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Welcoming New Faculty – Tommaso Hinna Danesi, MD

Please join us in welcoming Tommaso Hinna Danesi, MD, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Tommaso Hinna Danesi, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Section Chief, Valve Surgery
Director, Endoscopic Valvular Program

Dr. Hinna Danesi received his medical degree from the Università di Roma “La Sapienza” II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia in Rome, Italy, where he also completed cardiac surgery residency training. He completed a fellowship in cardiac surgery and a fellowship in minimally invasive cardiac surgery at Hospital San Bortolo in Vicenza, Italy, one of the highest volume centers for endoscopic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery across Europe.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Hinna Danesi worked as a senior cardiac surgeon and director of the Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program at Hospital San Bortolo. He was also an associate professor of surgery, an attending cardiac surgeon and the director of the Endoscopic and Advanced Valvular Cardiac Surgery Program at the University of Cincinnati Medical School. At the Brigham, he will serve as section chief of Valve Surgery and director of the Endoscopic Valvular Program.

Dr. Hinna Danesi is author and co-author of several indexed publications, as well as author of several chapters in internationally adopted medical textbooks. He is involved as a faculty member and speaker at international meetings for some of the most influential scientific societies, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club (ECS Club).  He is also an international proctor for sutureless, rapid deployment aortic prosthesis and mitral valve repair devices.

Dr. Hinna Danesi’s clinical and research interests include endoscopic and minimally invasive valve repair and replacement, endoscopic structural heart defects surgery, thoracoscopic cardiac surgery, endoscopic and thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation surgical treatment, adult standard cardiac surgery, and percutaneous valve repair and replacement. His research activity is focused on heart valve disease, minimally invasive cardiac surgery and advanced cardiovascular imaging.

Dr. Hinna Danesi performed the first endoscopic aortic valve replacement in North America and the first U.S. endoscopic triple valve surgery, as well as the first minimally invasive video-guided convergent procedure for atrial fibrillation treatment.

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Welcoming New Faculty – Sara Poorfarahani Myers, MD, PhD, MS, MA

Please join us in welcoming Sara Poorfarahani Myers, MD, PhD, MS, MA, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Sara Poorfarahani Myers, MD, PhD, MS, MA
Associate Surgeon, Division of Breast Surgery

Dr. Myers received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in classical languages from Stanford University. She completed medical school at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine and holds a master’s degree in biology from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. She completed general surgery residency at UPMC, during which time she obtained her PhD in clinical and translational science from the Institute of Clinical Research Education at the University of Pittsburgh.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Myers completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is a member of the Association for Academic Surgeons, the Association of Women Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Myers’ clinical and academic interests include utilizing health services and qualitative research methodologies to improve outcomes and mitigate disparities for adolescent and young adult women with breast cancer.

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Molly Jarman, PhD, MPH, Awarded a $4.2M National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities Award

Dr. Jarman has been awarded a $4.2M R01 award from the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities for the study titled, “Mitigating Injury Disparities with Evidence Based Trauma Systems Planning.”

Traumatic injury is a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S., disproportionately impacting racial and ethnic minorities, people with low incomes, and rural populations. This study will use a mixed methods approach to identify strategies state-level policy makers and trauma system leaders use to improve access to care for populations at higher risk of poor outcomes following traumatic injury. The study will culminate in a national consensus conference, generating a prioritized list of interventions trauma system leaders can use to reduce disparities in health outcomes following traumatic injury.

Molly Jarman, PhD, MPH
Lead Investigator, Department of Surgery
Lead Research Faculty, Health Informatics and Data Infrastructure, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Jarman is lead research faculty for Health Informatics and Data Infrastructure and an assistant professor with the Center for Surgery and Public Health (CSPH) in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She earned a PhD in health services research and policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the CSPH before joining the department as a faculty member.

Her research addresses trauma surgery and emergency medical services, with primary interest in trauma system organization and access to care for underserved populations, as well as development of methodologies for the use of naturally occurring data in health services research. Recent projects include examinations of orthopedic trauma workforce capacity in the U.S. and pre-hospital triage decisions for injured older adults.