MA, Speir AM, Kiser AC, Joseph M, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant use after cardiac surgery is rapidly increasing. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Nov;160(5):1222-1231. PubMed PMID: 31706560
• Teman NR, Shah SM, Downs E, Ailawadi G, Mazimba S, Fritz Angle J, Khaja MS, Yarboro LT. Endovascular repair of left ventricular assist device outflow graft defect. J Card Surg. 2020 Nov;35(11):3235-3238. PubMed PMID: 32970354
• Shah S, Derryberry S, Teman N, Tribble C. What Happens in (the) Vagus, Stays in (the) Vagus. Heart Surg Forum. 2020 May 22;23(3):E335-E342. PubMed PMID: 32524966
• Tribble C, Teman N. Give Me a Shot of Holy Water: Critical Elements in Myocardial Protection during Cardiac Surgery. Heart Surg Forum. 2022 Jul 31;25(4):E582-E593. PubMed PMID: 36052896
• Tribble C, Pham L, Teman N. All Bleeding Stops, Eventually (But: The Sooner The Better!). Heart Surg Forum. 2022 Feb 1;25(1):E079-E087. PubMed PMID: 35238294
• Rotar EP, Haywood NS, Mehaffey JH, Money DT, Ta HQ, Stoler MH, Teman NR, Laubach VE, Kron IL, Roeser ME. Gastric Aspiration and Ventilator-Induced Model of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Swine. J Surg Res. 2022 Dec;280:280-287. PubMed PMID: 36030603
• Hayanga JWA, Lemaitre PH, Merritt-Genore H, Teman NR, Roy N, Sanchez PG, Javidfar J, Donahoe L, Arora RC. 2021: Perioperative and critical care year in review for the cardiothoracic surgery team. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Dec;164(6):e449-e456. PubMed PMID: 35999086
• Myc LA, Solanki JN, Barros AJ, Nuradin N, Nevulis MG, Earasi K, Richardson ED, Tsutsui SC, Enfield KB, Teman NR, Haskal ZJ, Mazimba S, Kennedy JLW, Mihalek AD, Sharma AM, Kadl A. Adoption of a dedicated multidisciplinary team is associated with improved survival in acute pulmonary embolism. Respir Res. 2020 Jun 22;21(1):159. PubMed PMID: 32571318
• Strobel RJ, Teman NR. Commentary: OR extubation after cardiac surgery - criminal or criminally underutilized?. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39490968
• Beller JP, Chancellor WZ, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Krebs ED, Speir AM, Quader MA, Yarboro LT, Ailawadi G, Teman NR. Outcomes of non-elective coronary artery bypass grafting performed on weekends. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jun 1;57(6):1130-1136. PubMed PMID: 31986194
• Zhang A, Haywood NS, Money DT, Byler MR, Osuru HP, Atluri N, Laubach VE, Mehaffey JH, Charlton JR, Lunardi N, Kron IL, Teman NR. Rodent Model of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Demonstrates Systemic Inflammation and NeuroMarker Changes. J Surg Res. 2024 Oct 28;303:780-787. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39471762
• Mazzeffi M, Zaaqoq A, Curley J, Buchner J, Wu I, Beller J, Teman N, Glance L. Survival After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Based on In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Cannulation Location: An Analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry. Crit Care Med. 2024 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39382377
• Narahari AK, Cook IO, Mehaffey JH, Chandrabhatla AS, Hawkins RB, Tyerman Z, Charles EJ, Tribble CG, Kron IL, Teman NR, Roeser ME, Ailawadi G. Comprehensive National Institutes of Health funding analysis of academic cardiac surgeons. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jun;159(6):2326-2335.e3. PubMed PMID: 31604638
• Beller JP, Chancellor WZ, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Byler MR, Speir AM, Quader MA, Kiser AC, Yarboro LT, Ailawadi G, Teman NR. Hospital Variability Drives Inconsistency in Antiplatelet Use After Coronary Bypass. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jul;110(1):13-19. PubMed PMID: 32057813
• Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Charles EJ, Kron IL, Ailawadi G, Kern JA, Roeser ME, Kozower B, Teman NR. Impact of Complications After Cardiac Operation on One-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jan;109(1):43-48. PubMed PMID: 31323207
