Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office phone: 210-567-2878 or 210-705-6761
Physician referrals: 210-358-4579
Patient appts: 210-450-0999
Board Certifications:
Education:
MD, 2001, University of Health Sciences The Chicago Medical School College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
PhD, 1999, University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School Department of Physiology
and Biopohysics, Chicago, IL
Postgraduate training:
2006-2009, Thoracic Surgery Resident, Duke University Medical Center, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina
2001-2006, Surgery Resident, University of California San Francisco, East Bay Department of Surgery, Oakland, CA
Clinical interests: heart and lung transplantation, left ventricular assist devices, surgery for heart failure, coronary revascularization, valvular surgery.
Research interests: Outcomes research following heart surgery, heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support
Presentations:
2010, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions: “Multidisciplinary Approach to Successful Heart Transplantation in a Patient with Complex Congenital Heart Defects”
2010, University Health System Transplant Nursing core Curriculum: “Management of the Post-Heart Transplant Patient”
2010, Cardiology Fiesta Program Faculty: “Heart Transplant is the Ultimate Goal”; Fellows Program: “Ventricular Assist Devices: Choosing the Right Support for your patient”
2010, Surgical Frontiers in Tahoe: “Risk Reduction in General Surgery”
2009, Cardiology Fiesta Program Faculty: “LVAD Therapy for End-Stage Heart Failure: Should we be more aggressive?; Fellows Program: “Ventricular Assist Devices: Choosing the Right Support for your Patient”
2009, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual
Meeting and Scientific Sessions: “Immunosuppressive Intensity Should Be
Reduced in Heart Transplant Recipients Greater Than 70 Years of Age”
2009, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual
Meeting and Scientific Sessions, “Successful Management of Pump Pocket
Infections in Patients with Implanted Left Ventricular Assist Devices”
2009, Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, “Impact on Survival
of Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices on Status 1A Heart
Transplant Recipients”
2008, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, “Low operative
mortality with implantation of a continuous flow LVAD and impact of
concurrent cardiac procedures”
2007, Veterans’ Association Medical Center Grand Rounds, “Current Status
of Cardiac Transplantation”
2004, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting,
“Admission serum lactate levels do not predict mortality in the acutely
injured patient”
2004, American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting,
“Ultrasound-guided mastectomy for breast cancer”
Publications:
Andersen, N, Pal, D.D., Lodge, A.J., Atrial septal defect repair by inversion of juxtaposed left atrial appendage, Cardiology in the Young, June 2011
Pal, J.D., Piacentino, V., et al, Impact of LVAD Bridging on Post-Transplant Outcomes, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November 2009
Pal, J.D., Klodell, C.T. et al, Low Operative Mortality with Implantation of a Continuous Flow LVAD and Impact of Concurrent Cardiac Procedures, Circulation, September 2009
Cureton, EL, Kwan RO, Dozier, KC, Sadjadi J, Pal, JD, Victorino, GP, A Different View of Lactate in Trauma Patients: Protecting the Injured Brain, Journal of Surgical Research, May 2009
Jaggers, J. and Pal, J.D., Surgical therapy for anomalous aortic origin of the coronary arteries, Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Spring 2008
Honors and awards:
2005 Arthur J. Hunnicutt, M.D. Award Outstanding Surgical Resident Teacher
Professional societies:
American College of Surgeons
American Heart Association
International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Biosketch:
Dr. Jay Pal received his undergraduate education at the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology. He then matriculated at the Chicago Medical School where he enrolled in the MD/PhD program and began his basic science research in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. His graduate thesis investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying congenital cataracts and demonstrated new mechanisms for loss-of-function mutations in gap junctional channels. After completing medical school, he joined the general surgery residency at the University of California at San Francisco East Bay program under the direction of Dr. Claude Organ and Dr. Alden Harken. There, he received the Arthur J. Hunnicutt Excellence in Teaching Award. Following general surgery, Dr. Pal traveled to North Carolina for his cardiothoracic training at Duke University. He developed an interest in heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support for the treatment of heart failure, and also performs all other listed cardiac surgeries.