Dr. David Moros is a physician from Bogotá, Colombia, who graduated from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He is currently a research fellow in cardiovascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States.
Dr. Moros is preparing for the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) to pursue a general surgery residency in the U.S. He has a keen interest in academic surgery and focuses on combining clinical practice with research to improve patient care.
Through his experience, Dr. Moros aims to support and guide other international medical graduates, especially those from Latin America, who are navigating the process of building academic surgical careers in the U.S.
Selected publications from PubMed
Predictors of long-term survival after pulmonary endarterectomy.
Awad AK, Shah S, Moros D, Ayyat KS, Mehta A, Collier P, Heresi GA, Smedira NG, Tong MZ, Elgharably H
JTCVS Open. 2026 Aug;32:101921 doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2026.101921.
A surgeon's toolkit for mitral valve-induced left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with minimal septal hypertrophy.
Maigrot JA, Moros D, Blackstone EH, Weiss AJ, Desai MY, Gillinov AM, Smedira NG
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Dec;170(6):1612-1620.e1 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.06.001.
Aortic Valve Calcium Score Quantification by Contrast Cardiac CT: Correlations With Echocardiography and Optimal Thresholds.
Dong T, Haroun E, Arockiam AD, Khurana R, El Dahdah J, Agrawal A, Okushi Y, Moros D, Bodi K, Saraswati U, Alamer M, Abushouk A, Bansal A, Harb S, Popovic Z, Rodriguez LL, Puri R, Reed G, Krishnaswamy A, Griffin B, Kapadia S, Wang TKM
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Jun;18(6):e017373 doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017373.
Re-repair of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture.
Moros D, Maigrot JA, Smedira NG, Tong MZY, Bakaeen FG, Soltesz EG, Roselli EE, Blackstone EH, Gillinov AM, Svensson LG, Weiss AJ
JTCVS Tech. 2025 Feb;29:43-55 doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.10.013.
Trajectories following Impella 5.5 support are associated with initial presentation acuity.
Maigrot JA, Starling RC, Soltesz EG, Smedira NG, Tong MZY, Unai S, Bhat P, Moros D, Blackstone EH, Weiss AJ
Artif Organs. 2025 Jan;49(1):137-145 doi: 10.1111/aor.14867.
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