University of California San Francisco

Dr. Amy Fiedler
Amy G. Fiedler, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Leader, Cardiac Surgery Program
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director of Cardiac Intensive Care Units
Medical Director of Quality and Safety 
Heart and Vascular Center

Academic Office: 
513 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 309F, Box 0118
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: 415-353-8890
Email: [email protected] 
Assistant: [email protected] 

Cardiac Surgery Program
400 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 501, Box 0957
San Francisco, CA, 94143
Tel: 415-353-1606
Fax: 415-353-1312

Heart Transplant Program
400 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 501, Box 0115
San Francisco, CA 94143
Tel: 415-502-4243

Biography

Dr. Amy Fiedler is a cardiac surgeon who specializes in caring for patients with heart failure, including those who need heart transplantation. Her focus is on restoring patients' quality of life. Seeking to deliver holistic care, she believes in the powerful connection between mind and body and in the importance of trust and open communication between patient and provider.

Fiedler's research focuses on increasing patient access to heart transplantation by improving current techniques for organ preservation and procurement as well as by developing new ones.

Fiedler earned her medical degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed residencies in general and cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. She was in the class of 2020 of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, a program offered through the collaboration of several former U.S. presidents' centers and foundations. She currently serves as surgical director for Team Heart, a nonprofit organization providing cardiac surgery to people in Rwanda.

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Cardiothoracic Surgery 12/2018
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School General Surgery 07/2016
The George Washington University MD Medicine and Surgery 06/2009
Georgetown University MS Microbiology and Immunology 05/2005
Georgetown University BS Biology 05/2004
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Research Sabattical

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Thoracic Surgery Foundation Francis Fontan International Traveling Fellowship 2022/2023
AATS Surgical Investigator Award 2021/2023
Presidential Leadership Scholar 2020/2023
Cohn AATS Surgical Investigator Award 2020/2021
Carolyn Reed Traveling Fellowship 2019

In the News

Amy G. Fiedler, MD, Named to the George W. Bush Institute Advisory Council
April, 22, 2024 | News Release
Meet Amy G. Fiedler, M.D., New Cardiac Surgeon at UCSF
June, 23, 2022 | UCSF Department of Surgery

