Michele Gallo, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Education

  • Medical Degree: University of Padova, Padova, Italy
  • Residency: Cardiac Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
  • Fellowship: Mechanical Circulatory Support, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Special interests

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support

Certifications

  • USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK
  • Swiss Board of Cardiovascular Surgery

Selected Publications:

  1. Gallo M, Sá MPBO, Doulamis IP, Hussein N, Laforgia PL, Kampaktsis PN, Tagliari AP, Ferrari E. Transcatheter valve-invalve
    implantation for degenerated bioprosthetic aortic and mitral valves - an update on indications, techniques, and
    clinical results. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2021 Jun 15:1-12. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2021.1939009. Epub ahead of print.
    PMID: 34080501.

  2. Torre T, Toto F, Klersy C, Theologou T, Casso G, Gallo M, Surace GG, Franciosi G, Demertzis S, Ferrari E. Early predictors
    of mortality in refractory cardiogenic shock following acute coronary syndrome treated with extracorporeal membrane
    oxygenator. J Artif Organs. 2021 Mar 7. doi: 10.1007/s10047-021-01252-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33677800.

  3. Sá MPBO, Simonato M, Van den Eynde J, Cavalcanti LRP, Alsagheir A, Tzani A, Fovino LN, Kampaktsis PN, Gallo M,
    Laforgia PL, Ruhparwar A, Weymann A, Hirji SA, Kaneko T, H L Tang G. Balloon versus self-expandable transcatheter aortic
    valve implantation for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis: A meta-analysis of observational studies. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
    2021 Feb 8. doi: 10.1002/ccd.29538.

  4. Sa’ MPBO, Van den Eynde J, Simonato M, Cavalcanti LRP, Doulamis IP, Weixler V, Kampaktis P, Gallo M, Laforgia PL,
    Zhigalov K, Runparwar A, Weymann A, Pibarot P, Clavel MA. Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement versus
    Redo surgical aortic valve replacement. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2020 In Press. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2021 Jan 25;14(2):211-
    220. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.10.020.

  5. Oh NA, Kampaktsis PN, Gallo M, Guariento A, Weixler V, Staffa SJ, Avgerinos DV, Colli A, Doulamis IP. An updated
    meta-analysis of MitraClip versus surgery for mitral regurgitation. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jan;10(1):1-14. doi:
    10.21037/acs-2020-mv-24