Dilip Nath, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Specialty Areas
- Pediatric cardiothoracic surgery
- Congenital heart conditions
- Closure of atrial and ventricular septal defects
- Pediatric heart transplant
Common Procedures
- Pediatric heart surgery
- Closure of atrial and ventricular septal defects
- Mechanical assist devices
- AV canal repair
- Repair of tetralogy of Fallot
- Fontan procedure
- Glenn shunt procedure
- Repair of coarctation of the aorta
- Pediatric heart transplant
- Single ventricle palliation
- Norwood procedure
- Atrial switch procedure
- Pediatric lung transplant
Common Diagnoses Treated
- Congenital heart diseases
- Atrial and ventricular septal defects
- Pediatric heart & lung failure
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Heart valve diseases (aortic, mitral, pulmonary, tricuspid)
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Pericarditis
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Truncus arteriosus
- Heart murmur
- Mechanical circulatory diseases
Board Certifications
General Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Congenital Heart Surgery
Degrees
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1999
Residency
Combined Internship & Surgery Residency, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2004
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2007
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Residency, University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Fellowship
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2005
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2010
Professional Memberships
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Areas of Research Interest
Transplant immunology, 3D printing/modeling
Publications
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Patients Seen At
1 Children’s Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite 2A, Floor 2
Fax: 314-454-2381
To request an appointment with Dr. Nath, please call 314-454-6165.