Professor Bavaria, Brooke Roberts/William Maul Measey Professor of Surgery and the Director of the Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program. His clinical interests involve complex aortic diseases, cardiopulmonary transplantation, and cardiac valve surgery. Dr Bavaria has published extensively on issues regarding thoracic aortic surgery, lung transplantation, and circulation management for complex thoracic aortic reconstruction. He leads an active cardio-aortic clinical research group and is the national and institutional primary investigator for over 15 industry-sponsored, FDA, and IDE Phase I, II and III trials. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Pennsylvania Association of Thoracic Surgery.