• Adult cardiac, bypass and valve surgery
• Specialized services: complex valve repair, redo valve and coronary disease, complex rhythm devices management (pacemaker/ defibrillators) and thoracic aneurysm repair
• Minimally invasive coronary artery and valve surgery
• Modern cardiac laser surgery
• Bloodless heart surgery

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

• MIDCAB (Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass)
• OP CABG (Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass)

Spectranetics Laser Surgery

• The Spectranetics CVX300® Excimer Laser is the only system approved by the FDA for multiple cardiovascular procedures, including cardiac angioplasty and cardiac lead extraction
• Physicians report 50% faster lead extraction procedure times with the CleaRS™ (Cardiac Lead Removal System) method
• Lead extraction success rate is 94%, compared to 65% for traditional lead removal methods

Blood Conservation Surgery

Surgical procedures without the use of banked allogenic (donor) blood or primary blood components

Argon Beam, CO2 and YAG Laser surgery

Harmonic Scalpel surgery

Arterial Embolization

Hemodilution

Ours is the only program in the region accredited by the Association for Blood Conservation

Research

As part of a respected academic medical center, the Cardiothoracic Surgery division participates in clinical trials of new treatments and methods. Currently it is reviewing the clinical activities of minimally invasive heart surgery, adult cardiac surgery and bloodless medicine and surgery.

Thoracic Surgery

Our comprehensive Thoracic Oncology Program brings together a multidisciplinary staff of highly trained specialists in a collaborative atmosphere that fosters a shared knowledge and expertise and provides patients with a customized treatment plan to deliver the best care for thoracic tumors, including:

• Small and non-small cell lung cancer
• Mesothelioma, thymoma
• Bronchial carcinoid

We also offer complex thoracic surgery for large, complex lung tumors and minimally invasive surgeries, including VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) or robotically assisted surgery for lung cancer. This allows a lobectomy (removal of one lobe of the lung) through small incisions, which typically results in less pain, shorter hospital stays, quicker recovery time and less trauma to the chest.

We also offer access to the latest clinical trials through different cooperative groups, with the majority funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Our lung cancer patients have benefited from participating in these NCI-sponsored clinical trials.

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