Johannes Bonatti
Expertise in
4
conditions

Dr. Johannes Bonatti

Thoracic Surgery
UPMC Rehabilitation Institute At UPMC Passavant McCandless
9100 Babcock Blvd, 
Pittsburgh, PA 

Expertise in
4
conditions
UPMC Rehabilitation Institute At UPMC Passavant McCandless
9100 Babcock Blvd, 
Pittsburgh, PA 
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Johannes Bonatti, MD, is an internationally recognized expert in robotic-assisted mitral valve and coronary surgery who is certified by the European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons. He is a Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Director of Cardiac Robotic Surgery at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute. Dr. Bonatti comes to the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute from his most recent appointment at the Vienna Health Network in Vienna, Austria. Prior to his work in Austria, Dr. Bonatti was the Chief of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, a position he held from 2012 to 2015. He received his medical degree from Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria, and completed residencies in Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and General Surgery at the University Clinic of Surgery in Innsbruck, followed by internships in Trauma Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology at the General Public Hospital Kitzbühel, Austria. Dr. Bonatti’s clinical interests include minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic cardiac surgery, and vascular biology of coronary artery bypass grafts. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and performed over 5,000 cardiac surgeries, in addition to being the first physician world-wide to perform a robotic endoscopic quadruple coronary bypass surgery. He has held leadership positions in preeminent surgical societies worldwide. Dr. Bonatti has three children with his wife, Elfi, and enjoys mountain biking and skiing – he is a former member of the Austrian Freestyle Ski national team.

Dr. Bonatti is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Dissection, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 124 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in MD
Fellowships
Innsbruck University Hospital
Hospital Affiliations
Magee Womens Hospital Of Upmc Health System
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Upmc Passavant
Upmc East
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
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UPMC Rehabilitation Institute at UPMC Passavant McCandless
9100 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Call: 412-748-6484

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124 Total Publications

What does the automated performance metric "console time" tell in robotically assisted mitral valve repair?
What does the automated performance metric "console time" tell in robotically assisted mitral valve repair?
Journal: Journal of robotic surgery
Published: October 15, 2025
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