• Chancellor WZ, Mehaffey JH, Beller JP, Krebs ED, Hawkins RB, Yount K, Fonner CE, Speir AM, Quader MA, Rich JB, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Current quality reporting methods are not adequate for salvage cardiac operations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jan;159(1):194-200.e1. PubMed PMID: 30826101
• Julliard W, Teman N. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: How I Teach It. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Feb;109(2):325-328. PubMed PMID: 31821807
• Tyerman Z, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Diop M, Carroll ND, Howell AM, Kern JA, Ailawadi G, Teman N. Nightly Preoperative Huddle Email Improves Perioperative Efficiency. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Feb;109(2):445-451. PubMed PMID: 31356797
• Beller JP, Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Chancellor WZ, Fonner CE, Speir AM, Quader MA, Rich JB, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Impact of transfer status on real-world outcomes in nonelective cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb;159(2):540-550. PubMed PMID: 30878161
• Wisniewski AM, Challa S, Strobel RJ, Norman AV, Yarboro LT, Yount K, Kern J, Mazzeffi M, Teman NR. Does Timing Matter? The Effect of Intensive Care Unit Arrival Timing on Elective Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Sep 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39182555
• Krebs ED, Chancellor WZ, Hawkins RB, Beller JP, Mehaffey JH, Teman NR, Ailawadi G, Yarboro LT. Objective measure of learning curves for trainees in cardiac surgery via cumulative sum failure analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug;160(2):460-466.e1. PubMed PMID: 31866079
• Weber MP, Strobel RJ, Norman AV, Kareddy A, Young A, Young S, El Moheb M, Noona SWW, Wisniewski AM, Quader M, Mazzeffi M, Yarboro LT, Teman NR. Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support-certified centers are associated with improved failure to rescue after cardiac arrest: A propensity score-matched analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39173710
• Krebs ED, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Beller JP, Fonner CE, Kiser AC, Joseph M, Quader MA, Kern JA, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Outcomes After Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in Patients With Prior Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Sep;108(3):708-713. PubMed PMID: 30951693
• Noona SWW, Young SD, Weber MP, El Moheb M, Norman AV, Wisniewski AM, Strobel RJ, Quader M, Mazzeffi MA, Yarboro LT, Beller JP, Teman NR. Prophylactic left atrial appendage ligation during coronary artery bypass grafting: A propensity score-matched analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Aug 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39153715
• Mehaffey JH, Money D, Charles EJ, Schubert S, Piñeros AF, Wu D, Bontha SV, Hawkins R, Teman NR, Laubach VE, Mas VR, Tribble CG, Maluf DG, Sharma AK, Yang Z, Kron IL, Roeser ME. Adenosine 2A Receptor Activation Attenuates Ischemia Reperfusion Injury During Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Ann Surg. 2019 Jun;269(6):1176-1183. PubMed PMID: 31082918
• Teman NR, Strobel RJ, Bonnell LN, Preventza O, Yarboro LT, Badhwar V, Kaneko T, Habib RH, Mehaffey JH, Beller JP. Operating Room Extubation for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A National Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Sep;118(3):692-699. PubMed PMID: 38878949
• Scott EJ, Young S, Ratcliffe SJ, Wang XQ, Mehaffey JH, Sharma A, Rycus P, Tonna J, Yarboro L, Bryner B, Collins M, Teman NR. Venoarterial Extracorporeal Life Support Use in Acute Pulmonary Embolism Shows Favorable Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Jul;118(1):253-260. PubMed PMID: 38360341
• Rivera-Lebron B, McDaniel M, Ahrar K, Alrifai A, Dudzinski DM, Fanola C, Blais D, Janicke D, Melamed R, Mohrien K, Rozycki E, Ross CB, Klein AJ, Rali P, Teman NR, Yarboro L, Ichinose E, Sharma AM, Bartos JA, Elder M, Keeling B, Palevsky H, Naydenov S, Sen P, Amoroso N, Rodriguez-Lopez JM, Davis GA, Rosovsky R, Rosenfield K, Kabrhel C, Horowitz J, Giri JS, Tapson V, Channick R. Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow Up of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Consensus Practice from the PERT Consortium. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2019 Jan-Dec;25:1076029619853037. PubMed PMID: 31185730
• Wisniewski AM, Young SD, Do-Nguyen CC, Hawkins RB, Romano MP, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Impact of Frailty in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery. Innovations (Phila). 2024 Jan-Feb;19(1):64-71. PubMed PMID: 38284330
• Mazzeffi M, Beller J, Strobel R, Norman A, Wisniewski A, Smith J, Fonner CE, McNeil J, Speir A, Singh R, Tang D, Quader M, Yarboro L, Teman N. Trends in the Use of Recombinant Activated Factor VII and Prothrombin Complex Concentrate in Heart Transplant Patients in Virginia. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Mar;38(3):660-666. PubMed PMID: 38220518
• Teman NR. Invited Commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jan;107(1):127. PubMed PMID: 30312616
• Ahmad RM, Strobel RJ, Young AM, Wisniewski A, Zhang A, Kaplan E, Yarboro LT, Yount KW, Beller J, Teman NR. Renal recovery in cardiac surgery patients requiring postoperative renal-replacement therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Oct;168(4):1132-1139. PubMed PMID: 38135000
• Borger P, Charles EJ, Smith ED, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Kron IL, Ailawadi G, Teman N. Determining Which Prosthetic to Use During Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Aged Younger than 70 Years: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Heart Surg Forum. 2019 Feb 28;22(2):E070-E081. PubMed PMID: 31013214
• Norman AV, Young AM, Strobel RJ, Joseph M, Yarboro L, Teman NR, Quader M, Kron IL. Unplanned postoperative catheterization during admission for coronary artery bypass grafting is neither cheap nor benign, but may rescue patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Oct;168(4):1094-1106.e1. PubMed PMID: 37659463
• Strobel RJ, Narahari AK, Rotar EP, Young AM, Vergales J, Mehaffey JH, Teman NR, Kern JA, Yarboro LT, Kron IL, Nelson MR, Roeser M. Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass on SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Antibody Levels. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Sep 5;12(17):e029406. PubMed PMID: 37589123
• Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Charles EJ, Krebs ED, Smith JG, Kern JA, Wanchek T, Teman NR. Cost-Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Incision Management System in Cardiac Surgery. J Surg Res. 2019 Aug;240:227-235. PubMed PMID: 30999239
• Krebs ED, Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Fonner CE, Speir AM, Quader MA, Rich JB, Yarboro LT, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Is routine extubation overnight safe in cardiac surgery patients?. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Apr;157(4):1533-1542.e2. PubMed PMID: 30578055
• Young AM, Teman NR. A conversation with ChatGPT. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Nov;166(5):e465-e466. PubMed PMID: 37395691
• Tribble C, Teman N. Zen and the Art of Thriving in the Clerkship Year of Medical School. Heart Surg Forum. 2023 Apr 30;26(2):E192-E201. PubMed PMID: 37216323
• Yang CJ, Veeramachaneni N, Hurd J, Potter AL, Zheng L, Teman N, Blair S, Martin LW. A National Survey of Surgeons Evaluating the Accuracy of Mediastinal Lymph Node Identification. Clin Lung Cancer. 2023 Jul;24(5):445-452. PubMed PMID: 37193625
• Hawkins RB, Scott E, Mehaffey JH, Strobel RJ, Speir A, Quader M, Teman NR, Yarboro LT. Influence of heart transplant allocation changes on hospital resource utilization. JTCVS Open. 2023 Mar;13:218-231. PubMed PMID: 37063148
