Reilly D. Hobbs
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Reilly D. Hobbs, MBS, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
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Reilly Hobbs, MD, MBS is a Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon at Primary Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is committed to providing the highest quality care to children with congenital heart disease and their families, and is deeply dedicated to teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows.

Dr. Hobbs completed advanced training in pediatric heart surgery at the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. He previously completed a fellowship in adult cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Michigan and a general surgery residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his medical degree with honors from Wayne State University.

His research interests span both clinical and basic science. Clinically, his work focuses on improving outcomes for children with congenital heart disease. In the laboratory, his investigations center on the mechanisms of organ-specific cellular death, immune pathways involved in the clearance of cellular debris, and the identification of biomarkers with potential clinical applications.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Hobbs enjoys spending time with his wife, Rachael, and their three children. His hobbies include skiing, running, playing guitar, and exploring the mountains.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surg)
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Sub: Congenital Cardiac Surgery)
American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
National Board of Medical Examiners

Reilly Hobbs, MD, MBS is a Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon at Primary Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is committed to providing the highest quality care to children with congenital heart disease and their families, and is deeply dedicated to teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows.

Dr. Hobbs completed advanced training in pediatric heart surgery at the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. He previously completed a fellowship in adult cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Michigan and a general surgery residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his medical degree with honors from Wayne State University.

His research interests span both clinical and basic science. Clinically, his work focuses on improving outcomes for children with congenital heart disease. In the laboratory, his investigations center on the mechanisms of organ-specific cellular death, immune pathways involved in the clearance of cellular debris, and the identification of biomarkers with potential clinical applications.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Hobbs enjoys spending time with his wife, Rachael, and their three children. His hobbies include skiing, running, playing guitar, and exploring the mountains.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Surgery -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Cardiothoracic Surgery
Board Certification
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surg)
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Sub: Congenital Cardiac Surgery)
American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
National Board of Medical Examiners

