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Office
5325 Elliott Dr
Ste 102
Ypsilanti, MI 48197Phone+1 734-712-5500Fax+1 734-712-8209
Summary
- After practicing cardiothoracic surgery at St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor for 25 years I joined the Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Grand Traverse at Munson Hospital which ranked within the top 50 in the U.S. News & World Report 2016 for cardiac surgery and cardiology. My interests are in arterial conduits coronary bypass, complex mitral valve repair, robotic mitral valve repair, aortic surgery, David procedures and TAVR.
Education & Training
St Louis University School of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1989 - 1991
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1984 - 1989- SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
- Saint Louis University School of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1989 - Present
MI State Medical License 1991 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1986 - 1992- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2011-2013
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Randomized On-X Anticoagulation Trial Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 06
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 79 citationsAnticoagulation and Antiplatelet Strategies After On-X Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement.John D. Puskas, Marc W. Gerdisch, Dennis Nichols, Lilibeth Fermin, Birger Rhenman
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018-06-19
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