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Meet the Surgeons

Each of our surgeons is a highly skilled, board certified specialist. Prior to surgery, your surgeon will review your test results and perform a careful examination. He will thoroughly explain your condition and alternative therapies, and answer any questions you may have.

Arthur T. Martella, MD

SPECIALTY

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
  • Adult Thoracic Surgery

BACKGROUND

  • Columbia University B.A. 1985
  • Jefferson Medical College Phila., Pa. M.D. 1989
  • Internship, Department of Surgery Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY - 1989-1990
  • Residency, Department of Surgery Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY - 1990-1994
  • Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship University of Rochester, Rochester, NY - 1994-96
  • Board Certification(s) American Board of General Surgery, 1997 Board Certification Thoracic Surgery, 1999
  • Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Paoli Hospital – present
  • Medical Director of the Lung Cancer Program Bryn Mawr Hospital – present
  • Secretary, Delaware Valley Society of Thoracic Surgeons- present
CLINICAL STUDIES PUBLISHED SINCE 1995
  • Martella AT, Santos GH, - Priorities in Surgical Education. American J, 1995; 169:271-2.
  • Martella AT, Santos GH - Chronic Post-pneumonic Empyema. J AM Coll of Surgeons 1995; 180:573-6.
  • Martella AT, Faries PL, Carneval N, - Subtotal Adrenalectomy for Familial Pheochromocytoma. AM Surg. (submitted for publication) Faries PL, Martella AT, - Arytenoid Dislocation. Otolaryngoly Head Neck Surg, 1996; 115(1):160-2.
  • Faries PL, Martella AT, Santos GH, - Mediastinoscopy for the Evaluation and Treatment of Projectile Injuries. AM Surg 1996, 62(12:1073-5.
  • Boova RS, Davis PK, Martella AT, Fredericks G, - Port Access Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Early Results and Comparison with Conventional CABG, Chest (accepted for publication October, 2000).
  • Leshnower, B., Trace, C., Martella, A., Gillis, A., Day, R., Boova R.S., Minimally Invasive Port Access AVR; Heart Surgery Forum. Accepted for publication.
  • Gopal, K., O’Hara, J., Boova, R.S., Martella, A., Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm after Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization; Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Submitted for publication June 2005.
POSTERS/PRESENTATIONS
  • Left Ventricular Remodeling-Live Teleconference, The Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA, 8/96.
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Octogenarians, Martella AT, Kirshner R, Knight P, Cheeran D, VIII Annual Symposium, Cardiothoracic Surgery: current issues. San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 3-5, 1996.
  • Intraaortic Balloon Pump in Octogenarians, One Hundred Consecutive Cases, Martella AT, Kirshner R, Knight P, VII Annual Symposium, Cardiothoracic Surgery: current issues. San Jaun, Puerto Rico, December 3-5, 1996.
  • The Evolution of Port Access Cardiac Surgery - The First Fifty Cases. State College, PA. September 1998.
  • Changing Techniques in Port-Access Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting-The First Forty Cases. ISMICS 1998.
  • Port-Assisted Aortic Valve Replacement, Chest., St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 1998.
  • Changing Techniques in Port-Access Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting-The First Sixty-five Cases. Chest. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 1998.
  • Prolonged Open Sternotomy and Delayed Sternal Closure for Severe Right Ventricular Failure after Open Heart Surgery. European Thoracic Society for Surgeons, Dresden, Germany, 6/00.
  • Port Access Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Early Clinical Results and Comparison with Conventional CABG. Dhest. San Francisco, CA (to be presented October 2000).
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS
  • Martella AT, Levine VA., Non-shunting procedures for bleeding esophageal varices. In: Current Surgical Therapy, fifth edition. Cameron JL, ed., St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1995.
 INTERESTS
  • Minimally invasive thoracic surgery for the treatment of lung cancer
  • Innovations and advances in lung cancer staging and treatment options
  • Collaborative management of lung cancer patients
  • Complex surgical treatment of advanced stage lung cancer
  • Cardiac surgery in octagenarians
  • Mitral and Aortic valve surgery
  • Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
  • Surgical treatment of Atrial fibrillation
  • Reoperative cardiac surgery
Robert S. Boova, MD

SPECIALTY
  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
BACKGROUND
  • Boston College B.S.1973
  • Jefferson Medical College Phila.,Pa. M.D. 1977
  • Intern Thos. Jeff. Univ. Hosp. Phila.,Pa. 1977-78
  • Resident in Surgery TJUH Phila.,Pa. 1978-82
  • Resident in C.T. Surgery TJUH Phila.,Pa. 1982-85
  • Deborah Heart and Lung Center-CT Staff 1985-86
  • The Bryn Mawr Hospital-CT Staff 1986-present
  • Chief-CT Surgery Bryn Mawr Hospital 1992-present
  • Chief CT Surgery Mail Line Health System Hospitals
  • Harvard university Sch Public Health M.S. 2003
CLINICAL STUDIES PUBLISHED SINCE 1994
  • Chong, D., Boova, R.S., Davis, P.K.: Octogenarian Cardiac Surgery in a Community Hospital. J. Pennsyvania Assoc. Thoracic Surg. 2:14-19, 1994.
  • Boova, R.S., Davis, P.K., Martella, A.T., Fredericks, G.; Port Access Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Early clinical results and comparison with conventional CABG, Chest 2000 Annual Meeting, October 20-26, 2000, San Fransico, CA.
  • Leshnower, B., Trace, C., Martella, A., Gillis, A., Day, R., Boova, R.S.; Minimally Invasive Port Access- Assisted Aortic Valve Replacement, Heart Surgery Forum. Accepted for publication.
  • Gopal, K., O’Hara, J., Boova, R.S., Martella, A; Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm after Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Submitted for publication July 2005.
PRESENTATIONS
  • Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Latvia. 28th Annual Main Line Health Conference. Bryn Mawr, PA, April 1994.
  • Risk Factors and Carotid Artery Duplex Scan as Predictors of Neurologic Events in Neurologically Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, September 1995.
  • Left Ventricular Remodeling- Live teleconference. Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA. August 1996.
  • Port Access Assisted Aortic Valve Surgery. Stanford symposium on Minimally invasive Cardiac Surgery, La Quinta, CA. October 1997.
INTERESTS
  • Cardiac surgery in advanced risk patients
  • Mitral valve repair
  • Reoperative cardiac surgery
  • Cardiac surgery in octagenarians
  • Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
  • Blood conservation in cardiac surgery
  • Surgical Treatment Atrial fibrillation
  • Left ventricular reduction-Battista Procedure
  • Cardiac surgery with severe left ventricular dysfn
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
 
 
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