Jason J.S. Han, MD

Title

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Awards and Honors

Julian Johnson Award in Cardiac Surgery, 2025

Donald Liu Humanism in Surgery Award, 2022

Cardiothoracic Surgery Ethics Scholarship, 2021

Penn Pearls Excellence in Teaching Award, 2018

Clyde F. Barker Award for Excellence in Surgical Research, 2017

Class President at Perelman School of Medicine, 2015

Gold Humanism Honors Society

Professional Memberships

American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Society of Asian Academic Surgeons

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Thoracic Surgery Medical Students Association

Thoracic Surgery Residents Association Executive Committee

Selected Publications

Treffalls JA, Aranda-Michel E, Toubat O, Jagadesh N, Han JJ, Roberts SH, Bhagat R, Choi AY, Blitzer D, Louis C, Shah A, Fann JI. A primer for students regarding advanced topics in cardiothoracic surgery, part 1: Primer 6 of 7. JTCVS Open. 2023 Apr 26;14:350-361. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.04.014. PMID: 37425465; PMCID: PMC10328977."

Han JJ, Soegaard Ballester JM, Cochran AL. "Choose Your Own Threat"-A Modern Paradigm for Academic Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2024 Feb 1;159(2):123-124. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.3816. PMID: 37938833.

Paneitz DC, Wolfe SB, Blitzer D, Han J, Brescia AA, Osho AA, Sundt TM, Bloom JP. Early Career Experiences of Cardiothoracic Surgery Graduates by Training Model: A National Survey. Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. 2023 Mar 25;1(2):358-361. doi: 10.1016/j.atssr.2023.03.004. PMID: 39790321; PMCID: PMC11708749."

Han JJ, Raiten JM. Escaping the Labyrinth - On Finding a Common Path Forward in the ICU. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 17;384(24):2269-2271. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2103422. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34133857.

Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Kelly JJ, Han J, Williams ML, Mackay EJ, Desai ND, Cevasco M. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Independently Predicts Outcomes After Mitral Valve Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr;115(4):940-947. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.01.002. Epub 2023 Jan 6. PMID: 36623633."

Kim ST, Helmers MR, Iyengar A, Han JJ, Patrick WL, Weingarten N, Herbst DA, Atluri P. Interaction between donor obesity and prolonged donor ischemic time in heart transplantation. J Cardiol. 2022 Oct;80(4):351-357. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2022.06.013. Epub 2022 Jul 12. PMID: 35835640."

Aranda-Michel E, Trager L, Gerhard EF, Magura C, Han J, Merritt-Genore H, Lin J, David E, Tong B, Reddy R, Moon M, Sultan I. The Thoracic Surgery Medical Student Association: Understanding the needs of medical students pursuing cardiothoracic surgery in the United States. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Jul;166(1):171-178. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.11.101. Epub 2022 Mar 12. PMID: 35410691.

Han JJ, Brown CR. The Heart Team: A Powerful Paradigm for the Future Training of Cardiovascular Surgeons. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 12;71(23):2702-2705. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.05.001. PMID: 29880131; PMCID: PMC6485252.

Departments

Cardiac Surgery
Cardiology
Surgery

Programs & Centers

Cooper and Inspira Cardiac Care

Practice Groups

Cooper University Physicians