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Thoracic surgery, or cardiothoracic surgery, is performed in the thorax, or chest area. A thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeon may perform surgery on the heart, lungs, valves or other organ in the thorax area. Surgeries performed in the thorax area include: lung surgery, heart surgery (coronary artery bypass), valve replacement, lung transplantation or heart transplantation.
Professional Experience
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
ACCP
ACS Fellow
American College of Surgeons
Bradford County Medical Society
MSSNY
New York Medical Society
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
STS Fellow
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Fellow (1991)
Participation in Clinical Trials
No*
Publications
1985,
Improved survival with early and aggressive treatment of neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis,
Modern Problems Pediatrics
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1988,
Functional studies in lymphocytes in bronchoveolar lavages from canine lung allografts,
Transplantation Proceedings
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1988,
Chest radiograph as a predictor of rejection in the canine lung transplant,
Journal of Heart Transplant (Abst)
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1988,
Translocation of potentially infectious antigen to tracheobronchial lymph nodes is impaired in the transplanted lung,
Surg Forum
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1989,
Pulmonary arteriosclerosis in long term human heart-lung transplant recipients,
Transplantation 1989 Mar
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1990,
Donor specific cytotoxicity testing-an advance in detecting pulmonary allograft rejection,
Ann Thorac Surg
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1990,
Response of the transplanted lung to particulate antigen,
Current Surgery
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1994,
How a New York cardiac surgery program uses outcomes data,
Ann Thorac Surg
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Awards and Honors
1982, Alden March Surgery Award*
1982, Alpha Omege Alpha*
1987, Potts Memorial Foundation Research Grant*
Scheduling
Accepting New Patients
Yes*
Provides Patients With Access to a Nurse
Yes*
Average time to get a new patient appointment:
5 days*
Average time for existing patient to get an appointment:
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