Andrea Amabile

Dr. Andrea Amabile is an integrated cardio–thoracic surgery resident at the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center.

After graduating as valedictorian from medical school and obtaining a Master of Biostatistics in
Italy, he joined the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Yale University where he led the Clinical
Outcomes Research Group as postdoctoral associate (2021–2022) and research faculty (2022–
2023).

He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, with a particular
interest in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery. His work has been presented at
national and international conferences, including AATS, STS, EACTS, WTSA, ECTSS, HVS,
ACC, and AHA. In 2024, he has received the Benson R. Wilcox Award from the Thoracic
Surgery Directors Association.

He was the first trainee invited to sit on the Board of Directors of the International Society for
Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS). He also served as President of the Junior
Researchers Committee of the Association of Italian Surgeons in North America (AISNA), and
as Secretary of the Yale Italian Society. Outside of work, he is a classically trained pianist.