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Office
2793 Forest Lodge Dr
Traverse City, MI 49685Phone+1 231-935-5730Fax+1 231-935-5736
Summary
- Daniel H. Drake, MD graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1982 and completed his general and trauma surgical residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and the University of Texas Southwestern Affiliated Hospitals in 1988. He returned to the University of Michigan for a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery, finishing in 1990. He was a founding member of the Munson Medical Center open-heart surgery program in 1990 and has practiced at Munson ever since.
As President of the Michigan Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons (MSTCVS) Dr. Drake founded and co-chaired the MSTCVS Quality Assurance Initiative in 2000. He has hosted numerous MSTCVS Mitral Symposia with emphasis on imaging and continues to do so throughout the Midwest. He is currently a councilor on the MSTCVS Board and directs the MSTCVS Mitral Initiative. His twelve-year investigation on axial echocardiography and echo-guided mitral reconstruction was recently published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging along with two invited commentaries on mitral repair in The New England Journal of Medicine. He has authored numerous other scientific publications including book chapters on mitral echocardiography and speaks regionally and nationally on image-guided valve repair.
In addition to the Michigan Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons, Dr. Drake is Director of Cardiothoracic Research at Munson Medical Center and on the Editorial Board of CASE Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography as well a other academic pursuits.
Munson Medical Center has received numerous national awards and other recognition for excellence in heart surgery including US News & World Report Top 50 in Cardiology and Heart Surgery.
Education & Training
- University of MichiganFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1988 - 1990
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1988
- University of MichiganResidency, Surgery, 1985 - 1986
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1982 - 1985
- University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1982
Certifications & Licensure
- MI State Medical License 1985 - 2025
- TX State Medical License 1987 - 1988
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- American College of Surgeons (FACS) Fellow, 1990
- Robert N. McClelland Academic Excellence Award University of Texas SW, 1988
- Coller Surgical Society Clinical Scholarship Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, 1987
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 82 citationsDevelopment of a Risk Prediction Model and Clinical Risk Score for Isolated Tricuspid Valve SurgeryDamien J. LaPar, Donald S. Likosky, Min Zhang, Patty Theurer, C Edwin Fonner
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018-07-01 - 9 citationsRacial disparities in mitral valve surgery: A statewide analysis.Michael J Pienta, Patricia F Theurer, Chang He, Kenton Zehr, Daniel Drake
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023-05-01 - 26 citationsEcho-Guided Mitral RepairDaniel H. Drake, Karen G. Zimmerman, Anne M. Hepner, Cynthia D. Nichols
Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2014-01-01
Journal Articles
- Development of a risk prediction model and clinical risk score for isolated tricuspid valve surgery: analysis of the STS adult cardiac surgery databaseLaPar D, Likosky DS, Zhang M, Theurer PF, Fonner CE, Kern JA, Bolling SF, Drake DH, Speir AM, Rich JB, Kron IL, Prager RL, Ailawadi G, Ann Thorac Surg
Books/Book Chapters
Committees
- Editorial Board, CASE Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2016 - Present
- Faculty, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Echo Week 2015 - Present
- Director, Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Mitral Initiative 2006 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Michigan Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular SurgeonsPast President, Quality Assurance Committee Member, Member
- Society of Cardiovascular AnesthesiologistsMember
- Member
- Heart Valve SocietyMember
- Member
- American Society of EchocardiographyMember
- European Association for Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryMember
- Southern Thoracic Surgical AssociationMember
- Member
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