Michaela Asher

🔜Penn I6 via @PennMedicine || @Cambridge_Uni '22 || @ASU '21

[Tyler Lackland, MD @Tyler_MED2026]

Thank you so much @slusom for seeing the strength in my story.

From moments that tried to break me to standing here today, this is only the beginning of my journey to CT surgery

Resilience is built in the moments no one sees.
And through all of it, we made it
#MedX #MATCH2026

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

@WaldronCJ @dalber_ @ColumbiaCTSurg @ArnarGeirssonMD @mori_md @MarcPPelletier @YaleCardiacSurg Congrats Christina!! You are a ⭐️ !!! and I am so glad to be on this journey with you!!

[Christina Waldron @WaldronCJ]

Beyond thrilled to match at @ColumbiaCTSurg for Cardiothoracic Surgery!! This is an absolute dream come true, and I am so grateful for all my mentors who have supported me on this journey! @ArnarGeirssonMD @mori_md @MarcPPelletier @YaleCardiacSurg

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

An absolute dream come true! I couldn't imagine a better team or place to train with! Unbelievably grateful and excited!

@pennsurgery #MatchDay2026 ❤️🫀

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

Can't wait to officially join the team! Grateful for all of my time so far 💙❤️

[PennSurgery @pennsurgery]

Huge congratulations and Happy Match Day to all of our Categorical and Integrated Interns! Your hard work, resilience, and dedication have paid off-welcome to the next chapter and to The Family!!!
#MatchDay #FutureSurgeons #MedEd #ResidencyBound

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

@Tyler_MED2026 @GiannaDafflisio @iu_ctsurgery you are incredible!! Congrats!!

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

Historical treatment precedent leads to actionable ethical dilemmas in modern Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis treatment- happy to share our new report! https://t.co/F7Y5Ewkat6

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

So thankful for the opportunity to present our work! Bivalirudin use in Impella patients has led to demonstrated improvements in clinical management and device biocompatibility!

@iyengaramit
@pennsurgery

[AATS @AATSHQ]

.@asher_michaela presents research proving anticoagulation with bivalirudin is associated with reduced post-surgical thrombocytopenia in patients supported on micro-axial flow pumps at #MechSummit2025.

[Michael Catalano, MD @CatalanoMA]

Important study led by @MaxamillionShin, highlighting that patients waitlisted for DCD hearts experience shorter waitlist duration and improved rates of transplant - further data that demonstrate the benefit of expanding the donor pool with DCD organs. https://t.co/lCRoh0olYI

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

Our study finds no sex-based differences in Impella 5.5 placement, outcomes, or complications! Both men and women can be successfully bridged with similar mortality. A win for equitable cardiac care! https://t.co/jvrkqHADrS

[Columbia Surgery @ColumbiaSurgery]

ICYMI, in a single, intense 24-hour period, pediatric heart surgeons @ColumbiaMed took on a surgical feat rarely performed—a split domino heart transplant. A donor's heart is transplanted into a child, and the healthy parts of that child’s explanted heart are used to save two additional lives.

Here's how the surgical timeline played out, hour by hour: https://t.co/zmUgs8ZPSc

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

Day2! Advanced age (>65) DCD recipients and advanced age (>45) DCD donors!

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

Fantastic first day at @ISHLT! So amazing to hear from so many incredible speakers and so grateful to share our team's work!

[Lorena Herrador @LHerradorG]

Dr. M. Shin analyzes heart transplant outcomes in patients ≥65 yrs 🧓🫀. DCD listing vs DBD:
✔️ Shorter waitlist time (24 vs 31 days)
✔️ ↑ likelihood of transplant
✔️ ↓ waitlist mortality
📈 1-yr post-Tx survival: DCD = DBD (90% vs 88%)
#ISHLT2025

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

https://t.co/2tOAtK9cB9

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

So excited to see our new paper on the acute hemodynamic and echocardiographic consequences of the Impella 5.5 out in @asaiojournal !!

[Penn Heart & Vascular @PennCardiology]

Congratulations to #MarisaCevascoMD & @AdityaParikhMD 🩺 on leading the @PennMedicine's Heart Transplant Program as the new surgical director and medical director. 🎉

#HeartTransplant #HeartFailure

[Michaela Asher @asher_michaela]

@MarylandCTSurg @joshchen14 @UMMC @MarylandSurg @MarylandSurgery So happy for you!! @joshchen14