J Michael DiMaio, MD

Associate Professor
Endowed Title: Laurence and Susan Hirsch/Centex Distinguished Chair in Heart Disease
Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering
Integrative Biology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-645-7700
Office Fax: 214-645-7701

michael.dimaio@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipDuke University Hospital (1998)
ResidencyDuke University Hospital (1996)
ResidencyDuke University Hospital (1995)
FellowshipDuke University Hospital - GME (1994)
ResidencyDuke University Hospital (1990)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Miami School of Medicine (1987)

Research Interests

Cardiac Regeneration
Collaborator of the LCBCC Consortium-University of Texas SPORE in Lung Cancer
Reynolds Associate with Reynolds Center-New Measures to reduce death and disability from ASHD

Publications

Featured
Thymosin beta4 activates integrin-linked kinase and promotes cardiac cell migration, survival and cardiac repair

Bock-Marquette I, Saxena A, White MD, DiMaio JM, Srivastava D , Nature , November 2004; (432(7016)):466-73

Featured
Comparing on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: numerous studies but few conclusions

Sellke FW, DiMaio JM, Caplan LR, Ferguson TB, Gardner TJ, Hiratzka LF, Isselbacher EM, Lytle BW, Mack MJ, Murkin JM, Robbins RC , Circulation , May 2005; (111(21)):2858-64

Featured
The thoracic surgeon's role in the management of patients with HIV infection and AIDS

DiMaio JM and Wait MA , Chest Surg Clin N AM , February 1999; (9/1):97-111

Featured
Contemporary assessment of laryngotracheal trauma

Bhojani RA, Rosenbaum DJ, Dikmen E, Paul M, Atkins BZ, Zonies D, Estrera AS, Wait, Wait MA, Meyer DM, Jessen ME, DiMaio JM , Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , August 2005; (J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.):130(2): 426-32

Featured
Routine Chest CT Screening in High Risk Cardiac Transplant Recipients May Improve Survival

Rosenbaum DH, Bhojani RA, Dikmen E, Kaiser PA, Paul MC, Wait MA, Meyer DM, Jessen ME, Yancy CW, Rosenblatt RL, Torres F, Perkins S, Ring WS, DiMaio JM , Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation , 2005; (J Heart and Lung Transpla):24(12): 2043-7

Comparing on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: numerous studies but few conclusions: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association council on cardiovascular surgery

Sellke FW, DiMaio JM, Caplan LR, Ferguson TB, Gardner TJ, Hiratzka LF, Isselbacher EM, Lytle BW, Mack MJ, Murkin JM, Robbins RC , Circulation , May 2005; (111(21)):2858-64

Immortalization of human bronchial epithelial cells in the absence of viral oncoproteins

Ramirez RD, Sheridan S, Girard L, Sato M, Kim Y, Pollack J, Peyton M, Zou Y, Kurie JM, DiMaio JM, Milchgrub S, Smith AL, Souza RF, Gilbey L, Zhang X, Gandia K, Vaughan M, Wright WE, Gazdar AF, Shay JW, Minna JD , Cancer Research , December 2004; (64(24)):9027-34

Laser Resection of an Endotracheal Mass: Initial Presentation of Metastatic Renal Cancer

Wheatley GH III, Sagalowsky A, Haley B, DiMaio JM , Journal of Bronchology , April 2005; (12(2)):106-107

Diagnosis and management of laryngotracheal injuries

Zonies D, Atkins BZ, Jenkins D, Bhojani RA, DiMaio JM , International Journal of Intensive Care , 2004; :161-167

Cellular and molecular regeneration of skeletal muscle side population cells

Meeson AP, Hawke TJ, Graham S, Jiang N, Elterman J, Hutcheson K, DiMaio JM, Gallardo TD, Garry DJ , Stem Cells , 2004; (22(7)):1305-20

Honors/Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha

Duke University (1993)

Outstanding Graduating Senior Award

University of Florida (1987)

Florida Blue Key

Honorary Leadership Society (1986)

Scholarship

University of Miami (1985)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Medical Association

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Texas Medical Association