Donald Likosky
Richard and Norma Sarns Research Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Section Head, Health Services Quality and Research
Professor of Cardiac Surgery
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Donald Likosky
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    • Center Member
      Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
    • Center Member
      Precision Health Initiative
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    Evaluating determinants of disparities in diagnosis of and treatment for patients with cardiovascular disease

    Evaluating the role of technical skills and non-technical practices on surgical outcomes

    Improving the value of surgical care

    Developing and implementing clinical registries to evaluate cardiovascular care

    Quality improvement in cardiovascular surgical care

    Using administrative data to identify unwarranted variability in clinical practice

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Pump exchange for major device related infection in patients receiving a durable left ventricular assist device.
      Persaud SR, Pienta M, Likosky DS, Pagani FD. J Heart Lung Transplant, 2025 Apr; 44 (4): 686 - 689. DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2024.11.032
      PMID: 39642951
    • Journal Article
      Qualitative Assessment and Description of Intraoperative Attending Surgeons' Leadership Skills.
      Abahuje E, Cong L, Nguyen M, Iroz CB, Tesorero K, Barsuk JH, Likosky DS, Stey A, Johnson JK, Halverson A, Rosu C. J Surg Res, 2025 Mar 28; 308: 315 - 325. DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2025.02.031
      PMID: 40157117
    • Journal Article
      Clinician attitudes, opinions and practice patterns regarding inotrope use for cardiac surgery in the USA: a multicentre mixed methods study protocol.
      Mathis MR, Mirizzi K, Burns CJ, Janda AM, Mentz G, Aaronson KD, Wu Z, Likosky DS, Pagani FD, Kheterpal S, Ghadimi K, Manojlovich M, Guetterman T. BMJ Open, 2025 Mar 27; 15 (3): e100306 DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100306
      PMID: 40147994
    • Journal Article
      Advancing patient-centered metrics for heart transplantation: The role of days alive and outside the hospital.
      Pegues JN, Fawaz RM, Kimfon KM, Hou H, Noly P-E, Cascino TM, Hawkins RB, Stewart Ii JW, Aaronson K, Cowger J, Pagani FD, Likosky DS, Michigan Congestive Heart Failure Investigators . J Heart Lung Transplant, 2025 Mar; 44 (3): 389 - 400. DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2024.11.005
      PMID: 39551172
    • Journal Article
      Interhospital variability in cardiac rehabilitation use after cardiac surgery among Medicare beneficiaries.
      Fliegner MA, Hou H, Bauer TM, Daramola T, McCullough JS, Pagani FD, Sukul D, Likosky DS, Keteyian SJ, Thompson MP. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2025 Mar; 169 (3): 916 - 923.e5. DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.04.019
      PMID: 38649110
    • Preprint
      A Multistage Mixed Methods Methodology to Develop a Toolkit to Reduce Infections Following Durable LVAD Implantation
      Chandanabhumma PP, Swaminathan S, Cabrera L, Zhou S, Chenoweth CE, Hou H, Comstock S, Malani PN, Aaronson KD, Pagani FD, Likosky DS. 2025 Mar 1; medRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2025.02.24.25322824
    • Presentation
      Developing Operative Performance Metrics for Adult Cardiac and General Thoracic Surgery
      Likosky D. 2025 Feb 22;
    • Journal Article
      Evaluation of sex differences in the receipt of concomitant atrial fibrillation procedures during nonmitral cardiac surgery.
      Wagner CM, Theurer PF, Clark MJ, He C, Ling C, Murphy E, Martin J, Bolling SF, Likosky DS, Thompson MP, Pagani FD, Ailawadi G, Hawkins RB. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2025 Feb; 169 (2): 627 - 634.e4. DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.04.011
      PMID: 38692480