Positions

Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Pediatric/Congenital Heart Surgery
CHRISTUS Children's

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

CHRISTUS Children's (Hospital)

315 N. San Saba Street.
Suite 1135
San Antonio, TX, 78207
United States
Phone: (210) 704-8892
Fax: (210) 704-4527
victor.bautistahernandez@bcm.edu

Education

Clinical Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Research Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

MD-PhD from University of Murcia

Murcia, Spain

Certifications

Fellow of The European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EBCTS)

European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)EACTS

Board certified in both Pediatric/Congenital and Adult/Acquired Cardiac Surgery by The European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

ECFMG Certificate

#0-704-859-8

ECFMG

Cardiovascular Surgeon

#2006018808

Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

Honors & Awards

Young Investigator Award

EACTS (European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Seed Grant Award

University of the Incarnate Word

John Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Prize

STS (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)

Professional Interests

• Pediatric/Congenital Heart Surgery
• Adult/Acquired Cardiac Surgery

Professional Statement

Websites

Videos

Selected Publications

• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Gerald R Marx, Emile A Bacha, Pedro J del Nido. " Aortic root translocation plus arterial switch for transposition of the great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: intermediate-term results. " Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2007 ; 49 (4) : 485-490.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Patrick O Myers, Hugo Loyola, Gerald R Marx, Emile A Bacha, Christopher W Baird, Pedro J del Nido. " Atrioventricular valve annular remodeling with a bioabsorbable ring in young children. " Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2012 ; 60 (21) : 2256-2258.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Georgios Karamanlidis, James D McCully, Pedro J del Nido. " Cellular and molecular mechanisms of low cardiac output syndrome after pediatric cardiac surgery. " Current vascular pharmacology. 2016 ; 14 (1) : 5-13.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Gerald R Marx, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Frank A Pigula, Emile A Bacha, John E Mayer Jr, Pedro J del Nido. " Coarctectomy reduces neoaortic arch obstruction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. " The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2007 ; 133 (6) : 1540-1546.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Antonio Sanchez-Andres, Francisco Portela, Francis Fynn-Thompson. " Current pharmacologic management of pediatric heart failure in congenital heart disease. " Current vascular pharmacology. 2011 ; 9 (5) : 619-628.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Gerald R Marx, Kimberlee Gauvreau, John E Mayer Jr, Frank Cecchin, Pedro J del Nido. " Determinants of left ventricular dysfunction after anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. " The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2006 ; 82 (6) : 2059-2066.
• Georgios Karamanlidis, Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Pedro Del Nido, Rong Tian. " Impaired mitochondrial biogenesis precedes heart failure in right ventricular hypertrophy in congenital heart disease. " Circulation: Heart Failure. 2011 ; 4 (6) : 707-713.
• Angela Ferrer-Barba, Iria Gonzalez-Rivera, Victor Bautista-Hernandez. " Inodilators in the management of low cardiac output syndrome after pediatric cardiac surgery. " Current vascular pharmacology. ; 14 (1) : 48-57.
• Maria Garcia Vieites, Ivonne Cardenas, Hugo Loyola, Laura Fernandez Arias, Irene Garcia Hernandez, Isaac Martinez-Bendayan, Fernando Rueda, Jose J Cuenca Castillo, Francisco Portela Torron, Victor Bautista-Hernández. " Lower mini-sternotomy in congenital heart disease: just a cosmetic improvement?. " Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 2015 ; 21 (3) : 374-378.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, David W Brown, Hugo Loyola, Patrick O Myers, Michele Borisuk, Pedro J del Nido, Christopher W Baird. " Mechanisms of tricuspid regurgitation in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome undergoing tricuspid valvuloplasty. " 2014 ; 148 (3) : 832-840.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Babar S Hasan, David M Harrild, Ashwin Prakash, Diego Porras, John E Mayer Jr, Pedro J del Nido, Frank A Pigula. " Late pulmonary valve replacement in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum: a case-matched study. " 2011 ; 91 (2) : 555-560.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Patrick O Myers, Frank Cecchin, Gerald R Marx, Pedro J del Nido.. " Late left ventricular dysfunction after anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. " The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2014 ; 148 (1) : 254-258.
• Babar Sultan Hasan, Victor Bautista‐Hernandez, Doff B McElhinney, Joshua Salvin, Peter C Laussen, Ashwin Prakash, Robert L Geggel, Frank A Pigula. " Outcomes of transcatheter approach for initial treatment of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. " Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2013 ; 81 (1) : 111-118.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Ravi R Thiagarajan, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Satish K Rajagopal, Daniel E Nento, Vamsi Yarlagadda, Sarah A Teele, Catherine K Allan, Sitaram M Emani, Peter C Laussen, Frank A Pigula, Emile A Bacha. " Preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease. " 2009 ; 88 (4) : 1306-1311.
• Alejandro Avila-Alvarez, Maria J del Cerro Marin, Victor Bautista-Hernandez. " Pulmonary vasodilators in the management of low cardiac output syndrome after pediatric cardiac surgery. " Current vascular pharmacology. 2016 ; 14 (1) : 37-47.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Mark Scheurer, Ravi Thiagarajan, Joshua Salvin, Frank A Pigula, Sitaram Emani, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Hugo Loyola, Jared Schiff, Pedro J del Nido, Emile A Bacha. " Right ventricle and tricuspid valve function at midterm after the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: impact of shunt type. " Pediatric cardiology. 2011 ; 32 (2) : 160-166.
• Patrick O Myers, Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Pedro J Del Nido, Gerald R Marx, John E Mayer, Frank A Pigula, Christopher W Baird. " Surgical repair of truncal valve regurgitation. " 2013 ; 44 (5) : 813-820.
• Patrick O Myers, Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Christopher W Baird, Sitaram M Emani, Gerald R Marx, Pedro J del Nido. " Tricuspid regurgitation or Ebsteinoid dysplasia of the tricuspid valve in congenitally corrected transposition: is valvuloplasty necessary at anatomic repair?. " The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. ; 147 (2) : 576-580.
• Victor Bautista-Hernandez, Ivonne Cardenas, Isaac Martinez-Bendayan, Hugo Loyola, Fernando Rueda, Francisco Portela. " Valve-sparing tetralogy of Fallot repair with intraoperative dilation of the pulmonary valve. " Pediatric cardiology. 2013 ; 34 (4) : 918-923.
• María Lozano-Balseiro, Maria Garcia-Vieites, Isaac Martínez-Bendayán, Irene García-Hernández, Jose J Cuenca-Castillo, Fernando Rueda-Núñez, Victor Bautista-Hernandez. " Valve-sparing tetralogy of fallot repair with intraoperative dilation of the pulmonary valve. Mid-Term Results. " 2019 ; 31 (4) : 828-834.

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Memberships

AATS (American Association for Thoracic Surgery)

Active Member

EACTS (European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Active Member/European Board of CT Surgery (EBCTS) writing panel

SECCE (Spanish Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery)

Active Member/Former Board of Directors

STS (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)

Active Member/International Education Committe/Resident Showdown