For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD
Surgery-Pediatric - certified
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
Suite 5S50
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.454.6165
Education
Residency: Stanford University Hospital
Medical School: University of California-Los Angeles
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna HMO/Open Access |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna Medicare HMO |
Aetna Medicare Open Access (HMO/POS |
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Aetna Medicare PPO |
Aetna PPO |
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Baxter Regional PHO |
BCBS of IL PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
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Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
Best Doctors Inc |
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Capital Regional Medical Center PP |
Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
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Cigna PPO |
CMR (Care Management Resources) |
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Community Care Network PPO |
CorVel PPO |
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Coventry Advantra HMO - Medicare |
Coventry HMO/POS |
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Coventry PPO |
Decatur Memorial Tertiary/Quarterna |
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First Health |
Great-West HMO/POS |
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Great-West Open Access |
Great-West PPO |
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Hannibal Health Network Tertiary |
Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
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Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
Healthlink PPO |
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HFN Inc. PPO |
Home State-MC+ |
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Humana Gold Choice PFFS - Medicare |
Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
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HumanaChoice PPO-Medicare |
Illinois Public Aid/Health Connect |
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IPA Secondary to Medicare |
Mail Handlers/CNA PPO |
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Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
Medicare |
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Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
Mercy Health Plan PPO |
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MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
MultiPlan PPO |
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PPO Next/HealthStar |
Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
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Private Health Care Systems PPO |
Providers Network of America |
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Quincy Health Care Management |
St. John's Health System Tertiary |
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Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
Tricare/Triwest Standard/ Extra PPO |
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Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
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United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
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USA Managed Care Org |
Wellborn HMO |
Risk factors for mortality and morbidity after the neonatal Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure.Petrucci O, O'Brien SM, Jacobs ML, Jacobs JP, Manning PB, Eghtesady P.Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Aug;92(2):642-51; discussion 651-2. Epub 2011 May 8.
- PMID:
- 21550583
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsChanges in fetal ovine metabolism and oxygen delivery with fetal bypass.Lam CT, Baker RS, Clark KE, Eghtesady P.Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2011 Jul;301(1):R105-15. Epub 2011 Apr 20.
- PMID:
- 21508289
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation, extubation, and lung-recruitment maneuvers as rescue therapy in a patient with tracheal dehiscence following slide tracheoplasty.Raake J, Johnson B, Seger B, Manning PB, Eghtesady P, Boesch P, Rutter M, Woodard A, Chima RS.Respir Care. 2011 Aug;56(8):1198-202. Epub 2011 Apr 15.
- PMID:
- 21496362
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsLow weight-for-age z-score and infection risk after the Fontan procedure.Anderson JB, Kalkwarf HJ, Kehl JE, Eghtesady P, Marino BS.Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May;91(5):1460-6. Epub 2011 Mar 5.
- PMID:
- 21377649
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsMyocardial function after fetal cardiac bypass in an ovine model.Duffy JY, Petrucci O, Baker RS, Lam CT, Reed CA, Everman DJ, Eghtesady P.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Apr;141(4):961-8, 968.e1. Epub 2010 Sep 29.
- PMID:
- 20884028
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsFetal right ventricular myocardial function is better preserved by fibrillatory arrest during fetal cardiac bypass.Petrucci O, Baker RS, Lam CT, Reed CA, Duffy JY, Eghtesady P.Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Oct;90(4):1324-31.
- PMID:
- 20868837
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsSeasonality of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the United States: a 10-year time-series analysis.Eghtesady P, Brar A, Hall M.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Feb;141(2):432-8.
- PMID:
- 20817208
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsFetal surgical management of congenital heart block in a hydropic fetus: lessons learned from a clinical experience.Eghtesady P, Michelfelder EC, Knilans TK, Witte DP, Manning PB, Crombleholme TM.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Mar;141(3):835-7. Epub 2010 Aug 1. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 20674938
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsPredictors of poor weight gain in infants with a single ventricle.Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Eghtesady P, Kalkwarf HJ, Uzark K, Kehl JE, Marino BS.J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;157(3):407-13, 413.e1. Epub 2010 May 15.
- PMID:
- 20472248
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsApplication of near-infrared spectroscopy during fetal cardiac surgery.Reed CA, Baker RS, Lam CT, Hilshorst JL, Ferguson R, Lombardi J, Eghtesady P.J Surg Res. 2011 Nov;171(1):159-63. Epub 2009 Nov 29.
- PMID:
- 20189599
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsOutcomes of the bidirectional Glenn procedure in patients less than 3 months of age.Petrucci O, Khoury PR, Manning PB, Eghtesady P.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Mar;139(3):562-8. Epub 2009 Nov 11.
- PMID:
- 19909996
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsLower weight-for-age z score adversely affects hospital length of stay after the bidirectional Glenn procedure in 100 infants with a single ventricle.Anderson JB, Beekman RH 3rd, Border WL, Kalkwarf HJ, Khoury PR, Uzark K, Eghtesady P, Marino BS.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Aug;138(2):397-404.e1. Epub 2009 May 23.
- PMID:
- 19619784
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsDynamic fluid shifts induced by fetal bypass.Baker RS, Lam CT, Heeb EA, Eghtesady P.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Mar;137(3):714-22.
- PMID:
- 19258095
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsRole of natriuretic peptides in cGMP production in fetal cardiac bypass.Heeb EA, Baker RS, Lam C, Basu M, Lubbers W, Duffy JY, Eghtesady P.Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Mar;87(3):841-7.
- PMID:
- 19231402
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsFetal stress response to fetal cardiac surgery.Lam CT, Sharma S, Baker RS, Hilshorst J, Lombardi J, Clark KE, Eghtesady P.Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May;85(5):1719-27.
- PMID:
- 18442572
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsFactors affecting long-term risk of aortic arch recoarctation after the Norwood procedure.Ashcraft TM, Jones K, Border WL, Eghtesady P, Pearl JM, Khoury PR, Manning PB.Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Apr;85(4):1397-401; discussion 1401-2.
- PMID:
- 18355534
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsA simple solution is "prime" for fetal cardiopulmonary bypass.Baker RS, Lam CT, Heeb EA, Hilshorst JL, Ferguson R, Lombardi J, Eghtesady P.ASAIO J. 2007 Nov-Dec;53(6):710-5.
- PMID:
- 18043153
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsRole of nitric oxide pathway in placental dysfunction following fetal bypass.Lam C, Baker RS, McNamara J, Ferguson R, Lombardi J, Clark K, Eghtesady P.Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Sep;84(3):917-24; discussion 924-5.
- PMID:
- 17720400
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsInfant arch reconstruction during total system perfusion.Gardner AB, Eghtesady P.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Apr;133(4):1096-8. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 17382663
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsFetal aortic stenosis and changes in amniotic fluid natriuretic peptides.Lubbers WC, Eghtesady P.Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar;196(3):253.e1-6.
- PMID:
- 17346543
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
