Kaitlin Grady

University of Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago

Papers

7

Total Citations

129

H-Index

5

About

Dr. Kaitlin Grady is a pioneering cardiac surgeon whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of robotic, minimally invasive heart surgery. Her research centers on the development and refinement of robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) and multi-spectrum robotic cardiac procedures. Dr. Grady’s major contributions include demonstrating the safety, efficacy, and superior outcomes of TECAB, with her landmark study on 544 patients (47 citations) establishing it as the least invasive form of surgical coronary revascularization, associated with fewer complications and shorter hospital stays. She has also shown the impact of anastomotic technique evolution across two eras (31 citations) and validated the safety of ventricular fibrillatory arrest for intracardiac surgery (10 citations). With a comprehensive program encompassing over 1,100 robotic procedures, Dr. Grady has extended robotic techniques to complex mitral valve repairs (6 citations) and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (3 citations). Her work is reshaping the standard of care, offering patients a quicker, less traumatic recovery while maintaining the highest surgical precision.

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7
Papers
129
Total Citations
18
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass in the current era: report of 544 patients
47 citations · 2021
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2021 (2 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 11
🏛 Institutions: University of Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago

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