Specialties
Chris K. Rokkas, MD, PhD, MBA
Professor
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery
Education
- MD, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- PhD, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- MBA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dr. Rokkas provides a wide range of services including Aortic Root Surgery, Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (off-pump CABG), Heart Bypass (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery – CABG), Coronary Artery Anomalies, Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Maze Procedure (Surgical).
Recent Publications
Massive Aneurysmal Coronary Artery Fistulae Demonstrating the Continued Utility of Surgical Intervention.
Frenkel M, Rokkas C, Osaki S, de Biasi A
JACC Case Rep 2025 Jun 18; 30(15): 103787
[PubMed ID: 40541346]Commentary: The rapidly growing aorta: Time for precise measurements.
Rokkas CK
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024 Apr; 167(4): 1214-1215
[PubMed ID: 36038384]A hybrid aortic re-arching technique.
Hirashima F, Polomsky M, Dong W, Risi JL, Rokkas CK
JTCVS Tech 2022 Oct; 15: 18-21
[PubMed ID: 36276705]Rare and complicated functional posterior mediastinal paraganglioma.
SenthilKumar G, Rokkas CK, Sheinin YM, Linsky PL
BMJ Case Rep 2022 Jun 07; 15(6)
[PubMed ID: 35672059]Integrated cardiothoracic surgery match: Trends among applicants compared with other surgical subspecialties.
Bougioukas L, Heiser A, Berg A, Polomsky M, Rokkas C, Hirashima F
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023 Sep; 166(3): 904-914
[PubMed ID: 35461707]