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Vivek Rao

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ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Vivek Rao

Professor

Department of Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Top 2% scientist

Career, 2024: rank 74,177 worldwide, 2,483 of 235,606 in Cardiovascular System & Hematology
Citations in 2024: rank 182,909 worldwide
In the career list 5 times since 2017

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36 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Last author on 11 recent papers. In many fields the last author leads the lab.
Supervisor on 3 trainee awards (3 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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166

Publications

3,785

Citations

167

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Research

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Latest papers

Perioperative Management: HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Non-Cardiac Surgery.
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · 2026
'Thinking outside the sternum' in redo CABG: radial artery from descending aorta to obtuse marginal branch.
Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS · 2026
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate vs Frozen Plasma for Coagulopathic Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) · 2025

All 166 publications

Latest funding

Direct Oral Anticoagulation versus vitamin K antagonist after Cardiac Surgery (DANCE) trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Direct Oral Anticoagulation versus Vitamin K Antagonist after Cardiac Surgery (DANCE) trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$2,570,400
Evaluation of Novel Preservation Platforms to Prevent Primary Graft Dysfunction After Heart Transplantation
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 8 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 166 publications.

Perioperative Management: HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Non-Cardiac Surgery.

O'Callaghan L, Walsh D, Mulligan D, Merdad M, Luk A, Billia F, Rao V, Wasowicz M, Griffin M, Efrimescu C

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia2026

DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2026.05.011 PMID: 42270552

'Thinking outside the sternum' in redo CABG: radial artery from descending aorta to obtuse marginal branch.

Cabrucci F, Darbar A, White A, Rao V, Davierwala PM

Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS2026

DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2025.141 PMID: 41676997

Prothrombin Complex Concentrate vs Frozen Plasma for Coagulopathic Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery

Karkouti K, Callum JL, Bartoszko J, Tanaka KA, Knaub S, Brar S, Ghadimi K, Rochon A, Mullane D, Couture EJ

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)202563 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.3501

Trends and Outcomes of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Kevin R. An, Lamia Harik, Mohamed Rahouma, Tulio M. M. Caldonazo, Robert H Habib, Nitish K Dhingra, Terrence M. Yau, Vivek Rao, Koji Takeda, Sigrid E. Sandner, Leonard N. Girardi, Yoshifumi Naka, Mario F.L. Gaudino

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery20255 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.09.022 PMID: 41109582

Trans-atrial Inflow Cannula Configuration for Durable HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Case Series and a Word of Caution.

Brahmbhatt DH, Noly PE, Fung NL, Billia F, Rao V, Badiwala MV

JHLT open20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100265 PMID: 40469226

Toward a Consensus for the Definition of Vasoplegia in Cardiac Surgery.

Papazisi O, Palmen M, Rao V, Billia F, de Waal EEC

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.06.033 PMID: 40681359

Deep Parasternal Intercostal Plane Blocks and Their Role in a Cardiac Fast-Track Program.

Zabida A, Foley K, Gonzalez CA, Chaverra S, Esteban MO, Senniappan K, Díaz PV, Segura-Salguero JC, Ansari B, Kahn M, Rao V, Djaiani G

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia2025

DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.05.018 PMID: 40494719

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Evaluation and Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2024.

Peled Y, Ducharme A, Kittleson M, Bansal N, Stehlik J, Amdani S, Saeed D, Cheng R, Clarke B, Dobbels F, Farr M, Lindenfeld J, Nikolaidis L, Patel J, Acharya D, Albert D, Aslam S, Bertolotti A, Chan M, Chih S, Colvin M, Crespo-Leiro M, D'Alessandro D, Daly K, Diez-Lopez C, Dipchand A, Ensminger S, Everitt M, Fardman A, Farrero M, Feldman D, Gjelaj C, Goodwin M, Harrison K, Hsich E, Joyce E, Kato T, Kim D, Luong ML, Lyster H, Masetti M, Matos LN, Nilsson J, Noly PE, Rao V, Rolid K, Schlendorf K, Schweiger M, Spinner J, Townsend M, Tremblay-Gravel M, Urschel S, Vachiery JL, Velleca A, Waldman G, Walsh J

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation2024230 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2024.05.010 PMID: 39115488

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Khan JS, Dana E, Xiao MZX, Rao V, Djaiani G, Seltzer Z, Ladha K, Huang A, McRae K, Cypel M, Katz J, Wong D, Clarke H

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia202420 citations

DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.09.042 PMID: 39093584

Days alive and out of hospital for adult female and male cardiac surgery patients: a population-based cohort study.

Jerath A, Wallis CJD, Fremes S, Rao V, Yau TM, Heybati K, Lee DS, Wijeysundera HC, Sutherland J, Austin PC, Wijeysundera DN, Ko DT

BMC cardiovascular disorders20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12872-024-03862-7 PMID: 38643088

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Vivek Rao

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Perioperative Management: HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Devices in Non-Cardiac Surgery.

'Thinking outside the sternum' in redo CABG: radial artery from descending aorta to obtuse marginal branch.

Prothrombin Complex Concentrate vs Frozen Plasma for Coagulopathic Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery

Trends and Outcomes of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Trans-atrial Inflow Cannula Configuration for Durable HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Case Series and a Word of Caution.

Toward a Consensus for the Definition of Vasoplegia in Cardiac Surgery.

Deep Parasternal Intercostal Plane Blocks and Their Role in a Cardiac Fast-Track Program.

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Evaluation and Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates-2024.

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Days alive and out of hospital for adult female and male cardiac surgery patients: a population-based cohort study.

Frequent collaborators

Filio Billia

Keyvan Karkouti

Duminda Wijeysundera

Maral Ouzounian

Michael Farkouh

George Djaiani

Justyna Bartoszko

Donald Arnold

Jeannie Callum

David Cherney

Mitesh Badiwala

Jagdish Butany

Damon Scales

Susan Armstrong

Rita Katznelson

Angela Jerath

Bobby Yanagawa

Cedric Manlhiot

Lucas Colombo Godoy

Mark Crowther

Anique Ducharme

Joel Katz

Hance Clarke

Adriana Luk

Fraser Rubens

Michel White

Ludwik Fedorko

Karen Foley

Michael Kahn

Karen Mcrae

Yas Moayedi

Eileen O'Meara

Alexander Huang

Debashis Roy

Me-Linh Luong

Warren Luksun

Sophia Wong

Jacobo Moreno

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Stuart McCluskey