• Cain MT, Taylor LJ, Colborn K, Teman NR, Hoffman J, Mayer KP, Etchill EW, Sevin CM, Jaishankar S, Ramanan R, Enfield K, Zwischenberger JB, Jolley SE, Rove JY. Worse survival in patients with right ventricular dysfunction and COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A multicenter study from the ORACLE Group. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 May;167(5):1833-1841.e2. PubMed PMID: 36717346
• Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Prophylactic tricuspid repair: The battle is lost, but the war is not over. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jun;155(6):2437-2438. PubMed PMID: 29653755
• Mazzeffi M, Lin D, Gonzalez-Almada A, Stombaugh DK, Curley J, Mangunta V, Teman N, Yarboro LT, Thiele R. Outcomes of heparinized adult veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients managed with low and high activated partial thromboplastin time targets: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Perfusion. 2024 Apr;39(3):525-535. PubMed PMID: 36595340
• Shah SM, Teman NR, Dearth E, Yarboro LT, Kern JA. Construction of an Apical Plug for Explantation of HeartWare HVAD Left Ventricular Assist Device. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jul;106(1):e15-e17. PubMed PMID: 29530775
• Cramer CL, Marsh K, Krebs ED, Mehaffey JH, Beller JP, Chancellor WZ, Teman NR, Yarboro LT. Long term employment following heart transplantation in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Jul;42(7):880-887. PubMed PMID: 36669942
• Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Charles EJ, Kern JA, Lim DS, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Psoas Muscle Size Predicts Risk-Adjusted Outcomes After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jul;106(1):39-45. PubMed PMID: 29530777
• Mehaffey JH, Charles EJ, Narahari AK, Schubert S, Laubach VE, Teman NR, Lynch KR, Kron IL, Sharma AK. Increasing circulating sphingosine-1-phosphate attenuates lung injury during ex vivo lung perfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Aug;156(2):910-917. PubMed PMID: 29609890
• Mehaffey JH, Haywood NS, Hawkins RB, Kern JA, Teman NR, Kron IL, Yarboro LT, Ailawadi G. Need for Permanent Pacemaker After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Reduces Long-Term Survival. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Aug;106(2):460-465. PubMed PMID: 29577930
• Greenberg J, Teman NR, Haft JW, Romano MA, Pagani FD, Aaronson KD, Wu AH. Association of Donor Tricuspid Valve Repair With Outcomes After Cardiac Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Feb;105(2):542-547. PubMed PMID: 29174778
• Teman NR, Xiao JT, Tribble CG, Parrino PE. Median Sternotomy for Lung Transplantation: Techniques and Advantages. Heart Surg Forum. 2017 Jun 19;20(3):E089-E091. PubMed PMID: 28671862
• Hawkins AD, Strobel RJ, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Rotar EP, Young AM, Yarboro LT, Yount K, Ailawadi G, Joseph M, Quader M, Teman NR. Operating Room Versus Intensive Care Unit Extubation Within 6 Hours After On-Pump Cardiac Surgery: Early Results and Hospital Costs. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Summer;36(2):195-208. PubMed PMID: 36460133
• Soto GJ, Kor DJ, Park PK, Hou PC, Kaufman DA, Kim M, Yadav H, Teman N, Hsu M, Shvilkina T, Grewal Y, De Aguirre M, Gunda S, Gajic O, Gong MN. The authors reply. Crit Care Med. 2017 Jun;45(6):e625-e626. PubMed PMID: 28509752
• Young AM, Strobel RJ, Rotar EP, Kleiman A, McNeil JS, Teman NR, Hawkins RB, Raphael J, Mehaffey JH. Perioperative acetaminophen is associated with reduced acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Apr;167(4):1372-1380. PubMed PMID: 36207161
• Scott EJ, Rotar E, Dahl JJ, Beller JP, Money DT, Chancellor WZ, Mehaffey JH, Morisette M, Yarboro LT, Teman NR. Discordance among assays for monitoring? Anticoagulation during extracorporeal life support. Perfusion. 2023 Nov;38(8):1714-1721. PubMed PMID: 36167522
• Young AM, Strobel RJ, Rotar E, Norman A, Henrich M, Mehaffey JH, Brady W, Teman NR. Implementation of a non-intensive-care unit medical emergency team improves failure to rescue rates in cardiac surgery patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 May;165(5):1861-1872.e5. PubMed PMID: 36038381
