KEVIN AN

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KEVIN AN

Kevin was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. During his undergraduate years at St. Andrews, he spent time in the anatomy lab where he discovered his passion for anatomy and surgery. During medical school at McMaster University, he solidified his interest in cardiac surgery and clinical outcomes research under the mentorship of Drs. Richard Whitlock and Emilie Belley-Côté. Kevin joined the Cardiac Surgery Residency program at the University of Toronto in 2018.

Kevin has a keen interest in clinical outcomes research. During residency he completed his post-doctoral research fellowship with Dr. Mario Gaudino at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, with a focus on myocardial revascularization. Concurrently, he completed his MPH in clinical epidemiology, effectiveness, and biostatistics at Harvard University.

His clinical and research interests include cardiothoracic transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, multiple arterial grafting, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. He has published over 50 manuscripts, in journals such as the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, and European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

Outside of medicine, Kevin enjoys travelling, having visited over 20 countries. He also enjoys hiking, mountaineering, tennis, skiing, and keeping up with current affairs.  

  • EDUCATION AND TRAINING

      • Cardiac Surgery Resident – University of Toronto (2018 – Present)
      • Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Fellow – New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center (2022 – 2024)
      • MPH – Harvard University – Clinical Epidemiology, Effectiveness and Biostatistics (2022 – 2023)
      • MD – McMaster University (2015 – 2018)
      • BSc (Hons) – University of St. Andrews – Medicine (2012 – 2015)

  • CLINICAL INTERESTS

    • Cardiothoracic Transplantation
    • Mechanical Circulatory Support
    • Transcatheter Valve Therapies
    • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
    • Clinical Outcomes Research
    • Artificial Intelligence

  • ACTIVITIES/HONOURS/AWARDS

      • TSF Travelling Scholarship – March 2024
      • Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund Award – December 2023
      • Harvard Student Innovation Grant – February 2023
      • CCS-Bayer Cardiovascular Research Award – October 2022
      • AATS Honoring our Cleveland Clinic Mentors Leadership Award - August 2019
      • Quality Improvement Top Project – Surgical Foundations at University of Toronto May 2019
      • Akbar Panju Professionalism Award Nominee -January 2018
      • STS Looking to the Future Medical Student Scholarship - November 2016

  • PUBLICATIONS

    Full publication list available on

    PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=kevin%20an

    ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kevin_An

    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ATJ8L98AAAAJ&hl=en

     

    • Gaudino M, Sandner S, An K, Dimagli A, Di Franco A, Audisio K, Harik L, Perezgrovas-Olaria R, Soletti G, Fremes S, Hare DL, Kulik A, Lamy A, Peper J, Ruel M, ten Berg JR, Willemsen LM, Zhao Q, Wojdyla DM, Alexander JH, Redfors B. Graft failure after coronary artery bypass grafting and its association with patient characteristics and clinical events: a pooled individual patient data analysis of clinical trials with imaging follow-up. Circulation. 2023 Oct 24;148(17):1305-1315. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064090.
    • Sandner S, Redfors B, An K, Harik L, Heise R, Di Franco A, Fremes SE, Hare DL, Kulik A, Lamy A, Peper J, Ruel M, ten Berg JM, Willemsen LM, Zhao Q, Zhu Y, Wojdyla DM, Bhatt DL, Alexander JH, Gaudino M. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Failure in Women: Incidence and Clinical Implications. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Jul; 84(2): 182–191. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.046.
    • An K, Sandner S, Redfors B, Alexander JH, Alzghari T, Caldonazo T, Cancelli G, Dell’Aquila M, Dimagli A, Gibson CM, Harik L, Heise R, Kulik A, Lamy A, Leith J, Peper J, Perezgrovas-Olaria R, Rossi CS, Ruel M, Soletti GJ, ten Berg JM, Willemsen LM, Wojdyla DM, Zhao Q, Zhu Y, Verma S, Gaudino MFL. Association between overweight and obesity with coronary artery bypass graft failure: an individual patient data analysis of clinical trials. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Jun 3;65(6):ezae221. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae221
    • An K, Di Franco A, Rahouma M, Biondi-Zoccai G, Redfors B, Gaudino M. Statistical primer: individual patient data meta-analysis and meta-analytic approaches in case of non-proportional hazards. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Mar 29;65(4):ezae132. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae132.
    • An K, Luc JGY, Tam DY, Dagher O, Eikelboom R, Bierer J, Cartier A, Vo TX, Vaillancourt O, Forgie K, Elbatarny M, Gao SW, Whitlock R, Lamba W, Arora RC, Adams C, Yanagawa B. Infective Endocarditis secondary to injection drug use: A survey of Canadian cardiac surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Nov;112(5):1460-1467. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.12.003.
    • An K, de Mestral C, Tam DY, Qiu F, Ouzounian M, Lindsay T, Wijeysundera HC, Chung JCY. Surveillance Imaging Following Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Nov 9;78(19):1863-1871. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.08.058.
    • An K, Belley-Cote E, Um KJ, Gupta S, McClure G, Jaffer I, Spence J, Pandey J, Van der Wall S, Eikelboom J, Whitlock R. Antiplatelet Therapy versus Anticoagulation after Surgical Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Thromb Haemost. 2019 Feb;119(2):328-339. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1676816.
    • An K, Seijas V, Xu M, Gruβser L, Humar S, Moreno A, Turk M, Kasanagottu K, Alzghari T, Dimagli A, Ko M, Villena-Vargas J, Papatheodorou S, Gaudino M. Does prehabilitation before esophagectomy improve post-operative outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Dis Esophagus. 2023 Nov 28:doad066. doi: 10.1093/dote/doad066.

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