Marco Zenati, MD
Enriched profileChief of Cardiac Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital · Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marco Zenati is Chief of Cardiac Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Brigham and Women's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 272 publications with 5,687 citations (h-index 42); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 10 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Marco Zenati, MD, is Chief of Cardiac Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The public record shows 272 publications with 5,687 citations (h-index 42), centered on Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Soft Robotics and Applications. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 2 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (2010–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics
- Top research focus: Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 2 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 5 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 108.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
No public contact details on file. This person's NPPES record doesn't include a practice address or telephone number. Why? →
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Randomized Endo-Vein Graft Prospective
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Industry payments
Updated 14 Oct 2026
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2024. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Bolton Medical IncProgram year20241 payment
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20231 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Oct 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2010–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Intelligent Perfusion Digital Twin to Improve Patient Safety and Quality in Cardiac Surgery
Brigham and Women'S Hospital
FY2026$875,418R01HL157457 - SCH: Speech-based Technologies to Detect and Improve Interprofessional Team Behaviors in Cardiac Surgery
University of Colorado
FY2026$329,886R01HL192754 - A Novel Cognition-based Guidance System to Improve Surgical Safety
Boston Va Research Institute, Inc.
FY2023$609,907R01HL126896
Publications
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Surgical Data Science: Revising Its Benefits for Surgical Stakeholders and Patients.
IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics
Article2026 - Performance of left internal thoracic artery-left anterior descending artery anastomosis by residents versus attendings and coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes.
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Clinical Trial2024 - Using Digital Biomarkers for Objective Assessment of Perfusionists' Workload and Acute Stress During Cardiac Surgery.
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
Article2023 - Sensors for Continuous Monitoring of Surgeon's Cognitive Workload in the Cardiac Operating Room.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Letter2020 - Randomized Trial of Endoscopic or Open Vein-Graft Harvesting for Coronary-Artery Bypass.
The New England journal of medicine
Clinical Trial2019
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Systematic review of measurement tools to assess surgeons' intraoperative cognitive workloadReview267 citations2018
- 02Highly articulated robotic probe for minimally invasive surgeryConference paper221 citations2006
- 03Saphenous Vein Graft Failure: From Pathophysiology to Prevention and Treatment StrategiesArticle210 citations2021
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Network
Updated 14 Oct 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Online presence
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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projects.iq.harvard.edu/mrcaslab
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
mrcaslab.hsites.harvard.edu/people/marco-zenati
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →va.gov ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Associate Editor
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →events.aats.org ↗ - National Chairman
Cardiac Surgery Scientific Advisory Board, VA National Surgery Office
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →events.aats.org ↗ - Fellow
European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (FEBCTS)
Awards & honors
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →events.aats.org ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Boston Healthcare System (Chief of Cardiac Surgery)
- Founder and Director
Medical Robotics & Computer-Assisted Surgery (MRCAS) Laboratory, Harvard Medical School
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →webmagazine.unitn.it ↗
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