Michael J. Reardon

Michael J. Reardon is an American cardiac surgeon and medical researcher. He is known for his work in heart autotransplantation for malignant heart tumors, an operation in which the surgeon removes the patient's heart, cuts out the malignant tumor, and reimplants the heart back in the patient's chest. He performed the first successful heart autotransplantation for a cancerous heart tumor in 1998.

Dr. Reardon has served as a leading clinical investigator in the trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) field. He serves as the national surgical principal investigator for the Evolut intermediate-risk trial (SURTAVI, NCT01586910), the Evolut low-risk trial (NCT02701283), the Evolut 34 mm trial (NCT02746809), the Evolut 2.0 trial (NCT02738853), the Reprise III Lotus high and extreme risk trial (NCT02202434), the Acurate trial (NCT03735667), the Portico NG trial (NCT04011722) and the Vantage trial (NCT04788888). He serves as a national study chair for the Reprove IV trial (NCT03618095) and the Evolut low-risk bicuspid trial (NCT03635424). Provided by Wikipedia