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Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Sara Pereira, MD joins the Division of Cardiothoracic surgery as a Professor of Surgery. She is a Northern California native and received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She completed medical school at University of California Irvine School of Medicine. Dr. Pereira completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She continued as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Alabama, and subsequently practiced in Western Colorado at St. Mary’s Medical Center for ten years. Dr. Pereira returned to the UAB Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2017 and has been very active in resident education and structural heart disease. She further served as the Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Surgery at UAB.

Dr. Pereira is passionate about student and resident education. She looks forward to directing the integrated thoracic surgery residency program at the University of Utah, as well as promoting the adult cardiac surgery section within the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. She is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. In her free time, Dr. Pereira enjoys mountain biking and camping with her husband and two daughters, ages 11 and 13.

Dr. Pereira’s clinical interests include:
• Adult cardiac surgery
• Complex re-operative surgery
• Aortic surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery

Dr. Pereira’s research interests include:
• Quality improvement and clinical outcomes in adult cardiac surgery, particularly valve in valve transcatheter
aortic valve replacement
• Perioperative optimization of high risk cardiac patients
• Infection prevention

Clinical Locations

University Hospital
Cardiothoracic Surgery

50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City, UT  84132
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Veterans Administration Medical Center

500 S Foothill Blvd
Salt Lake City, UT  84149

Specialties

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Surgery - Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Cardiothoracic Surgery

Sara Pereira, MD joins the Division of Cardiothoracic surgery as a Professor of Surgery. She is a Northern California native and received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She completed medical school at University of California Irvine School of Medicine. Dr. Pereira completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She continued as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Alabama, and subsequently practiced in Western Colorado at St. Mary’s Medical Center for ten years. Dr. Pereira returned to the UAB Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2017 and has been very active in resident education and structural heart disease. She further served as the Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Surgery at UAB.

Dr. Pereira is passionate about student and resident education. She looks forward to directing the integrated thoracic surgery residency program at the University of Utah, as well as promoting the adult cardiac surgery section within the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. She is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. In her free time, Dr. Pereira enjoys mountain biking and camping with her husband and two daughters, ages 11 and 13.

Dr. Pereira’s clinical interests include:
• Adult cardiac surgery
• Complex re-operative surgery
• Aortic surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery

Dr. Pereira’s research interests include:
• Quality improvement and clinical outcomes in adult cardiac surgery, particularly valve in valve transcatheter
aortic valve replacement
• Perioperative optimization of high risk cardiac patients
• Infection prevention

Academic Locations

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Surgery - Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Cardiothoracic Surgery

Education History

Fellowship University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Fellow, 2004
Residency University of Cincinnati Medical Center
General Surgery
Chief Resident, 2002
Residency University of Cincinnati Medical Center
General Surgery
Resident, 2001
Professional Medical University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Medicine
M.D., 1997
Undergraduate University of California, Berkeley
Integrative Biology
B.A., 1992

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Pereira SJ (2022). Cardiac surgery in nonagenarians: Rethinking operative strategies in the era of TAVR and TMVR. J Card Surg, 37(6), 1671-1673.
  2. Ferrel MN, Gerhard EF, Johnstad CM, Nesbitt K, Pereira SJ, Fiedler AG (2022). Practice patterns of female cardiothoracic surgeons older than age 58 years: Are we making progress? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
  3. Wilson TW, Horns JJ, Sharma V, Goodwin ML, Kagawa H, Pereira SJ, McKellar SH, Selzman CH, Glotzbach JP (2022). Minimally Invasive versus Full Sternotomy SAVR in the Era of TAVR: An Institutional Review. J Clin Med, 11(3).
  4. Ferrel MN, Gerhard EF, Johnstad CM, Nesbitt K, Pereira SJ, Fiedler AG (2022). Practice patterns of female cardiothoracic surgeons older than age 58 years: Are we making progress? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
  5. Zaky A, Younan DS, Meers B, Davies J, Pereira S, Melvin RL, Kidd B, Morgan C, Tolwani A, Pittet JF (2021). End-of-Procedure Volume Responsiveness Defined by the Passive Leg Raise Test Is Not Associated With Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiopulmonary Bypass. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 35(5), 1299-1306.
  6. Mace JE, Xie R, Deng L, Asban A, Kim W, Pereira SJ, Kirklin JK, Davies JE (2020). Cardiac Surgery and Postoperative Renal Allograft Failure. Ann Thorac Surg, 110, 1904-1908.
  7. Pereira SJ, Narrod JA (2008). Repair of right pulmonary artery transection after blunt trauma. Ann Thorac Surg, 87(3), 939-40.
  8. Burch TM, Davidson MF, Pereira SJ (2008). Use of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation and surgical treatment of a patient with an aneurysmal interatrial septum and an intracardiac thrombus traversing a patent foramen ovale. Anesth Analg, 106(3), 769-70.
  9. Bryant AS, Pereira SJ, Miller DL, Cerfolio RJ (2006). Satellite pulmonary nodule in the same lobe (T4N0) should not be staged as IIIB non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg, 82(5), 1808-13; discussion 1813-4.
  10. Nielsen VG, Steenwyk BL, Gurley WQ, Pereira SJ, Lell WA, Kirklin JK (2006). Argatroban, bivalirudin, and lepirudin do not decrease clot propagation and strength as effectively as heparin-activated antithrombin in vitro. J Heart Lung Transplant, 25(6), 653-63.
  11. Obrien DP, Luchette FA, Pereira SJ, Lim E, Seeskin CS, James L, Miller S, Davis K Jr, Hurst JM, Johannigman JA, Frame SB (2002). Pelvic fracture in the elderly is associated with increased mortality. Surgery, 132(4), 710-4; discussion 714-5.
  12. Pereira SJ, OBrien DP, Luchette FA, Choe KA, Lim E, Davis K Jr, Hurst JM, Johannigman JA, Frame SB (2000). Dynamic helical computed tomography scan accurately detects hemorrhage in patients with pelvic fracture. Surgery, 128(4), 678-85.
  13. MacArthur CJ, Pereira S (1996). Otolaryngologic manifestations of multiple pterygium syndrome. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 34(1-2), 135-40.

Case Report

  1. Miller VM, Pereira SJ (2020). Surgical management of catheter-related right atrial thrombus with superior vena cava syndrome A Case Report. J Card Surg, 35(7), 1673-1675.

Editorial

  1. Tesfaye Y, Keppley M, Harchanko E, Steele J, Urist M, Young C, Pereira S, Martin C, Ma M (2022). Climate survey development to assess the DEI gap across surgical specialties in an academic institution. Am J Surg, 223(2), 425-427.

Letter

  1. Miller VM, Pereira SJ (2020). Authors' response to letter to the editor: "Therapeutic strategy of dialysis catheter-associated massive thrombus". [Letter to the editor]. J Card Surg, 35(8), 2115.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Pereira SJ (2020). COVID 19 challenges surgeons to “Embrace the Change” in cardiac surgery [Web]. Society for Thoracic Surgery News.

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