Aleem Siddique, MBBS, FACS, FACC
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Aortic and Lung Transplantation Programs, Nebraska Medicine
Surgical Director, Aortic Program, Nebraska Medicine
Dr. Siddique is the surgical director for the lung transplant program and aortic program at Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. His clinical interests include the treatment of patients with end stage heart and lung failure, mechanical circulatory support, complex aortic surgery, utilizing wires and catheters for valve and aortic surgeries, mitral valve repair, and the use of multi-arterial grafting in coronary bypass surgery. He focuses on evidence-based treatments to provide the best outcomes for patients.
He enjoys mentoring students and trainees. He is an active member of several national and international surgical and transplant societies. He has numerous research interests within cardiothoracic surgery and more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
He enjoys traveling (especially hiking), reading and spending time with his family.
- MD: Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan
- Residency: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Pathway, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tuscan, Arizona
- Residency: General Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
- Fellowship: Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
- American College of Cardiology
- Western Thoracic Surgical Association
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- Society of University Surgeons
- Parkland Surgical Society
- Outcomes in lung transplantation
- Outcomes in short and long term mechanical circulatory support
- Graft patency and outcomes in coronary bypass surgery - recipient of Great Plains IDeA-CTR pilot grant, Center for Heart and Vascular Research
- Site principal investigator for ROMA trial - Randomized Comparison of the Clinical Outcome of Single Vs Multiple Arterial Grafts trial
- Site Principal Investigator for TOP registry - Lung Organ Care System For Donor Lungs for Transplantation