Assistant Professor, Associated Director Thoracic Aortic Surgery
The University of Texas Dell Medical School
The University of Texas Dell Medical School
Austin, Texas
Joshua Grimm, MD, is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon and both the Director of Cardiothoracic Education and the Associate Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery within the Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at The University of Texas Dell Medical School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from The University of Texas at Austin and his medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He completed a residency in general surgery and a postdoctoral research fellowship in cardiac surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also completed both a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery and a super-fellowship in complex aortic surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Grimm’s clinical interests include adult cardiac surgery with a dedicated focus on open and endovascular techniques to manage a myriad of aortic pathologies, including dissections and aneurysms. Additonally, he has directed the inception of the adult Ross program at the medical achool. His research interests include outcomes-based assessments following heart surgery and translational basic science as it relates to a variety of aortic conditions. He has led and enrolled patients in several industry-driven trials involving the application of novel aortic stent grafts in acute dissections and aneurysms.
He continues to enjoy running, albeit at a much slower pace.
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Arch Reconstruction: Dealing With Ascending Interposition Graft for Residual Type B Dissections
Thursday, October 15, 2026
10:30 AM - 10:35 AM East Coast USA Time
Audience Participation & Discussion
Thursday, October 15, 2026
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time