Alexander Marmureanu

Alexander R. Mărmureanu (in , born 1962) is a Romanian-born American surgeon and academic.

Early life and education Marmureanu was born in Băile Govora, Romania. As a surgeon, he is a specialist in thoracic surgery.

Career Marmureanu emigrated to the United States in 1990.

In 2002, Marmureanu founded the California Heart & Lung Surgery Medical Center. Between 2002, and 2003, he was a clinical instructor at UCLA Medical Center's cardiothoracic surgery division.

In January 2003, he became the medical director at the Century City Medical Center, where he served until January 2004. Later, he also worked for Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,

As a surgeon he is the founder of the California Heart & Lung Surgery Medical Center.

Marmureanu was selected for Los Angeles Magazine's Top Doctors 2024.

Selected publications Vaseghi M, Gima J, Kanaan C, Ajijola OA, Marmureanu A, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Cardiac sympathetic denervation in patients with refractory ventricular arrhythmias or electrical storm: intermediate and long-term follow-up. Heart Rhythm 2014 Mar;11(3):360-6. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.11.028. Epub 2013 Nov 28. PMID 24291775; PMCID: PMC4253031. Marelli D, Laks H, Patel B, Kermani R, Marmureanu A, Patel J, Kobashigawa J; University of California at Los Angeles Heart Transplant Group. Heart transplantation in patients with diabetes mellitus in the current era. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2003 Oct;22(10):1091-7. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(02)01219-6. PMID 14550818. Wieder JA, Laks H, Freitas D, Marmureanu A, Belldegrun A. Renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus extension into the proximal pulmonary artery. The Journal of Urology 2003 Jun;169(6):2296-7. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000065432.22782.0d. PMID 12771776. Crisera CA, Connelly PR, Marmureanu AR, Li M, Rose MI, Longaker MT, Gittes GK. TTF-1 and HNF-3beta in the developing tracheoesophageal fistula: further evidence for the respiratory origin of the distal esophagus'. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 1999 Sep;34(9):1322-6. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(99)90003-9. PMID 10507421. Crisera CA, Connelly PR, Marmureanu AR, Colen KL, Rose MI, Li M, Longaker MT, Gittes GK. Esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula: suggested mechanism in faulty organogenesis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 1999 Jan;34(1):204-8. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(99)90258-0. PMID 10022173.