11 Results for Cardiac Surgery near Miami Lakes, FL

Dr. Abdullah's Biography — Chair of the Department of Surgery at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.

Dr. Farivar's Biography — Dr. Robert Farivar is an accomplished, fellowship-trained cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in adult cardiac surgery. He serves as the Medical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery for the following Miami-Dade County hospitals: Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Kendall Regional Medical Center and Mercy Hospital. His expertise is in minimally invasive valve surgery, including aortic and mitral valve repair and replacement. He is also skilled in cardiac surgery, reoperative surgery, octogenarian surgery and bloodless cardiac surgery. Prior to joining Florida Heart and Vascular Care, Dr. Farivar led a team of surgeons at Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. He was the first surgeon in the United States to perform transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR). Since then, he has gone on to publish numerous papers and lecture on the procedure. He also has expertise in transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR. Dr. Farivar received his bachelor's degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University before earning his medical and doctoral degrees in pathology from Boston University School of Medicine. He went on to complete his fellowship in general and cardiac surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in 2006. Dr. Farivar served as Chief Resident the final year of his general surgery residency prior to completing his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Brigham & Women's Hospital, where he also served as Chief Resident his final year. Committed to excellence in the field of cardiac surgery, Dr. Farivar belongs to a number of professional societies including the Twenty-first Century Cardiac Surgical Society and Society of Thoracic Surgeons and serves as a reviewer for numerous professional journals. He has been published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, and The American Journal of Cardiology.

Dr. Brezing's Biography — Dr. Richard A. Brezing has been in practice in the Fort Lauderdale area since 1984. He is the president and founder of South Florida Cardiovascular Surgical Associates. He is board-certified in cardiac and thoracic surgery and has extensive experience in that area since his completion of training. He has special interests in coronary artery bypass surgery and performs both on- and-off-pump surgeries. He has extensive experience in this area, especially in dealing with elderly patients. He is also very interested in the treatment of lung cancer and has a special interest in performing surgery in this area. He routinely works with oncologists to many times resect lesions after they have been pre-treated with chemotherapy. Dr. Brezing is originally from Niagara Falls, New York. He completed medical school training at New York Medical College in New York City and went to a general surgical training program at St. Luke`s Hospital in New York from 1975 to 1981. He did his cardiothoracic training at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and was involved in the program during the first artificial heart on Barney Clark. He also participated in a one-year fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery in St. Luke`s Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. He has been married for 20 years to his wife Norma, and they have four children: Christina, Andrea, Amanda, and Julia. In his free time, Dr. Brezing enjoys spending time with his family. His hobbies include cycling and skiing, as well as raising reptiles. His favorite spectator sport is football, and he has a special attachment to the Buffalo Bills.