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Dr. Amy Fiedler is a cardiac surgeon who specializes in caring for patients with heart failure, including those who need heart transplantation. Her focus is on restoring patients' quality of life. Seeking to deliver holistic care, she believes in the powerful connection between mind and body and in the importance of trust and open communication between patient and provider.

Fiedler's research focuses on increasing patient access to heart transplantation by improving current techniques for organ preservation and procurement as well as by developing new ones.

Fiedler earned her medical degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed residencies in general and cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. She was in the class of 2020 of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, a program offered through the collaboration of several former U.S. presidents' centers and foundations. She currently serves as surgical director for Team Heart, a nonprofit organization providing cardiac surgery to people in Rwanda.

  • Board Certifications

    American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, 2021

  • Fellowships

    Massachusetts General Hospital, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2018

  • Residencies

    Massachusetts General Hospital, General Surgery, 2016

  • Internship

    Massachusetts General Hospital, General Surgery, 2010

  • Education

    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2009

  • Languages

    English

I love being a cardiac surgeon for the immediate impact I can have by improving quality of life for my patients and their families.

Where I see patients (2)

    My work

    An innovative approach to heart transplant surgery

    This new technique could shorten wait times for patients who need a heart transplant.

    First all-woman heart transplant team in U.S.

    Of the 88,000 heart transplants completed since the 1980s, no surgical team was composed entirely of women – until now.

    UCSF's first patient to receive a total artificial heart

    Dr. Fiedler was part of a surgical team that implanted a temporary pump system to replace Hans Oviedo's heart while he awaits a transplant.

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