Education history

Undergraduate Psychology, Business, Pre-Medicine - Calvin College Baccalaureate
Graduate Training Biomedical Sciences, Molecular Biology - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey M.B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Wayne State University School of Medicine M.D.
Residency General Surgery - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Resident
Fellowship Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery - University of Michigan Fellow
Fellowship Congenital Heart Surgery - University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children¿s Hospital Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Philliben R, Keene J, Campbell K, Sandoval Karamian A, Ostrander B, Hobbs R, Stidham C, Kay B, Glotzbach (2026). Continuous EEG monitoring after neonatal cardiac surgery: seizure incidence and prognostic background abnormalities. Pediatric research,
  2. Schäfer M, McFarland C, Amula V, Truong D, Lambert LM, Griffiths ER, Eckhauser AW, Husain SA, Hobbs R (2025). Volume-Outcome Relationship of Norwood Procedures: Insights from the National Pediatric Cardiology - Quality Improvement Collaborative Database. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 119(5), 1045-1052.
  3. Carvajal HG, Hobbs RD, Han BK, Husain SA, Griffiths E (2025). Aortic uncrossing for airway decompression following arterial switch operation. JTCVS techniques, 31, 105-107.
  4. Carvajal H.G (2025). Aortic uncrossing for airway decompression following arterial switch operation. JTCVS techniques, 31, 105-107.
  5. Schäfer M (2025). Left Ventricular Functional Changes after Ross Procedure in Children and Adolescents. Pediatric cardiology,
  6. Schäfer M, Eckhauser A, Hobbs R, Griffiths E, Sharma V, Carvajal H, Dzelebdzic S, Binka E, Husain S (2025). Left Ventricular Functional Changes after Ross Procedure in Children and Adolescents. Pediatric cardiology,
  7. Gelhard S, O'Brien L, Vincenti S, Smego DR, Hobbs R, Varghese TK Jr, Selzman CH, Pereira S (2024). Disparities in Gender and Diversity Representation Among Surgical Subspecialties: Are we Losing Momentum?. The Journal of surgical research, 293, 413-419.
  8. Vossler JD, Eckhauser AW, Griffiths ER, Hobbs RD, Lambert LM, Tani LY, Parsons N, Habib RH, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Husain S (2024). Impact of Atrioventricular Valve Intervention at Each Stage of Single Ventricle Palliation. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery, 21501351241269924.
  9. Cathleen Pruitt, L. LuAnn Minich, Linda M. Lambert, Reilly Hobbs, Zhining Ou, Angela Presson, and Nelangi Marie Pint (2023). THE IMPACT OF THE CHILDHOOD OPPORTUNITY INDEX ON SOMATIC GROWTH IN CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. . Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 81, 1565.
  10. Hobbs RD, Schultz ML, Loney ML, Verma S, Xiong J, Ohye RG, Bove E, Si M (2022). Valve-sparing root replacement after the Ross procedure. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
  11. Eckhauser AW, Nonu JL, Hobbs RD, Griffiths ER, Husain SA, Doty (2022). The Ross operation after removal of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients. JTCVS techniques, 17, 129-132.
  12. Hobbs RD, Si MS (2021). Ex Vivo Heart Perfusion for Pediatric Transplant Patients-A New Path Towards Expanding the Donor Pool for Kids? Ann Thorac Surg, 112, 1281.
  13. Norton EL, Wu KH, Rubenfire M, Fink S, Sitzmann J, Hobbs RD, Saberi S, Willer CJ, Yang B, Hornsby W (2021). Cardiorespiratory Fitness After Open Repair for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection - A Prospective Study. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
  14. Hobbs RD, Moon J, Murala J, Ohye RG (2020). Novel Suture Technique for Slide Tracheoplasty for the Treatment of Long-Segment Tracheal Stenosis. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 32(4), 930-934.
  15. Moon J, Shen L, Likosky D, Sood V, Hobbs RD, Sassalos P, Romano JC, Ohye RG, Bove EL, Si MS (2020). The Impact on Single Ventricle Function, Atrioventricular Valve Competency and Clinical Outcomes in over 1,100 Fontan Patients: A 30-year, Single-Center Study. J Am Coll Cardiol, 75(11_Supplement_1), 543.
  16. Hobbs RD, Norton EL, Wu X, Willer CJ, Hummell SL, Prager RL, Afilalo J, Hornsby WE, Yang B (2020). Gait speed is a preoperative indicator of postoperative events after elective proximal aortic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 163, 886-894.e1.
  17. Hobbs RD, Assi A, Bolling SF, Patel HJ, Deeb GM, Romano MA, Haft JW, Prager RL, Pagani FD, Tang PC (2019). Long-Term Survival and Echocardiographic Findings After Surgical Ventricular Restoration. Ann Thorac Surg, 107(6), 1754-1760.
  18. Wallen TJ, Habertheuer A, Gottret JP, Kramer M, Abbas Z, Siki M, Hobbs R, Vasquez C, Molina M, Kanchwala S, Low D, Acker M, Vallabhajosyula P (2019). Sternal wound complications in patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation. J Card Surg, 34(4), 186-189.
  19. Yang B, Norton EL, Hobbs R, Farhat L, Wu X, Hornsby WE, Kim KM, Patel HJ, Deeb GM (2019). Short- and long-term outcomes of aortic root repair and replacement in patients undergoing acute type A aortic dissection repair: Twenty-year experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 157(6), 2125-2136.
  20. Hobbs RD, Paone G, D'Agostino RS, Jacobs JP, McDonald DE, Prager RL, Shahian DM (2018). Myocardial revascularization: the evolution of the STS database and quality measurement for improvement. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 34(Suppl 3), 222-229.
  21. Hobbs RD, Wallen TJ, Komlo CM, Moeller PJ, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE, Vallabhajosyula P (2017). Central cannulation strategy for extent I thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair of chronic type B aortic dissection. J Card Surg, 32(8), 494-499.
  22. Hobbs RD, Ullery BW, Mentzer AR, Cheung AT (2016). Protocol for prevention of spinal cord ischemia after thoracoabdominal aortic surgery. Vascular, 24(4), 430-4.
  23. Hobbs RD, Ullery B, Furth E, Drebin J (2015). Pancreaticoduodenectomy after remote liver and kidney transplantation for the treatment of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm. Am Surg, 81(2), E87-9.
  24. Hobbs R, Korutla V, Suzuki Y, Acker M, Vallabhajosyula P (2015). Mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to definitive surgical repair after post-myocardial infarct ventricular septal defect. J Card Surg, 30(6), 535-40.
  25. Ullery BW, Hobbs RD, Cheung AT (2015). Reversible spinal cord ischemia as a complication of acute aortic intramural hematoma. Vascular, 23(4), 427-31.
  26. Hobbs RD, Cintolo JA, Roses RE (2015). An Underappreciated Cause of Postprandial Abdominal Pain. JAMA Surg, 150(9), 907-8.
  27. Sedeyn JC, Wu H, Hobbs RD, Levin EC, Nagele RG, Venkataraman V (2015). Histamine Induces Alzheimer's Disease-Like Blood Brain Barrier Breach and Local Cellular Responses in Mouse Brain Organotypic Cultures. Biomed Res Int, 2015, 937148.
  28. Hobbs RD, Marks JA, Kucharczuk JC, Reilly P (2015). Gunshot Wound to Left Chest With “Transmediastinal” Trajectory.

