Dr. Jonathan E. Holtz

Dr. Bailey is Chair of the Allegheny Health Network Cardiovascular Institute and System Chair of the AHN Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Bailey is also an Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine and the first recipient of the Magovern Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery. He has expertise in complex heart surgery, aortic aneurysm surgery, minimally invasive valve repair and percutaneous valve surgery, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, and re-operative cardiac surgery. He is also skilled at complex surgery for high-risk patients, allowing these patients to get the care they need. He takes special interest in providing second opinions, particularly for patients previously turned down for surgery. Dr. Bailey’s research has been widely published, focusing broadly on optimizing clinical, technological, and economic outcomes of complex cardiac procedures. As a primary investigator (PI) in medical research, he has been involved in several national clinical trials that have contributed to FDA approval and widespread clinical use of devices, such as the Thoratec HeartMate II and III, as well as the HVAD Lateral trial demonstrating safety and efficacy of minimally invasive LVAD implantation. He also was the PI on the Partner 3 trial, a landmark for demonstrating superior outcomes for TAVR in low-risk patients. He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, and his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, American Heart Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Bailey is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Bailey is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery.

Dr. Tadahiro Uemura is a highly respected transplant surgeon specializing in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation. He is an expert in living donor liver transplantation. With over 20 years of experience, he also performs state-of-the-art liver surgery. Dr. Uemura is System Director of AHN Center for Abdominal Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery and Professor of Surgery at Drexel University School of Medicine. Dr. Uemura finished his transplant fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, and Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas. During his career, Dr. Uemura wrote or co-authored more than 100 articles. He is a member of multiple transplant surgery societies. Dr. Uemura is Board-Certified in General Surgery through American Board of Surgery. He is also Certified Abdominal Transplant Surgeon in American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Dr. Uemura is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Low Blood Pressure, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Uemura is board certified in American Board Of Surgery - Surgery (General Surgery).

Dr. Pogozelski earned his medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine (Durham, North Carolina), where he served as president of his class and received a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship. He entered an accelerated program that combined internal medicine residency and cardiology training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He completed his cardiology fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center prior to completing an additional fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. Dr. Pogozelski also received one of fourteen National American Heart Association Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Awards for his research on pulmonary hypertension while there. Dr. Pogozelski is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease and in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He has additional board certifications in internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography. He is a member of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. He joined Allegheny Health Network (AHN) in 2014 as an assistant professor of medicine within the division of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. In 2016, Dr. Pogozelski was listed in Pittsburgh Magazine’s “40 Under 40” as one of the most influential Pittsburghers under the age of 40. The Pennsylvania Medical Society chose him as one of the top physicians in Pennsylvania under the age of 40 the following year. He currently divides his time between Allegheny General Hospital and Forbes Hospital, where he serves as the lead physician for the Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Program. Dr. Pogozelski also serves as Vice Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Forbes Hospital. Dr. Pogozelski is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Pogozelski is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease.