Overview of Dr. Mery
Dr. Mery is a congenital heart surgeon at Dell Children’s Medical Center and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. He is Associate Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care and Associate Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery. He serves as the Surgical Director for the Single Ventricle Program, Coronary Anomalies Program, and Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program. Dr. Mery is also Director of the Health Transformation and Design Program, a Heart Center-wide initiative that seeks to improve and redesign the care of patients with congenital heart disease using principles of patient-centered and value-based health care. This program encompasses all the outcomes measurement, quality improvement, clinical research, health transformation, and clinical innovation initiatives for the Heart Center under the same umbrella.
Dr. Mery specializes in the surgical management of children and adults with congenital heart disease, with particular interest in patients with single ventricle disease and coronary artery anomalies. His academic interests include outcomes research, value-based health care transformation, and the early development of medical technology. He has written more than 170 journal articles or book chapters and is the editor of a review book in cardiothoracic surgery and a handbook in congenital heart disease.
Education & Training
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's HospitalFellowship, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, 2011 - 2012
University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2009 - 2011
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2002 - 2009
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, 2000 - 2001
Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de MedicinaClass of 2000, MD
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2006 - Present
TX State Medical License 2011 - 2025
VA State Medical License 2009 - 2011
MA State Medical License 2008 - 2010
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
- Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery.
Jegatheeswaran, A., Stephens, E., Brothers, J., Ghobrial, J., Karamlou, T., Francois, C., Krishnamurthy, R., Dearani, J., Binsalamah, Z., Molossi, S., Mery, C.> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Jan 30- 1 citations
Management of Adults With Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Coronary Arteries: State-of-the-Art Review.
Mario Gaudino, Antonino Di Franco, Eloisa Arbustini, Emile Bacha, Eric R Bates, Duke E Cameron, Davide Cao, Tirone E David, Ruggero De Paulis, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Kanwa...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Nov 21 Management of Adults With Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Coronary Arteries: State-of-the-Art Review.
Mario Gaudino, Antonino Di Franco, Eloisa Arbustini, Emile Bacha, Eric R Bates, Duke E Cameron, Davide Cao, Tirone E David, Ruggero De Paulis, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Kanwa...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Dec 1- Join now to see all
Journal Articles
Twenty-Three Year Experience with the Arterial Switch Operation: Expectations and Long-Term Outcomes
Charles D Fraser, Ziyad Binsalamah, Carlos M Mery, Jeffrey S Heinle, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Authored Content
Press Mentions
New Program Provides Heart Transplants to Local ChildrenJune 29th, 2021
Dell Children's & UT Health Austin Study Rare Cardiac DiseaseMarch 23rd, 2021
Dell Children’s Medical Center Performs First Heart Transplant on 18-Year-OldOctober 19th, 2020
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Hospital Affiliations
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