Overview
Ezequiel J. Molina, MD is the new surgical director of the LVAD and Heart Transplant Program at the Piedmont Heart Institute. He earned his medical degree from Buenos Aires University in Argentina. He completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, where he served as a clinical instructor focusing on heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support devices. Dr. Molina is board certified in Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery.
Dr. Molina has been practicing medicine for 10 years. He is proficient in all aspects of adult cardiac surgery including surgical coronary revascularization, aortic aneurysms, valve surgery, and complex reoperative surgery. He specializes in durable LVAD implantation, heart transplantation and surgical therapies for cardiogenic shock. Dr. Molina publishes and presents extensively in his field at national and international meetings. He has been an Investigator in several LVAD trials. Dr. Molina serves as a member of the STS-Intermacs Database Task Force, the largest durable LVAD registry in the world. Prior to joining Piedmont, Dr. Molina was the surgical director of the LVAD and Heart Transplant Program at the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute in Washington, DC. He also served as co-interim chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Molina was an associate professor of Surgery at Georgetown University and the program director of the mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation surgical fellowship.
In his spare time, Dr. Molina enjoys spending time with his wife and three little children. He enjoys cycling, running, reading, and traveling.
Dr. Molina is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.
Dr. Molina is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Tumor, Atrial Myxoma, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 65 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Lung Transplant.
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Locations
95 Collier Road NW, Suite 5015, Atlanta, GA 30309
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Heart Bypass SurgeryDr. Molina isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Bypass Surgery.
- Heart TransplantDr. Molina isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Advanced
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Molina isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Molina isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- Heart Valve RepairDr. Molina isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Valve Repair.
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Experienced
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Aortic DissectionDr. Molina isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Dissection.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Molina isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Molina isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Molina isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial MyxomaDr. Molina isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Myxoma.