Biography
Dr. Marko T. Boskovski is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at UCSF and Director of Ross and Aortic Valve Preserving Surgery. He specializes in complex surgery of the thoracic aorta (the part of the aorta, which is the body's largest artery, located in the chest). He has a special interest in aortic root surgery (repairing an enlarged section of the aorta to prevent a rupture or other problems), including the Ross procedure (which replaces a damaged aortic valve with the patient's pulmonary valve), valve-sparing aortic root replacement (techniques that preserve the patient's aortic valve) and aortic valve repair.
Education
| Washington University in St. Louis, B.A. Physics, 2007 |
| Yale School of Medicine, M.D., 2012 |
| Yale School of Medicine, M.H.S., 2012 |
| Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, M.P.H. 2017 |
Brigham and Women's Hospital, General Surgery, 2012-2019
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cardiothoracic Surgery (4+3), 2017-2021
Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Cardiovascular Genetics, 2015-2017
Clinical Expertise
Ross Procedure
Aortic valve repair
Valve sparing aortic root replacement
Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery
Minimally invasive aortic root surgery
Complex surgery for thoracic aortic aneurysms
Foreign Languages Spoken
Program Affiliations
- UCSF Heart and Vascular Center
- UCSF Center for Aortic Disease
Ross Program
Research Narrative
Dr. Boskovski's research focuses on the biomechanics and genetics of diseases affecting the thoracic aorta and surgeries like the Ross procedure.
Research Interests
Cardiovascular genetics
Genetic predictors of clinical outcomes
Cardiac developmental biology