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 73
  1. Women mentoring women.
    Chang C, Watt TMF, Fiedler AG, Worrell SG| | PubMed
  2. Survival after orthotopic heart transplantation in patients with BMI > = 35 with and without diabetes.
    Fiedler AG, Stalter L, Marka N, Dhingra R, Hermsen JL, Smith JW| | PubMed
  3. Gonococcal endocarditis: A rare manifestation of a common disease in the COVID-19 era.
    Kavalier M, Fiedler A, Urban A| | PubMed
  4. Left ventricular assist device implantation by bi-thoracotomy technique: A single-center perspective.
    Stoeckl EM, Smith JW, Dhingra R, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  5. Virtual reality, e-learning, and global cardiac surgical capacity-building.
    Vervoort D, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  6. Coronary angiography utilization in the evaluation of a potential heart donor by age: a narrative review.
    Johnstad CM, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  7. Commentary: USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail = Win/Win for Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainee Selection.
    Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  8. You Can't Be What You Can't See.
    Fiedler AG, Sihag S| | PubMed
  9. MicroRNA-21 regulates right ventricular remodeling secondary to pulmonary arterial pressure overload.
    Chang WT, Fisch S, Dangwal S, Mohebali J, Fiedler AG, Chen M, Hsu CH, Yang Y, Qiu Y, Alexander KM, Chen FY, Liao R| | PubMed
  10. Successful heart transplantation in a patient who recovered from COVID-19.
    Johnstad CM, Murray D, Dhingra R, Smith JW, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
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MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 73
  1. Gender Representation in Cardiothoracic Surgical Academia: A Call to Support Women Across the Globe.
    Pompili C, Costa R, Cangut B, Opitz I, Figueroa PU, Molena D, Backhus L, Blackmon S, Fiedler A, Kluin J, Cleuziou J, Melfi F, Fuller S, Wood DE, Antonoff MB| | PubMed
  2. Gender representation in cardiothoracic surgical academia: a call to support women across the globe.
    Pompili C, Costa R, Cangut B, Opitz I, Ugalde Figueroa P, Molena D, Backhus L, Blackmon S, Fiedler A, Kluin J, Cleuziou J, Melfi F, Fuller S, Wood DE, Antonoff MB| | PubMed
  3. Gender representation in cardiothoracic surgical academia: A call to support women across the globe.
    Pompili C, Costa R, Cangut B, Opitz I, Figueroa PU, Molena D, Backhus L, Blackmon S, Fiedler A, Kluin J, Cleuziou J, Melfi F, Fuller S, Wood DE, Antonoff MB| | PubMed
  4. Evaluation and Management of Kidney Dysfunction in Advanced Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
    Tang WHW, Bakitas MA, Cheng XS, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fiedler AG, Martens P, McCallum WI, Ogunniyi MO, Rangaswami J, Bansal N, American Heart Association Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease; Council on Cardiopulmona| | PubMed
  5. Righting a Wrong: Investigating Worse Right Ventricular Failure Observed in Women Undergoing LVAD Implantation.
    Bromberger B, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  6. Improving Upon the Ice Ages: Is SherpaPak the Solution?
    Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  7. Increasing Utilization of Extended Criteria Donor Hearts for Transplantation: The OCS Heart EXPAND Trial.
    Schroder JN, Patel CB, DeVore AD, Casalinova S, Koomalsingh KJ, Shah AS, Anyanwu AC, D'Alessandro DA, Mudy K, Sun B, Strueber M, Khaghani A, Shudo Y, Esmailian F, Liao K, Pagani FD, Silvestry S, Wang IW, Salerno CT, Absi TS, Madsen JC, Mancini D, Fiedler AG, Milano CA, Smith JW| | PubMed
  8. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Procedure Data and Research.
    Wyler von Ballmoos MC, Kaneko T, Iribarne A, Kim KM, Arghami A, Fiedler A, Habib R, Parsons N, Elhalabi Z, Krohn C, Bowdish ME| | PubMed
  9. Expanding the Donation After Circulatory Death Transplant Pool in the United States.
    Fiedler A, Miller PN, Smith JW| | PubMed
  10. Is it time to stop living in a HeartMate II world?
    Yuzefpolskaya M, Fiedler AG, Katz JN, Houston BA| | PubMed
  11. Transplantation Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death.
    Schroder JN, Patel CB, DeVore AD, Bryner BS, Casalinova S, Shah A, Smith JW, Fiedler AG, Daneshmand M, Silvestry S, Geirsson A, Pretorius V, Joyce DL, Um JY, Esmailian F, Takeda K, Mudy K, Shudo Y, Salerno CT, Pham SM, Goldstein DJ, Philpott J, Dunning J, Lozonschi L, Couper GS, Mallidi HR, Givertz MM, Pham DT, Shaffer AW, Kai M, Quader MA, Absi T, Attia TS, Shukrallah B, Sun BC, Farr M, Mehra MR, Madsen JC, Milano CA, D'Alessandro DA| | PubMed
  12. Comment on: Detection and management of HLA sensitization in candidates for adult heart transplantation.
    Fiedler AG, Klein L, DeMarco T, Kouretas P, Smith JW| | PubMed
  13. Task Sharing in Global Cardiac Surgery: A Scoping Review.
    DiChiacchio L, Castro-Varela A, Vervoort D, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  14. Molecules, Machines, and the Perfusate Milieu: Organ Preservation and Emerging Concepts for Heart Transplant.
