Aleem Siddique, MBBS, FACS, FACC
Professor, UNMC Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Aortic Program, Nebraska Medicine
Dr. Siddique is the surgical director for the 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 is the current chair of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee. 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
- Adult cardiovascular disease and cardiac surgery
Site Principle Investigator (enrollment ongoing)
- Patient-specific computational planning of coronary artery bypass grafting - recipient of Great Plains IDeA-CTR pilot grant, Center for Heart and Vascular Research
- ROMA Women trial - Randomized Comparison of the Clinical Outcome of Single Vs Multiple Arterial Grafts trial
Site Principle Investigator (enrollment completed)
- ROMA trial
- TOP registry - Lung Organ Care System For Donor Lungs for Transplantation
- Lung Expand II trial
- Proact Xa trial