Allegheny Clinic

Allegheny General Hospital

Forbes Hospital

West Penn Hospital

Medical Doctor - MD

Master of Public Health - MPH

Doctor of Philosophy - PHD

Aortic Root Repair/Replacement Surgery

Aortic Root Replacement Surgery

Aortic Surgery

Aortic Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Ascending Aortic Aneurysm

Ascending Aortic Disease

Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

Atrial Septal Defect Surgery

Cardiogenic Shock Surgery (ECMO)

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Coronary Bypass Surgery (Arterial Grafting)

Coronary Bypass Surgery (Heart Failure)

Heart Transplant Surgery

Heart Transplantation

Heart Valve Repair Surgery

Heart Valve Replacements

Hybrid Maze

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Left Ventricular Aneurysm Surgery

MAZE Surgery

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

Mitral Valve Disease

Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Mitralplasty

Myomectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Pulmonary Vein Isolations

Redo Aortic Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Redo Coronary Bypass Surgery

Redo Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Structural Heart Disease

Surgery For Atrial Fibrillation

TAVR

TAVR (Transcatheter Valve Replacement) Surgery, Aortic and Mitral

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Surgery

Thoracic Aortic Disease

Tricuspid Valve Surgery

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Dr. Bajona has recently joined AHN and serves as Director of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program and director of Cardiac Surgery Division at Forbes Hospital.

For the past five years he served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center in Dallas and as Surgical director of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence at UTSW.

He earned his medical degree at the University of Ferrara School of Medicine in Italy. Then, he completed a 5-year cardiac surgery residency at the University of Pisa; a 2-year research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and 2-year cardiovascular surgery clinical fellowship at the University of Toronto. Dr. Bajona received advanced training in cardiovascular surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Main clinical focuses are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, aortic surgery, valve repair, and total arterial revascularization.

Dr. Bajona's research interests include heart physiology and innovative approaches to cardiac surgery. He recently concluded a PhD at Sant' Anna School of Advanced studies in Pisa, Italy in translational medicine on mitral valve anatomy, physiology and imaging. He is also an adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Texas at Arlington.

Dr. Bajona is certified by the European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (EBCTS) and the United States Medical Licensing Examination. He is an active member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Bajona is currently serving as a member of the EBCTS and Deputy Chairman of the Level 1 examination Membership of the EBCTS.

When not at work you can find Dr. Bajona enjoying outdoor activities and you will recognize him from his thick Italian accent!