Biography
Dr. Amy Fiedler is a cardiac surgeon who specializes in caring for patients with heart failure, including those who need heart transplantation. Her focus is on restoring patients' quality of life. Seeking to deliver holistic care, she believes in the powerful connection between mind and body and in the importance of trust and open communication between patient and provider.
Fiedler's research focuses on increasing patient access to heart transplantation by improving current techniques for organ preservation and procurement as well as by developing new ones.
Fiedler earned her medical degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed residencies in general and cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. She was in the class of 2020 of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, a program offered through the collaboration of several former U.S. presidents' centers and foundations. She currently serves as surgical director for Team Heart, a nonprofit organization providing cardiac surgery to people in Rwanda.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Cardiothoracic Surgery | 12/2018 | |
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School | General Surgery | 07/2016 | |
The George Washington University | MD | Medicine and Surgery | 06/2009 |
Georgetown University | MS | Microbiology and Immunology | 05/2005 |
Georgetown University | BS | Biology | 05/2004 |
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Research Sabattical |
Awards & Honors
Award | Conferred By | Date |
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Thoracic Surgery Foundation Francis Fontan International Traveling Fellowship | 2022/2023 | |
AATS Surgical Investigator Award | 2021/2023 | |
Presidential Leadership Scholar | 2020/2023 | |
Cohn AATS Surgical Investigator Award | 2020/2021 | |
Carolyn Reed Traveling Fellowship | 2019 |
In the News
Publications
- Gender Representation in Cardiothoracic Surgical Academia: A Call to Support Women Across the Globe.| | PubMed
- Gender representation in cardiothoracic surgical academia: a call to support women across the globe.| | PubMed
- Gender representation in cardiothoracic surgical academia: A call to support women across the globe.| | PubMed
- Evaluation and Management of Kidney Dysfunction in Advanced Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.| | PubMed
- Righting a Wrong: Investigating Worse Right Ventricular Failure Observed in Women Undergoing LVAD Implantation.| | PubMed
- Improving Upon the Ice Ages: Is SherpaPak the Solution?| | PubMed
- Increasing Utilization of Extended Criteria Donor Hearts for Transplantation: The OCS Heart EXPAND Trial.| | PubMed
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Procedure Data and Research.| | PubMed
- Expanding the Donation After Circulatory Death Transplant Pool in the United States.| | PubMed
- Is it time to stop living in a HeartMate II world?| | PubMed