Michaela Asher

An absolute dream come true! I couldn't imagine a better team or place to train with! Unbelievably grateful and excited! @pennsurgery #MatchDay2026 ❤️🫀

Can't wait to officially join the team! Grateful for all of my time so far 💙❤️

@Tyler_MED2026 @GiannaDafflisio @iu_ctsurgery you are incredible!! Congrats!!

From policing to cardiothoracic surgery, I’m so honored to share this moment. Into a field where black women make up <5%, I’m humbled to stand on the shoulders of giants. To my mentors, thank you deeply🫀🫁 I’m finally a #Hoosier ❤️🤍 #AmongTheFive @iu_ctsurgery #CTS

Historical treatment precedent leads to actionable ethical dilemmas in modern Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis treatment- happy to share our new report! journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

So thankful for the opportunity to present our work! Bivalirudin use in Impella patients has led to demonstrated improvements in clinical management and device biocompatibility! @iyengaramit @pennsurgery

Important study led by @MaxamillionShin, highlighting that patients waitlisted for DCD hearts experience shorter waitlist duration and improved rates of transplant - further data that demonstrate the benefit of expanding the donor pool with DCD organs. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

Our study finds no sex-based differences in Impella 5.5 placement, outcomes, or complications! Both men and women can be successfully bridged with similar mortality. A win for equitable cardiac care! jhltopen.org/article/S2950-…

ICYMI, in a single, intense 24-hour period, pediatric heart surgeons @ColumbiaMed took on a surgical feat rarely performed—a split domino heart transplant. A donor's heart is transplanted into a child, and the healthy parts of that child’s explanted heart are used to save two additional lives. Here's how the surgical timeline played out, hour by hour: columbiasurgery.org/news/look-insi…

Day2! Advanced age (>65) DCD recipients and advanced age (>45) DCD donors!

Fantastic first day at @ISHLT! So amazing to hear from so many incredible speakers and so grateful to share our team's work!

Dr. M. Shin analyzes heart transplant outcomes in patients ≥65 yrs 🧓🫀. DCD listing vs DBD: ✔️ Shorter waitlist time (24 vs 31 days) ✔️ ↑ likelihood of transplant ✔️ ↓ waitlist mortality 📈 1-yr post-Tx survival: DCD = DBD (90% vs 88%) #ISHLT2025

So excited to see our new paper on the acute hemodynamic and echocardiographic consequences of the Impella 5.5 out in @asaiojournal !!

Congratulations to #MarisaCevascoMD & @AdityaParikhMD 🩺 on leading the @PennMedicine's Heart Transplant Program as the new surgical director and medical director. 🎉 #HeartTransplant #HeartFailure

@MarylandCTSurg @joshchen14 @UMMC @MarylandSurg @MarylandSurgery So happy for you!! @joshchen14

We are extremely excited to have matched @joshchen14 from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University!! 🎉🎉 @UMMC @MarylandSurg @MarylandSurgery #Match2025

What an incredible experience! Thank you so much to everyone who made this possible!

Congratulations to @asher_michaela, Alexandra Marenco, and Shady Mina on winning the first #PCC poster competition. We hope to see you all next year!