VANDERBILT FACULTY

Stephen K. Ball, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson
Post-Graduate Training: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson; Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago

Benjamin F. Byrd III, M.D.
Professor of Medicine; Director, Echocardiography
Patient Care Emphasis: Congenital Heart Disease
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Harvard University, Boston

John G. Byrne, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery
Clinical Interest: Valve replacement/reconstruction; coronary revascularization; thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery; congestive heart failure; heart transplantation; mechanical assist devices; pulmonary embolectomy
M.D. Degree: Boston University, Boston
Post-Graduate Training: University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals, Chicago; Harvard Medical School, Boston; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Andre L. Churchwell, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Patient Care Emphasis: General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Harvard University, Boston
Post-Graduate Training: Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Atlanta; Emory University Medical Center, Atlanta

Keith B. Churchwell, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine;
Assistant Medical Director, VHVI
Patient Care Emphasis: General Cardiology and Cardiovascular Imaging
M.D. Degree: Washington University, St. Louis
Post-Graduate Training: Emory University, Atlanta

Joseph L. Fredi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

James P. Greelish, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery
Clinical Interest: Mitral valve repair; minimally invasive valve surgery; off-pump CABG; aortic surgery; complex coronary revascularization
M.D. Degree: AOA, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: University of Pennsylvania; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston

Michael J. Petracek, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Cardiac Surgery
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery
Clinical Interest: Aortic and mitral valve surgery; heart arrhythmia surgery; minimally invasive valve repair and replacement
M.D. Degree: The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville

David X. Zhao, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology
Patient Care Emphasis: Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Shanghai Medical University, Shanghia, P.R.C. 1985
PhD: Queensland University, Brisbane, 1992
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston

GUEST FACULTY

Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.
Brooke Roberts/William Maul Measey Professor of Surgery
Director of the Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program
University Of Pennsylvania Health System
Patient Care Emphasis:  Adult cardiac surgery and general thoracic surgery
Clinical Interest: Thoracic aortic surgery; aortic root surgery; valvular heart surgery; pulmonary transplantation; circulation management of aortic arch surgery
M.D. Degree: Tulane University
Post-Graduate Training: University of Pennsylvania; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

W. Randolph Chitwood, M.D.
Professor, Department of Surgery
Chief of Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Patient Care Emphasis:  Adult cardiac surgery and general thoracic surgery
Clinical Interest: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery; robotic and computer assisted cardiac surgery; mitral valve repair and aortic root surgery; complex myocardial revascularization; myocardial preservation and cardiac function
M.D. Degree: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: Duke University Medical Center; East Carolina University

Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D.
Hubbard Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Birgham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Patient Care Emphasis:  Adult cardiac surgery
Clinical Interest: Mitral valve repair/replacement surgery; aortic valve replacement/reconstruction; adult congenital heart disease; thoracic aortic aneurysms; minimally invasive cardiac surgery; advanced coronary disease
M.D. Degree: Stanford University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: 5th Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston; U. S. Public Health Service, Surgical Associate, NHI, Bethesda; University of CA, San Francisco; Stanford University School of Medicine

Tirone E. David, M.D.
University Professor, University of Toronto
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Melanie Munk Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Toronto General Hospital
Patient Care Emphasis: Adult cardiac surgery

Aubrey C. Galloway, M.D.
Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
NYU Medical Center
Patient Care Emphasis:  Adult cardiac surgery
Clinical Interest: Mitral valve repair; minimally invasive valve surgery; aortic valve surgery with freestyle valves and homografts; aortic valve repair/ valve sparing aortic root replacement; ross procedure for aortic valve replacement; coronary artery bypass surgery/ off-pump techniques; ventricular restoration surgery for heart failure; ischemic mitral insufficiency; thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection; basic biology of cardiovascular disease
M.D. Degree: Tulane Medical School
Post-Graduate Training: University of Colorado; Boston Children’s Hospital; New York University

A. Marc Gillinov, M.D.
Surgical Director of the Center for Atrial Fibrillation
Associate Professor of Surgery, Staff Surgeon Department of
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Heart Center
Patient Care Emphasis:  Adult cardiac surgery
Clinical Interest: Minimally invasive mitral valve repair; minimally invasive aortic valve surgery; surgery for atrial fibrillation; percutaneous heart valve repair and replacement
M.D. Degree: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Gerald M. Lawrie, M.D.
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon
Methodist Hospital, Houston
Patient Care Emphasis:  Adult cardiac surgery; General thoracic surgery; Peripheral vascular surgery
Clinical Interest: Cardiac valve repair; limited access cardiac valve surgery, heartport; limited access coronary bypass surgery; cardiac arrhythmia surgery; thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery; carotid and peripheral vascular surgery; thorascopic lung, pleural, and esophageal surgery; surgery for ischemic cardiomyopathy
M.D. Degree: University of Sydney Medical School
Post-Graduate Training: University of N.S.W.; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons, London, U.K.; Baylor College of Medicine

Patrick M. McCarthy, M.D.
Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Patient Care Emphasis:  Adult cardiac surgery
Clinical Interest: Heart transplant; minimally invasive surgery; coronary artery bypass; valve repair/replacement; MAZE procedure; ventricular aneurysm repair; ventricular myectomy; cardiac tumor resection; ventricular tachycardia resection
M.D. Degree: Loyola University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: Mayo Clinic; Stanford University

Tomislav Mihaljevic, M.D.
Staff Surgeon
Cleveland Clinic Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Patient Care Emphasis:  Adult cardiac surgery
Clinical Interest: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery; extracorporeal circulation technology; valve surgery; arrhythmia surgery; heart failure and heart transplantation
M.D. Degree: University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia
Post-Graduate Training: University Hospital Zurich, Switzer; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Richard J. Shemin, M.D.
Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Vice Chairman, UCLA Department of Surgery
UCLA Medical Center