    Wisneski A, Smith JW, Nguyen TC, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  15. Computed tomography angiogram for left ventricular assist device thrombosis: When does it help?
    Perri JL, Schroeder J, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  16. Evolving Characteristics of Heart Transplantation Donors and Recipients: JACC Focus Seminar.
    DeFilippis EM, Khush KK, Farr MA, Fiedler A, Kilic A, Givertz MM| | PubMed
  17. Practice patterns of female cardiothoracic surgeons older than age 58 years: Are we making progress?
    Ferrel MN, Gerhard EF, Johnstad CM, Nesbitt K, Pereira SJ, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  18. Applying the ethical framework for donation after circulatory death to thoracic normothermic regional perfusion procedures.
    Wall AE, Fiedler A, Karp S, Shah A, Testa G| | PubMed
  19. Normothermic regional perfusion surgical technique for the procurement of cardiac donors after circulatory death.
    Fiedler AG, DeVries S, Czekajlo C, Smith JW| | PubMed
  20. Unconventional use of total artificial heart in a patient with severe, destructive prosthetic valve endocarditis.
    Johnstad C, Bomareddi S, Hermsen JL, Smith JW, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  21. Women mentoring women.
    Chang C, Watt TMF, Fiedler AG, Worrell SG| | PubMed
  22. Survival after orthotopic heart transplantation in patients with BMI > = 35 with and without diabetes.
    Fiedler AG, Stalter L, Marka N, Dhingra R, Hermsen JL, Smith JW| | PubMed
  23. Gonococcal endocarditis: A rare manifestation of a common disease in the COVID-19 era.
    Kavalier M, Fiedler A, Urban A| | PubMed
  24. Left ventricular assist device implantation by bi-thoracotomy technique: A single-center perspective.
    Stoeckl EM, Smith JW, Dhingra R, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  25. Virtual reality, e-learning, and global cardiac surgical capacity-building.
    Vervoort D, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  26. Coronary angiography utilization in the evaluation of a potential heart donor by age: a narrative review.
    Johnstad CM, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  27. Commentary: USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail = Win/Win for Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainee Selection.
    Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  28. You Can't Be What You Can't See.
    Fiedler AG, Sihag S| | PubMed
  29. MicroRNA-21 regulates right ventricular remodeling secondary to pulmonary arterial pressure overload.
    Chang WT, Fisch S, Dangwal S, Mohebali J, Fiedler AG, Chen M, Hsu CH, Yang Y, Qiu Y, Alexander KM, Chen FY, Liao R| | PubMed
  30. Successful heart transplantation in a patient who recovered from COVID-19.
    Johnstad CM, Murray D, Dhingra R, Smith JW, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  31. Impact of distance from implant center on mechanical circulatory device patient outcomes.
    Lushaj EB, Fiedler A, DeCamp M, Park CJ, Dhingra R, Smith J| | PubMed
  32. A Seat at the Table: The Cardiothoracic Surgeon as Surgeon-Advocate.
    Vervoort D, Swain JD, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  33. The changing landscape of percutaneous technology leading to surgical complications.
    Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  34. Orthotopic Heart Transplant: How I Teach It.
    Fiedler AG, Hermsen JL, Bommareddi S, Smith JW| | PubMed
  35. Multimodal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Skills Assessment Within a High-Fidelity Simulation Environment.
    Hermsen JL, Mohamadipanah H, Yang S, Wise B, Fiedler A, DiMusto P, Pugh C| | PubMed
  36. Intra-aortic balloon pump placement in coronary artery bypass grafting patients by day of admission.
    Del Carmen GA, Axtell A, Chang D, Melnitchouk S, Sundt TM, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  37. Multi-institutional collaborative mock oral (mICMO) examination for cardiothoracic surgery trainees: Results from the pilot experience.
    Fiedler AG, Emerson D, Gillaspie EA, Hermsen JL, Levack MM, McCarthy DP, Sihag S, Worrell SG, Antonoff MB| | PubMed
  38. We Are Great When We Collaborate.
    Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  39. Balancing supply and demand: Review of the 2018 donor heart allocation policy.
    Taylor LJ, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  40. We Agree: Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is a Team Sport: Reply.
    Fiedler AG, Lewis EE, Hermsen JL| | PubMed
  41. Cardiothoracic Education in the Time of COVID-19: How I Teach It.
    Lewis EE, Taylor LJ, Hermsen JL, McCarthy DP, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  42. Cardiopulmonary Bypass: How I Teach It.
    Fiedler AG, Lewis EE, Hermsen JL| | PubMed
  43. Long-term discontinuation of warfarin in a patient with HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device without complication.
    Fiedler AG, Hermsen JL, Smith JW, Dhingra R| | PubMed
  44. Entering the great unknown: Transition to academic practice.
    Fiedler AG, Sihag S| | PubMed
  45. Papillary muscle rupture following routine aortic valve replacement.
    Fiedler AG, De Oliveira NC, Hermsen JL| | PubMed
  46. New Technology, New Complications: Training the Next Generation of Cardiothoracic Surgeons.
