Deyanira (Dee) Prastein, MD, is a heart surgeon. She is board certified in Thoracic Surgery and is an assistant professor at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. She specializes in adult cardiac surgery with a special interest in advanced heart failure surgical therapies (LVADs) and structural heart disease. After her General Surgery training at the University of Maryland, she completed her Thoracic Surgery training at Wake Forest School of Medicine and pursued further specialization in thoracic transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at the University of Cambridge Royal Papworth Hospital and at Duke University Medical Center.
Primary Specialty
Thoracic Surgeon
GenderFemale
EducationVirginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Richmond
ServicesDeyanira J. Prastein, MD provides thoracic surgery in Washington, DC. A Thoracic Surgeon is trained to perform surgery on the chest, diaphragm, lungs, esophagus, chest wall and heart valves. A Thoracic Surgeon also treats artery disease and cancer.
Please call GW Cardiac Surgery - West End: 2300 M Street at (202) 823-4100 to schedule an appointment in Washington, DC or to get more information.