Curriculum Vitae

Joseph Caspi, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Pediatric Surgery
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
1542 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112-2822

Education

1970-77 M.D., Hebrew University-Hadassah, Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
1981-84 Residency in cardiothoracic surgery, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel
1984-86 Rotating residency, general surgery, Rokach (Hadassah) Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel
1986-87 Residency in cardiothoracic surgery, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel


Academic Positions/Appointments

1987-88 Fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1988-89 Research fellowship in pediatric cardiac surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1989-90 Clinical fellowship in pediatric cardiac surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1996-Present Director of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Hospital,
New Orleans, LA, USA


Board Certification

Israel Board of Surgery - 1989


Medical Licensure

Israel
Ontario (Canada)
ECFMG
Louisiana


Memberships in Professional Societies

1978 Israel Medical Association
1990 Israel Cardiology Society
1991 Israel Surgical Society
1997 American Southern Medical Association


Present Research Projects

Donor-specific immunosuppression for cardiac allografting in infants and children.

Neonatal myocardial protection: The effect of calcium on left ventricular function measured by conductance catheter and intracellular calcium measurement.

The mechanism of catecholamine-induced cardiotoxicity.


Recent Publications

  1. Caspi J, Coles JG, Benson LN, Herman SL, Diaz RJ, Augustine J, Wilson GJ: The protective effect of magnesium on acute catecholamine cardiotoxicity in the neonate. Year book of Thoracic and cardiovascular Surgery 1994:pp 262-263: Mosby year book, St. Louis, MO
  2. Tsao PW, Wong PY, Radde IC, Bryson S, Young DS, Caspi J, Diaz RJ, Martell MF, Augustine JM, et-al: Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of cyclosporin A in the newborn pig. Dev-Pharmacol-Ther. 1992;18(1-2):20-5.
  3. Coles JG, Cohen DA, Caspi J, Freedom RM, Burrows PE, Trusler GA, Williams WG, Primary repair of aortic arch atresia complicated by subaortic stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (in press).
  4. Caspi J, Ilbawi MN: A simplified method for tricuspid valve reconstruction in Ebstein’s anomaly. J Am Col Cardiol (in press).
  5. Caspi J, Coles JG, Benson LN, Wilson GJ: Brain Death and Myocardial Dysfunction: Protective Effects of Magnesium in the Newborn Pig. Ann of Thorac Surg. (in press).


Book Chapters

  1. Freedom RM, Gow R, Caspi J, Reisman J, Dyck J, Coles JG, Williams WG, Trusler GA: The Fontan Procedure for Patients with Tricuspid Atresia: Long-term Follow up. In Rao’s textbook: "Tricuspid Atresia", 2nd edition 1992, pp 168-191.
  2. Caspi J, Coles JG, Benson LN: Management of neonatal critical pulmonic stenosis. Yearbook of Cardiology 1991; pp 2312.
  3. Caspi J, Ilbawi MN: Methods of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Myocardial Protection in Newborns and Infants: Multiple Blood cardioplegia is Safe. In Ilbawi’s textbook: "Alternatives in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery", Futura Publishing Company, New York (in press).
  4. Caspi J, Ilbawi MN: Subclavian Angioplasty is the Procedure of Choice for Infant Coarctation. In Ilbawi’s textbook: "Alternatives in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery", Futura Publishing Company, New York (in press).
  5. Caspi J, Ilbawi MN: Extended Aortic Valvuloplasty is the Solution for Congenital Aortic Stenosis. In Ilbawi’s textbook: "Alternatives in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery" Futura Publishing Company, New York (in press).
  6. Caspi J, Ilbawi MN: Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt Provides Excellent Palliation. In Ilbawi’s textbook: "Alternatives in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery", Futura Publishing Company, New York (in press).
  7. Caspi J, Ilbawi MN: Advantages of Pulmonary Valve Presentation in Repair of Severe Tetralogy. In Ilbawi’s textbook: "Alternatives in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery", Futura Publishing Company, New York (in press).
  8. Caspi J, Ilbawi MN: Pericardial diseases. In Mavroudis’ textbook: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Mosby Publishing Company, New York, Second Edition 1994.