Review

  1. Kelly Han B,Binka E,Griffiths E,Hobbs R,Eckhauser A,Husain A,Overman (2024). Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Congenital Heart Disease: The Role of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Surgical Decision Making. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual, 27, 11-18.
  2. Hobbs RD,Paone G,D'Agostino RS,Jacobs JP,McDonald DE,Prager RL,Shahian D (2018). Myocardial revascularization: the evolution of the STS database and quality measurement for improvement. Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 34, 222-229.

Book Chapter

  1. Reilly D. Hobbs, S. Adil Husai (2024). Transposition of the Great Arteries.
  2. Reilly D Hobbs, Jennifer C Roman (2023). Truncus Arteriosus and Aortopulmonary Window. 2, 2432-2449.
  3. Hobbs R, Si M (2020). Atrial Septal Defects.
  4. Hobbs R, Si M (2020). Congenital Aortic Stenosis, Aortic Atresia, and the Ross Procedure.
  5. Hobbs R, Lagisetty (2019). Blunt Thoracic Trauma.
  6. Hobbs R, Reddy R (2019). Chapter 38: Obstructing Benign Fibroepithelial Polyp.
  7. Hobbs R, Vallabhajosyula P, Szeto (2015). In Patients With Type A Dissection That Originates Distal To the Left Subclavian Artery, Can You Treat Like A Type B?. 23-36.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Eckhauser AW,Nonu JL,Hobbs RD,Griffiths ER,Husain SA,Doty (2023). The Ross operation after removal of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients. JTCVS techniques, 17, 129-132.

Case Report

  1. Fukuhara S, Hobbs R, Chetcuti SJ, Patel HJ (2020). Modified Transcatheter Hufnagel Procedure as a Bridge to Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. Ann Thorac Surg, 109(6), e435-e437.
  2. Hobbs RD, Roses R (2017). Giant Caudate Lobe Hemangioma. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 21(11), 1957-1958.

Editorial

  1. Hobbs RD, Eckhauser A (2022). Commentary: Cumulative preoperative risk modeling in single-ventricle patients'crystal clear or clear as mud?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
  2. Hobbs RD,Eckhauser A (2022). Commentary: Cumulative preoperative risk modeling in single-ventricle patients'crystal clear or clear as mud?. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
  3. Hobbs RD, Ohye RG (2021). Commentary: Congenital heart disease patients with airway anomalies do worse: We knew that, or so we thought. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 161(3), 1124-1125.
  4. Hobbs R,Si M (2021). Commentary: On aortic uncrossing: New variation on an old controversy. JTCVS techniques, 5, 97-98.
  5. Hobbs R, Si MS (2020). Commentary: Modified frozen elephant trunk. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg,
  6. Hobbs RD, Si MS (2020). Commentary: Finding the best pulmonary bioprosthetic valve: An unobtainable target? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 160(2), 487-488.
  7. Hobbs R, Si MS (2020). Commentary: Using microRNAs as biomarkers in pediatric cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 159(4), 1541-1542.
  8. Hobbs RD, Si M (2020). Commentary: Full-service salvage operation. JTCVS techniques, 2, 126-127.
  9. Hobbs R, Si M (2020). Commentary: On aortic uncrossing: New variation on an old controversy. JTCVS techniques, 5, 97-98.
  10. Hobbs RD,Si M (2020). Commentary: In silico design of right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduits'confirmation of ¿in cerebral¿ design?. JTCVS open, 1, 49-50.
  11. Hobbs RD, Si M (2020). Commentary: In silico design of right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduits-confirmation of "in cerebral" design?. JTCVS open, 1, 49-50.

Letter

  1. Hobbs R, Gottret JP, Menon R, Komlo C, Pochettino A, Acker M, Vallabhajosyula P (2016). Concomitant aortic arch reconstruction using deep hypothermic circulatory arrest during heart transplantation. [Letter to the editor]. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino), 57(4), 620-3.

Other

  1. Moon J, Shen L, Likosky DS, Sood V, Hobbs RD, Sassalos P, Romano JC, Ohye RG, Bove EL, Si M (2020). Relationship of Ventricular Morphology and Atrioventricular Valve Function to Long-Term Outcomes Following Fontan Procedures. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 76(4), 419-431.