Mani A. Daneshmand, MD

Dr. Daneshmand joins Emory from Duke University Medical Center, where he served as surgical director of lung and heart-lung transplantation and surgical director of the Extracorporeal Life Support Program. He was also appointed the program director of the Advanced Cardiac and Thoracic Organ Transplant Surgery Fellowship at Duke.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from Union College in Schenectady, New York, Daneshmand received his medical degree from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. While at Union College and Albany Medical College, he took part in a seven-year honors medical education program, which allowed him to complete his undergraduate degree a year early and begin medical school. He then completed his surgical residency, cardiothoracic surgery fellowship and cardiothoracic surgery research fellowship at Duke University Medical Center.

His research interests focus on the causes of and treatments for advanced heart and lung failure to identify new therapies. These therapies include new medications; ECMO; mechanical circulatory support devices; and organ transplantation for patients suffering from end-stage organ failure.
With Daneshmand's arrival, Emory's heart and lung transplant, mechanical circulatory and ECMO programs will consolidate services into one comprehensive program, improving care coordination for patients and their families, and providing world class transplant and life support services to the people of Georgia and the entire Southeast.

• American College of Surgeons: Fellow
• 21st Century Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
• American Heart Association: Membership and Communications Committee Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia
• South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society
• Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
• Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
• American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• Iranian American Medical Association
• Iranian Cultural Society of North Carolina
• Omicron Delta Epsilon-National Economics Honors Society
• American Medical Student Association
• American Medical Association

To provide the highest quality of care, interpreter services may be utilized to ensure proper communication of medical information for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English speaking patients or family members.

• Finalist, 13th Annual C. Walton Lillehei Resident Forum Research Competition, 2010
• Finalist, Young Innovators Fellowship, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 2008
• Medforte Innovation Award, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 2006
• William P. J. Peete Award: Outstanding First Year Surgical Resident, Duke University Medical Center, 2005
• Ralph Alley Prize: Outstanding Performance in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albany Medical College, 2004