• Teman NR, Minter RM, Kasten SJ. Utility of factor analysis in optimization of resident assessment and faculty evaluation. Am J Surg. 2016 Jun;211(6):1158-63. PubMed PMID: 26975661
• Strobel RJ, Kaplan EF, Young AM, Rotar EP, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Joseph M, Quader MA, Yarboro LT, Teman NR. Socioeconomic distress is associated with failure to rescue in cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Mar;167(3):1100-1114.e1. PubMed PMID: 36031426
• Strobel RJ, Sahli ZT, Mehaffey JH, Hawkins RB, Young AM, Quader M, Dehmer GJ, Teman NR, Yarboro LT, Likosky DS, Badhwar V, Kron IL, Ailawadi G. Appropriateness of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis Is Increasing. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Feb;117(2):361-368. PubMed PMID: 35948120
• Dahl JJ, Krebs ED, Teman NR, Hulse M, Thiele RH, Singh K, Yount KW. Cardiac Enhanced Recovery Program Implementation and Its Effect on Opioid Administration in Adult Cardiac Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Winter;35(4):685-695. PubMed PMID: 35985451
• Rotar EP, Scott EJ, Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Strobel RJ, Charles EJ, Quader MA, Joseph M, Teman NR, Yarboro LT, Ailawadi G. Changes in Controllable Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Practice for White and Black Americans. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr;115(4):922-928. PubMed PMID: 35093386
• Hawkins AD, Teman NR. Commentary: 4A's for effort: Diagnosing delirium after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Mar;165(3):1161-1162. PubMed PMID: 34134890
• Teman NR, Xiao JT, Tribble CG. Massive Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Catheter Therapy and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Heart Surg Forum. 2016 Dec 21;19(6):E303-E305. PubMed PMID: 28054903
• Soto GJ, Kor DJ, Park PK, Hou PC, Kaufman DA, Kim M, Yadav H, Teman N, Hsu MC, Shvilkina T, Grewal Y, De Aguirre M, Gunda S, Gajic O, Gong MN. Lung Injury Prediction Score in Hospitalized Patients at Risk of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec;44(12):2182-2191. PubMed PMID: 27513358
• Sandhu G, Teman NR, Minter RM. Training autonomous surgeons: more time or faculty development?. Ann Surg. 2015 May;261(5):843-5. PubMed PMID: 25575257
• Teman NR, Thomas J, Bryner BS, Haas CF, Haft JW, Park PK, Lowell MJ, Napolitano LM. Inhaled nitric oxide to improve oxygenation for safe critical care transport of adults with severe hypoxemia. Am J Crit Care. 2015 Mar;24(2):110-7. PubMed PMID: 25727270
• Bryner B, Cooley E, Copenhaver W, Brierley K, Teman N, Landis D, Rycus P, Hemmila M, Napolitano LM, Haft J, Park PK, Bartlett RH. Two decades' experience with interfacility transport on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Oct;98(4):1363-70. PubMed PMID: 25149055
• Teman NR, Gauger PG, Mullan PB, Tarpley JL, Minter RM. Entrustment of general surgery residents in the operating room: factors contributing to provision of resident autonomy. J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Oct;219(4):778-87. PubMed PMID: 25158911
• Teman NR, Huffman LC, Krajacic M, Pagani FD, Haft JW, Bolling SF. "Prophylactic" tricuspid repair for functional tricuspid regurgitation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May;97(5):1520-4. PubMed PMID: 24492062
• Scally CP, Reames BN, Teman NR, Fritze DM, Minter RM, Gauger PG. Preserving operative volume in the setting of the 2011 ACGME duty hour regulations. J Surg Educ. 2014 Jul-Aug;71(4):580-6. PubMed PMID: 24969673
• Teman NR, Demos DS, Reames BN, Pagani FD, Haft JW. Outcomes after transfer to a tertiary center for postcardiotomy cardiopulmonary failure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jul;98(1):84-9; discussion 89-90. PubMed PMID: 24820390
• Teman N, Delavari N, Romano M, Prager R, Yang B, Haft J. Effects of autologous priming on blood conservation after cardiac surgery. Perfusion. 2014 Jul;29(4):333-339. PubMed PMID: 24395680
