Penn Medicine Provider
Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Christian A. Bermudez, MD
5.0
(50)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
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About me

  • Director of Thoracic Transplantation
  • Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program and Cardiogenic Shock (ECMO) Program
  • Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Concepcion
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  • Residency: University of Chile School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile
  • Fellowship: Mayo Clinic
  • Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

50 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
no complaints at all very professional
April 2025
5.0
5.0
the surgery went very well and he seems to be the smartest dr./surgeon i have ever met. he is extremely knowledgeable in his field and has a good bedside manner.
March 2025
5.0
5.0
liked very much, overall.
February 2025
5.0
5.0
dr bermudez is a god!!!!

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Bermudez is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Sertic F, Diagne D, Chavez L, Richards T, Berg A, Acker M, Giri JS, Szeto WY, Khandhar S, Gutsche J, Pugliese S, Fiorilli P, Rame E, Bermudez C. Mid-term outcomes with the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiopulmonary failure secondary to massive pulmonary embolism , Eur J Cardiothorac Surg: 2020 epub


Magruder JT, Suzuki Y, Sperry A, Vasquez CR, Smood B, Grimm JC, Atluri P, Bermudez C, Acker MA, Wald JW, Cantu E, Cevasco M. Multiorgan procurement is associated with a survival benefit after heart transplantation. , Clin Transplant: 2020 epub


Rao SD, Johnson B, Olia SE, Wald J, Medina V, Rame JE, Mazurek JA, Goldberg LR, Atluri P, Bermudez C, Acker M, Birati EY Treatment With Impella Increases the Risk of De Novo Aortic Insufficiency Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant. , J Card Fail. , S1071-9164(19): 2020 epub,31827-5


Sertic F, Han J, Diagne D, Richards T, Chavez L, Berg A, Wald J, Rame JE, Crespo MM, Bermudez CA. Not All Septal Defects Are Equal: Outcomes of Bilateral Lung Transplant With Cardiac Defect Repair vs Combined Heart-Lung Transplant in Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome in the United States. , Chest: 2020 epub


Greenwood JC, Jang DH, Hallisey SD, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MA, Bermudez CA, Zhou VL, Chatterjee S, Shofer FS, Kilbaugh TJ, Augoustides JGT, Meyer NJ, Bakker J, Abella BS Severe Impairment of Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density Is Associated With Postoperative Lactate and Acute Organ Injury After Cardiac Surgery. , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth.: 2020 epub


Leiva-Juárez MM, Urso A, Arango Tomás E, Lederer DJ, Sanchez P, Griffith B, Davis RD, Daneshmand M, Hartwig M, Cantu E, Weyant MJ, Bermudez C, D'Cunha J, Machuca T, Wozniak T, Lynch W, Nemeh H, Mulligan M, Song T, Jessen M, Camp PC, Caldeira C, Whitson B, Kreisel D, Ramzy D, D'Ovidio F. Extended post-ex vivo lung perfusion cold preservation predicts primary graft dysfunction and mortality: Results from a multicentric study. , J Heart Lung Transplant: 2020 epub


123., Cantu E, Yan M, Suzuki Y, Buckley T, Galati V, Majeti N, Bermudez CA, Diamond JM, Christie JD, Feng R. Pre-Procurement In Situ Donor Lung Tissue Gene Expression Classifies Primary Graft Dysfunction Risk , Am J Respir Crit Care Med. : 2020 epub


Habertheuer Andreas, Richards Thomas, Sertic Federico, Molina Maria, Vallabhajosyula Prashanth, Suzuki Yoshikazu, Diagne Dyenaba, Cantu Edward, Sultan Ibrahim, Crespo Maria M, Bermudez Christian A STRATIFICATION RISK ANALYSIS IN BRIDGING PATIENTS TO LUNG TRANSPLANT ON ECMO: THE STABLE RISK SCORE. , The Annals of thoracic surgery: 2020 epub


Ustunkaya Tuna, Liang Jackson J, Lin Aung N, Shirai Yasuhiro, Molina Maria, Owens Anjali T, Acker Michael A, Bermudez Christian A, Santangeli Pasquale, Nazarian Saman, Dixit Sanjay, Marchlinski Francis E, Callans David J Clinical and procedural characteristics predicting need for chronotropic support and permanent pacing post-heart transplantation. , Heart rhythm: 2020 epub


Courtwright Andrew M, Zaleski Derek, Tevald Michael, Adler Joe, Singer Jonathan P, Cantu Edward E, Bermudez Christian A, Diamond Joshua M Discharge frailty following lung transplantation. , Clinical transplantation: 2019 epub,e13694