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    Christian Pizarro, MD

    Cardiothoracic Surgery
    (800) 416-4441
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    Primary Office

    Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803
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    Appointment: (800) 416-4441

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    Get to Know Me

    Christian Pizarro, MD, is chief, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery; member, Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, American Heart Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American Association for Thoracic Surgery; board member, Surgeons of Hope Foundation; international lecturer; researcher and author of more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles.

    Education & Training

    Fellowship

    • Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surge - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, 1997

    Internship

    • Transitional - St. Luke's Hospital, 1988
    • General Surgery - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1989

    Residency

    • Thoracic Surgery - Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, 1996
    • General Surgery - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1994

    Medical/Dental School

    • M.D. - University of Chile School of Medicine, 1985

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Thoracic Surgery

    Awards & Recognition

    • 2014 Best Doctors in America
    • 2014 Delaware Today magazine, Top Doctors
    • 2013 Best Doctors in America
    • 2011 Best Doctors in America
    • 2021 Top Doctors 2021 — Most Accomplished Doctors of Hispanic Descent in Our Region, AL DÍA News

    Medical Interests

    • Complex heart disease
    • Ebstein's anomaly
    • Heart transplantation
    • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
    • Mechanical circulatory support
    • Neonatal surgery
    • Single ventricle
    • Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
    • Transposition of the great arteries
    • Truncus arteriosus

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