Professional Bio
The University of Rochester Medical Center is pleased to announce the addition of Francisco J. Gensini, MD as an Assistant Professor of Surgery. A native of Cali, Colombia, Dr. Gensini joins us from Seattle Children's Hospital in Seattle, Washington, where he was one of the first ACGME approved fellows in congenital cardiac surgery in the United States.
Dr. Gensini received his undergraduate degree from Colegio Colombo Británico in Cali, Colombia. He then went on to earn his degree in medicine and surgery from Universidad del Valle, also in Cali, Colombia, followed by a general surgery residency. Dr. Gensini later received a degree in cardiovascular surgery from Fundación – Clínica Cardiovascular Santa María, College of Medicine of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia.
In addition to filling the role of attending physician in cardiothoracic surgery at the Fundación – Clínica Valle del Lili in Cali, Dr. Gensini completed a two-year fellowship in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, United Kingdom. This was followed by an ECMO fellowship in the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care. Since coming to the United States, Dr. Gensini has also held the positions of resident physician and chief resident physician in general surgery as well as fellow in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Board eligible by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Gensini is a member of professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons, The Henry N. Harkins Surgical Society, the American College of Cardiology and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. His professional interests include transposition of the great arteries, single ventricle physiology, tetralogy of fallot, coartation of the aorta and atrioventricular canal defects, among others.
Research Bio
The University of Rochester Medical Center is pleased to announce the addition of Francisco J. Gensini, MD as an Assistant Professor of Surgery. A native of Cali, Colombia, Dr. Gensini joins us from Seattle Children's Hospital in Seattle, Washington, where he was one of the first ACGME approved fellows in congenital cardiac surgery in the United States.
Dr. Gensini received his undergraduate degree from Colegio Colombo Británico in Cali, Colombia. He then went on to earn his degree in medicine and surgery from Universidad del Valle, also in Cali, Colombia, followed by a general surgery residency. Dr. Gensini later received a degree in cardiovascular surgery from Fundación – Clínica Cardiovascular Santa María, College of Medicine of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia.
In addition to filling the role of attending physician in cardiothoracic surgery at the Fundación – Clínica Valle del Lili in Cali, Dr. Gensini completed a two-year fellowship in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, United Kingdom. This was followed by an ECMO fellowship in the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care. Since coming to the United States, Dr. Gensini has also held the positions of resident physician and chief resident physician in general surgery as well as fellow in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Board eligible by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Gensini is a member of professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons, The Henry N. Harkins Surgical Society, the American College of Cardiology and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. His professional interests include transposition of the great arteries, single ventricle physiology, tetralogy of fallot, coartation of the aorta and atrioventricular canal defects, among others.
2004
Inwald, DP; Brown, K; Gensini, FJ; Malone, M; Goldman, AP. "Open Lung biopsy in Neonatal and Pediatric patients referred for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenatiion (ECMO)". THORAX. 2004; 59(4): 328-333. |
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Jill M Cholette MD, Kelly F Henrichs MT(ASCP), Karen S. Powers MD, George M Alfieris MD, Richard Phipps PhD, Sherri Spinelli PhD, Francisco J. Gensini MD, Michael Swartz PhD, Dawn Sweeney MD, L. Eugene Daugherty MD, Emily Nazarian MD, Jeffrey S. Rubenstein MD, MBA, Michael Eaton MD, Norma B Lerner MD, MPH, Neil Blumberg ,MD. "WASHED BLOOD TRANSFUSED IN PEDIATRIC OPEN HEART SURGERY REDUCES POST-OPERATIVE INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNOMODULATION: RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.
Pediatric Critcal Care Medicine 2012 Vol. 13, No. 3". Pediatric Critcal Care Medicine 2012 Vol. 13, No. 3. . |
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Swartz MF, Sena A, Atallah-Yunes N, Meagher C, Cholette J, Gensini F, Alfieris GM. "DECREASED INCIDENCE OF SUPRAVALVAR PULMONARY STENOSIS FOLLOWING A MODIFIED TECHNIQUE OF ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION." Circulation. 2011;A124:15017.. . |
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Swartz MF, Schiralli MP, Dawson C, Angona R, Cholette JM, Gensini F, Alfieris G. "EARLY OUTCOMES AFTER RE-OPERATIVE RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT RECONSTRUCTION: DO MULTIPLE STERNOTOMIES EFFECT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY." World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. April 2012.. . |
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Michael F Swartz PhD, Nadar Attalah-Yunes MD, Cecilia Meagher MD, Matthew
Schiralli MD, Jill Cholette MD, Joseph Orie MD, Francisco Gensini MD, Rae-Ellen
Kavey MD, George M Alfieris MD
Congenital Heart Disease: 2011;6:583-591. "SURGICAL STRATEGY FOR NEONATAL AND INFANT AORTIC COARCTATION RESULTING IN PHYSIOLOGIC ARM AND LEG BLOOD PRESSURES AT INTERMEDIATE –TERM FOLLOW-UP". . |
