Amy G. Fiedler, MD

‼️Introducing our latest @UCSFHospitals video featuring @UCSF Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Amy Fiedler @FiedlerAmy. From giving life-changing calls to stopping & restarting the heart—her everyday work is nothing short of incredible. Watch now👇 #womeninmedicine #HeartSurgery 💙

‼️ Attn heart failure and transplant enthusiasts! Join @UCSFHospitals @UCSFCardiology @UCSFCTSurgery @UCSFSurgery us for our annual “Hearts in Sonoma” conference! Gorgeous venue, exciting topics, and exceptional networking! virtualce.ucsf.edu/HeartFailureTh…

Important work for this ever increasing patient population! #hearttransplant cc: @annalsthorsurg

Does the relationship between the surgeon and anesthesiologist matter? Spoiler alert - YES, yes it does. It matters in sports, aviation…. Why would it not matter in the OR? @JAMA_current pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40434753/ Great discussion section worth reading.

‼️Big news at @UCSF 💙 Dr. Amy G. Fiedler @FiedlerAmy, a Cardiac Surgeon and national leader advancing transplant, heart failure care & global health equity, has been named Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support, effective July 1, 2025 🥳

Having fun celebrating our joint birthdays and taking care of patients with the best clinic team! 🫀🎂 cc: @UCSFCTSurgery @UCSFSurgery @UCSFHospitals @JohnNiesen

Don’t miss the chance to share your work! Abstract submissions are OPEN for the 2025 WTS 2nd Annual Conference. We invite abstracts showcasing impactful research in cardiothoracic surgery and supporting the advancement of women in the specialty. ➡️ bit.ly/4cBfsMr

Congratulations to our fellow @BrianTillMD and thank you to @STS_CTsurgery AND @IntuitiveSurg for this amazing opportunity to advance our robotic skills! @UCSFCTSurgery @UCSFSurgery

Please send Pamela your best wishes — she graduated from cardiac physical therapy just eight months after having a heart transplant with Dr. @FiedlerAmy! Congratulations! 🎉

Proud, humbled, and honored to serve on the @TheBushCenter advisory council and have the opportunity to learn and grow from President Bush and countless other colleagues and friends as we continue on our leadership journey

‼️ so proud to contribute to this important manuscript in @AHAScience regarding the importance of palliative care in cardiac 🫀patients ‼️cc: @UCSFHospitals @UCSFSurgery

‼️ Just In‼️ Dr. Jason Smith, has been appointed Division Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery and Lung Transplantation, effective June 1, 2025. Trained at Loyola and Stanford, Dr. Smith brings deep expertise in transplant care and immune function research 🥳 🎉 #UCSF #medicine

Love teaching heart surgery to the next generation of academic cardiac surgeons! @UCSFHospitals @UCSFSurgery

Dr. Michela Faggioni performed the first case using the Symplicity Spyral renal denervation (RDN) system on Friday, April 11th. Huge congrats to the whole team, and shout out to Dr. Julio Lamprea Montealegra’s new Resistant Hypertension Clinic for the referral. @UCSFHospitals

Bunch of @UCSFSurgery @UCSFHospitals surgeons having an epic time at the Elite 8 🏀 in SF!! cc: @KickAsana

My heart ❤️ is full after a delicious dinner filled with fantastic conversation and better company with my heart 🫀transplant patient and his wife! Nothing is more gratifying than seeing transplant patients get a second chance at life 🙌 cc: @UCSFHospitals @UCSFSurgery

In 1967, a surgeon stopped a beating heart—on purpose. It was the first human heart transplant, but behind the history was risk, controversy, and an ethical gray zone. For the patient, it was his only chance. Here’s the story behind the first heart transplant ever:🧵

Congratulations all! We are very excited to welcome you to @UCSFSurgery @UCSFHospitals and @UCSF! #MedTwitter @WomenSurgeons @SocietyofBAS @UCSFMSS

🔥‼️ proud of our research team @UCSFCTSurgery @UCSFHospitals @UCSFSurgery for this manuscript just published in @TheJHLT looking at decreasing 🩸 loss in heart🫀transplant! jhltopen.org/article/S2950-…