    Fiedler AG, De Oliveira N| | PubMed
  47. Helpful sternal wound vacuum-assisted closure techniques in two open chest situations: Central extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and sternal infection.
    Schreiter NA, McCarthy DP, Fiedler AG, Young N, Demarais D, Anagnostopoulos PV, Hermsen JL| | PubMed
  48. Reply.
    Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  49. Reoperative sternotomy is associated with increased early mortality after cardiac transplantation.
    Axtell AL, Fiedler AG, Lewis G, Melnitchouk S, Tolis G, D'Alessandro DA, Villavicencio MA| | PubMed
  50. We have met the enemy; the enemy is us.
    Stephens EH, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  51. Correlation of cardiopulmonary bypass duration with acute renal failure after cardiac surgery.
    Axtell AL, Fiedler AG, Melnitchouk S, D'Alessandro DA, Villavicencio MA, Jassar AS, Sundt TM| | PubMed
  52. Pain management and safety profiles after preoperative vs postoperative thoracic epidural insertion for bilateral lung transplantation.
    Axtell AL, Heng EE, Fiedler AG, Melnitchouk S, D'Alessandro DA, Tolis G, Astor T, Dalia AA, Cudemus G, Villavicencio MA| | PubMed
  53. Successful Heart Transplantation in a Patient With Loeys-Dietz Syndrome.
    Feroe AG, Fiedler AG, D'Alessandro DA| | PubMed
  54. Echocardiographic Assessment of Biventricular Function in 249 Patients During the Peri-Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Period.
    Ortoleva JP, Dalia AA, Fiedler AG, D'Alessandro D, Shelton K, Villavicencio M, Cudemus GA| | PubMed
  55. The effect of donor age on posttransplant mortality in a cohort of adult cardiac transplant recipients aged 18-45.
    Axtell AL, Fiedler AG, Chang DC, Yeh H, Lewis GD, Villavicencio MA, D'Alessandro DA| | PubMed
  56. Appraisal of mentorship in cardiothoracic surgery training.
    Stephens EH, Goldstone AB, Fiedler AG, Vardas PN, Pattakos G, Lou X, Chen PC, Tchantchaleishvili V| | PubMed
  57. Impella Placement Guided by Echocardiography Can Be Used as a Strategy to Unload the Left Ventricle During Peripheral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
    Fiedler AG, Dalia A, Axtell AL, Ortoleva J, Thomas SM, Roy N, Villavicencio MA, D'Alessandro DA, Cudemus G| | PubMed
  58. Incidental Discovery of an Atypical Cardiac Tumor.
    Staudt GE, Fiedler AG, Tolis G, Dudzinski DM, Streckenbach SC| | PubMed
  59. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Is a Team Sport: Institutional Survival Benefits of a Formalized ECMO Team.
    Dalia AA, Ortoleva J, Fiedler A, Villavicencio M, Shelton K, Cudemus GD| | PubMed
  60. Delayed Presentation of Traumatic Pericardial Rupture: Diagnostic and Surgical Considerations for Treatment.
    Fiedler AG, Banka P, Zaleski K, Fahey MC, Breitbart RE, Fynn-Thompson F| | PubMed
  61. Perforation of a mesenteric Meckel's diverticulum.
    Levack MM, Fiedler AG, Kaafarani H, King DR| | PubMed
  62. Beyond #ILookLikeASurgeon.
    Stephens EH, Fiedler AG| | PubMed
  63. Surgical Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease: Overview of Mechanical and Tissue Prostheses, Advantages, Disadvantages, and Implications for Clinical Use.
    Fiedler AG, Tolis G| | PubMed
  64. Aortic valve replacement associated with survival in severe regurgitation and low ejection fraction.
    Fiedler AG, Bhambhani V, Laikhter E, Picard MH, Wasfy MM, Tolis G, Melnitchouk S, Sundt TM, Wasfy JH| | PubMed
  65. Current Status of Endovascular Training for Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents in the United States.
    Vardas PN, Stefanescu Schmidt AC, Lou X, Goldstone AB, Pattakos G, Fiedler AG, Stephens EH, Tchantchaleishvili V| | PubMed
  66. Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Six Months following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
    Fiedler AG, Sundt TM, Tolis G| | PubMed
  67. Hybrid approach to the management of infective endocarditis complicated by coronary artery embolism: a case report.
    Fiedler AG, Schutt RC, Greenhouse D, Stone J, Sundt TM, Sakhuja R| | PubMed
  68. Variability in Integrated Cardiothoracic Training Program Curriculum.
    Stephens EH, Walters DM, Eilers AL, Tchantchaleishvili V, Goldstone AB, Gillaspie EA, Fiedler A, LaPar DJ| | PubMed
  69. Redesigning Care for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: The "Shock Team".
    Fiedler AG, Song TH, D'Alessandro DA| | PubMed
  70. Gender and Cardiothoracic Surgery Training: Specialty Interests, Satisfaction, and Career Pathways.
    Stephens EH, Robich MP, Walters DM, DeNino WF, Aftab M, Tchantchaleishvili V, Eilers AL, Rice RD, Goldstone AB, Shlestad RC, Malas T, Cevasco M, Gillaspie EA, Fiedler AG, LaPar DJ, Shah AA| | PubMed
  71. Right heart failure: an ischemic model and restraint therapy for treatment.
    Cevasco M, Kwon M, Fiedler A, Lee LS, Shiao J, Shah RV, Worthington AH, Fox JA, Kwong RY, Chen FY| | PubMed
  72. Targeting the MAGE A3 antigen in pancreatic cancer.
    Cogdill AP, Frederick DT, Cooper ZA, Garber HR, Ferrone CR, Fiedler A, Rosenberg L, Thayer SP, Warshaw AL, Wargo JA| | PubMed
  73. Parathyroid carcinoma in a child: an unusual case of an ectopically located malignant parathyroid gland with tumor invading the thymus.
    Fiedler AG, Rossi C, Gingalewski CA| | PubMed