Christopher Heid, M.D.

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Adult cardiac surgery
Aortic Surgery

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Biography

Christopher Heid, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery.

After earning his medical degree at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dr. Heid completed residencies in general surgery and thoracic surgery at UT Southwestern.

Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.

Dr. Heid is the Surgical Director of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Parkland Health.

His clinical interests include coronary artery bypass surgery, valve repair and replacement, aortic surgery, heart and lung transplantation, and pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) in patients with CTEPH.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Heid is an active researcher in the field of adult cardiac surgery and cardiothoracic transplantation. He directs a research laboratory focusing on using institutional and national database registries to better understand clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery.

He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Transplantation, Journal of Surgical Research, and Cancers, and is the author of two chapters of the third edition of the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association Review of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Heid also serves as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals.

In 2016, Dr. Heid earned the Excellence in Resident Quality Improvement Award at UT Southwestern. In 2022, Dr. Heid’s research was awarded the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award at the UT Southwestern Surgery Research Forum.

Personal Note

Outside of the operating room, Dr. Heid enjoys traveling and scuba diving with his wife, as well as golfing, running, reading, and watching sports.

Education & Training

Residency - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2015-2020), Surgery
Medical School - Wright State University (2011-2015)
Fellowship - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2019-2019), Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020-2022), Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Honors & Awards

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award 2022, UT Southwestern
Clinical Intern of the Year Award 2016, UT Southwestern
Excellence in Resident Quality Improvement Award 2016, UT Southwestern
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 2014, Wright State University
Medical Student Research Travel Award 2014, Wright State University
Pursuit of Excellence Award 2014, Wright State University

Books & Publications

Books
- Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in TSRA Review of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 3rd Edition
  Heid CA, Hackmann A (2020)
- Aortic Stenosis in TSRA Review of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 3rd Edition
  Heid CA, Jessen ME (2020), In press
Publications
- Understanding who benefits from endovascular aortic repair in those deemed unfit for open repair.
  Khoury MK, Heid CA, Rectenwald JE, Acher CW, Tsai S, Ramanan B, Timaran CH, Modrall JG, Journal of vascular surgery 2022 Aug 76 2 419-427.e3
- Endovascular Aortic Repair in Patients of Advanced Age.
  Khoury MK, Thornton MA, Heid CA, Babb J, Ramanan B, Tsai S, Kirkwood ML, Timaran CH, Modrall JG, Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists 2022 06 29 3 381-388
- Gemella morbillorum mitral valve endocarditis in a patient with a history of mitral valve annuloplasty.
  Liu CR, Heid CA, Chandra R, Hauptmann E, Brickner ME, Hwang M, Wait MA, BMJ case reports 2022 Apr 15 4
- Commentary: To vent or not, that is the question.
  Heid CA, Davies R Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Open 2022 9 144-145
- Successful percutaneous mechanical suction thrombectomy of extracorporeal filtration system following bilateral lung transplantation secondary to COVID-pneumonia
  Vela R, Heid C, Huffman L, Hackmann A, Peltz M Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 4 41 s374-375
- The Colorectal Cancer Tumor Microenvironment and Its Impact on Liver and Lung Metastasis.
  Chandra R, Karalis JD, Liu C, Murimwa GZ, Voth Park J, Heid CA, Reznik SI, Huang E, Minna JD, Brekken RA, Cancers 2021 Dec 13 24
- Cardiac transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease: A single center case series.
  Heid CA, Chandra R, Liu C, Pruszynski J, Khoury MK, Vela R, Zeng X, Maaraoui K, Kalsbeek A, Ring WS, Amin A, Murala J, Peltz M, Clinical transplantation 2021 10 35 10 e14430
- Risk Factors for Nonhome Discharge After Esophagectomy for Neoplastic Disease.
  Heid CA, Khoury MK, Thornton MA, Geoffrion TR, De Hoyos AL, The Annals of thoracic surgery 2021 04 111 4 1118-1124
- Renal decline following lung transplant
  Heid CA, Khoury MK, Liu C, Maaraoui K, Kalsbeek A, Hackmann A, Wait MA, Ring WS, Huffman LC, Peltz M Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 4 40 s311
- Renal decline following heart transplant
  Heid CA, Khoury MK, Harrirah O, Maaraoui K, Kalsbeek A, Ring WS, Jessen ME, Peltz M Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 4 40 s200-201
- Metastatic signet ring cell carcinoma masquerading as acute on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension requiring ECMO.
  Beauchamp D, Heid CA, Herbert C, Timmons C, Green M, Wait MA, Pirolli TJ Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 4 40 s467
- Antifungal Therapy in Fungal Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections.
  Khoury MK, Heid CA, Cripps MW, Pickett ML, Nagaraj MB, Johns M, Lee F, Hennessy SA, The Journal of surgical research 2020 12 256 187-192
- Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Lung Transplantation.
  Heid CA, Khoury MK, Maaraoui K, Liu C, Peltz M, Wait MA, Ring WS, Huffman LC, The Journal of surgical research 2020 11 255 332-338
- How I do it: robotic-assisted Ivor Lewis esophagectomy.
  Heid CA, Lopez V, Kernstine K, Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus 2020 Nov 33 Supplement_2
- Pulse dose steroids are not associated with wound dehiscence following lung transplant
  Heid CA, Khoury MK, Vela R, Liu C, Maaraoui K, Pruszynski J, Walsh L, Ring WS, Peltz M, Wait M, Huffman, LC Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020 4 39 s385
- Non-home discharge is not associated with mortality following bilateral lung transplant
  Heid CA, Khoury MK, Vela R, Maaraoui K, Liu C, Pruszynski J, Ring WS, Wait M, Huffman LC, Peltz M Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020 4 39 S386
- Implicit entity recognition in clinical documents.
  Perera S, Mendes PN, Sheth AP, Thirunarayan K, Alex A, Heid CA, Mott GJ. Proceedings of the Fourth Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics. 2015 228-238

Research

Adult cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracic transplantation
Health care disparities
Renal injuries after cardiac surgery

Clinical Focus

Adult cardiac surgery
Aortic Surgery
Atrial fibrillation
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Heart Transplantation
Heart Valve Repair/Replacement
Lung Transplant Surgery
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE)