Dr. Joseph N. Cunningham, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgeon
General Surgeon

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Dr. Cunningham practices Cardiothoracic Surgery and General Surgery in Brooklyn, New York.

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Address:: 4802 10th Avenue; Brooklyn, NY 11219

Personal Facts

Personal Facts:: Male; Years Since Graduation: 43
: HealthGrades Recognized Doctors are board certified in the specialty they practice; have never had their license restricted or revoked; are free of state or federal disciplinary actions; and are free of any malpractice claims.
Professional Appointments:: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology, Adjunct Clinical Professor; Transitional Residency Program, Maimonides Medical Center, Program Director; School of Cardiopulmonary Perfusion, State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, Medical Director; Department of Surgical Services, Brooklyn Veteran's Administration Hospital, Attending Surgeon; Department of Surgical Services, Kings County Hospital, Attending Surgeon; Regionalized Divisions of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, State University of New York, Attending Surgeon and Director
Professional Affiliations/Memberships:: International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery; New York Academy of Science; Association for Academic Surgery; Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine; American College of Chest Physicians; American Heart Association; American Society for Artificial Internal Organs; Society of Thoracic Surgeons; New York Cardiological Society; American Surgical Association
Committees:: American College of Surgeons Committee on Applicants, Long Island District One, Member
Publications:: 1998, Monitering of somatosensory evoked potentials: A primer on the Intra operative detection of spinal cord ischemia during aortic reconstructive surgery., Semin. Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery; 1998, Intra operative adjuncts of spinal cord protection., Semin. Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery; 1997, Pleural drainage after repair of tetralogy of Fallot., J. Card. Surg.; 1997, Cardiac binding in experimental heart failure., Ann. Thoracic Surgery
Foreign Languages Spoken:: Russian, Spanish, Tagalog

Experience / Training

Specialties:: Cardiothoracic Surgery; (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Joseph N. Cunningham, MD is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery); Information from ABMS® is proprietary data maintained in a copyrighted database compilation owned by the American Board of Medical Specialties®. © Copyright 2009 American Board of Medical Specialties. All rights reserved.; General Surgery; (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Joseph N. Cunningham, MD is board certified by the American Board of Surgery); Information from ABMS® is proprietary data maintained in a copyrighted database compilation owned by the American Board of Medical Specialties®. © Copyright 2009 American Board of Medical Specialties. All rights reserved.

Medical School:: University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL 1966
Internship:: Parkland Memorial Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX 1967
Residency:: Parkland Memorial Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX 1972
Fellowship:: Parkland Memorial Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX 1970; New York University Medical Center-Tisch Hospital
New York, NY 1974
Undergraduate School:: University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 1962

Health Plan / Other

Health Plans:

Elderplan-HMO
First Health (HMO)
GHI-HMO
Health Net (HMO)
HealthFirst - HMO
HIP Health Plan of NY - HMO
Indemnity
MagnaCare (HMO)
MasterCare-HMO
United Healthcare-HMO

Disciplinary Actions: HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards.
HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Joseph N. Cunningham, MD as of 07/05/2009.
Note: HealthGrades reports on state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) from the previous five years.

Malpractice History

Closed Malpractice Claims:: Malpractice History Found; State: NY; Claim Type: Settlement; Note: HealthGrades collects malpractice and lawsuit information for the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
• New York reports judgments within the last 10 years; and settlements when 3 or more settlements, or any patient-safety-related settlements within the last 10 years.

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