• Teman NR, Demos DS, Bryner BS, Faliks B, Jahangir EM, Mazur DE, Rojas-Pena A, Bartlett RH, Haft JW. In vivo testing of a novel blood pump for short-term extracorporeal life support. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jul;98(1):97-102. PubMed PMID: 24856794
• Khan A, Teman NR, Yang B. Mobile right ventricular myxoma traversing chambers during cardiac cycle. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Dec;148(6):3240-1. PubMed PMID: 24755327
• Teman NR, Mazur DE, Toomasian J, Jahangir E, Alghanem F, Goudie M, Rojas-Peña A, Haft JW. A novel rotary pulsatile flow pump for cardiopulmonary bypass. ASAIO J. 2014 May-Jun;60(3):322-8. PubMed PMID: 24625536
• Teman NR, Peterson MD, Russo MJ, Ehrlich MP, Myrmel T, Upchurch GR Jr, Greason K, Fillinger M, Forteza A, Deeb GM, Montgomery DG, Eagle KA, Isselbacher EM, Nienaber CA, Patel HJ. Outcomes of patients presenting with acute type A aortic dissection in the setting of prior cardiac surgery: an analysis from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. Circulation. 2013 Sep 10;128(11 Suppl 1):S180-5. PubMed PMID: 24030404
• Teman NR, Haft JW, Napolitano LM. Optimal endovascular methods for placement of bicaval dual-lumen cannulae for venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. ASAIO J. 2013 Jul-Aug;59(4):442-7. PubMed PMID: 23820286
• Teman NR, Silski L, Zhao L, Kober M, Urba SC, Orringer MB, Chang AC, Lin J, Reddy RM. Thromboembolic events before esophagectomy for esophageal cancer do not result in worse outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Oct;94(4):1118-24; discussion 1124-5. PubMed PMID: 22858275
• Chandrabhatla AS, Narahari AK, Qiu KT, Vasiliadis T, Nguyen JD, Singh A, Gray K, Strobel RJ, Yount KW, Yarboro LT, Kron IL, Mehaffey JH, Preventza OA, Kern JA, Teman NR. Machine Learning on 50,000 Manuscripts Shows Increased Clinical Research by Academic Cardiac Surgeons. J Surg Res. 2024 Sep 18;303:71-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.08.017. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39298941.
• Norman AV, Young AM, Strobel RJ, Joseph M, Yarboro L, Teman NR, Quader M, Kron IL. Unplanned postoperative catheterization during admission for coronary artery bypass grafting is neither cheap nor benign, but may rescue patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Oct;168(4):1094-1106.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.08.039. Epub 2023 Sep 1. PMID: 37659463; PMCID: PMC10904671.

Professional Memberships

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Member
• Muller-Jones Surgical Society, Member
• Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, Member
• Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Member, Scholarship Committee
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member, Workforce on Critical Care, Workforce on Annual Meeting
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Transplant Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0005

UCHealth Heart & Vascular Center - Anschutz
12505 E. 16th Ave
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, 3rd floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-5300

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Surgery, Board Certification (2015)
• Surgical Critical Care, Board Certification (2015)
• Thoracic Surgery - Integrated, Board Certification (2018)

Conditions & Treatments

• Heart and Circulation
• Heart and Circulation - Aneurysms
• Heart and Circulation - Coronary Disease
• Heart and Circulation - Heart Failure
• Heart and Circulation - Heart Valve Diseases
• Heart and Circulation - Heart Diseases
• Heart and Circulation - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
• Heart and Circulation - Structural Heart Disease
• Surgery
• Surgery - Heart Transplant Surgery
• Surgery - Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Surgery - Open Heart Surgery
• Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery