LynnMcGrathMD

Thoracic Surgery • Browns Mills, NJ

Aortic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Chair, Dept. of Surgery Vice President, Medical Affairs

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Office
200 Trenton Rd
Browns Mills, NJ 08015
Phone+1 609-893-1200

Fax+1 609-893-1213

Summary

Lynn B. McGrath, MD, is Vice President of Medical Affairs for DEBORAH Heart and Lung Center, as well as Chairman of DEBORAH's Department of Surgery. Appointed Attending Surgeon at DEBORAH in 1985, Dr. McGrath was named Department Chair in 1989.He has performed approximately 9,700 open-heart surgeries throughout his DEBORAH career. Dr. McGrath has introduced various minimally invasive techniques for heart surgery and vein harvesting at DEBORAH, including minimally invasive heart surgery. He also has extensive experience in teaching and has conducted significant research in his specialty areas, having made more than 150 presentations nationally and internationally, and authoring over 100 scientific papers and chapters for medical textbooks.
A graduate of Memorial University Medical School, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Dr. McGrath received post-graduate training in surgery at McGill University, Montreal.He continued his surgical studies in Boston at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School.Appointed Arthur Tracy Cabot Fellow in Surgery and Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Dr. McGrath was named Chief Surgical Resident and Assistant to the Surgeon-in-Chief in 1981....
Dr. McGrath pursued his training in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, where he completed a subspecialty in pediatric cardiac surgery in 1984.He was also an Instructor in Surgery and Chief Resident in Cardiovascular Surgery and Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Alabama.

Education & Training

University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1981 - 1984
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1976 - 1981
Memorial University of Newfoundland FOMClass of 1974
Memorial UniversityB.S., 1972
Memorial UniversityB.S., 1972

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 1985 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1986 - 2021
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctor Award - Adult and Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Surgery, Heart and Valve Surgery Philadelphia Magazine, 2009
Top Doctor Award, Congenital Cardiac Surgery SJ Magazine, 2009
Top Doctor Award South Jersey Magazine, 2008
Top Doctor Award SJ Magazine, 2008
Top Doctors for Cardiothoracic Surgery, as voted by Physicians SJ Magazine, 2007
Top Doctors for Cardiothoracic Surgery, as voted by Physicians Philadelphia Magazine, 2006-2007
Top Doctors for Cardiothoracic Surgery, as voted by Physicians South Jersey Magazine, 2006-2007
Top Doctors for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, as voted by Physicians Philadelphia Magazine, 2004
The Paul Harris Fellows Medallion For Support of Rotary International's Gift of Life Cardiac Surgical Program Rotary International, 2001
The Paul Harris Fellows Medallion For Expertise to Help Children Through Rotary International's Gift of Life Cardiac Surgical Program Rotary International, 2001
Top Physicians for Cardiovascular Surgery in the State of New Jersey, as voted by Physicians in New Jersey New Jersey Monthly, 2001, 2003
Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1999
Humanitarian Award Rotary International, 1998
Alumnist of the Year, Michael Galway Memorial Award Gonzaga High School, Newfoundland, Canada, 1997
Honorary Member Surgical Society of Lithuania, 1992
Honorary Member Surgical Society of Newfoundland, 1991
Fellow Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, 1990
Fellow American College of Angiology, 1989
Fellow American College of Surgeons, 1988
Fellow North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 1987
Fellow European Sociedad de Cadiocirujanos, 1986
Fellow Academy of Medicine of New Jersey, 1986
Fellow The American College of Cardiology, 1985
Fellow The American College of Chest Physicians, 1984
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Efficient approach to superior vena cava baffle stenosis following the Mustard procedure: Expanding the role of a mechanical rotating dilator sheath for lead extraction.
Chi Chi Do-Nguyen, Alexander Ochman, Maxwell F. Kilcoyne, Richard Kovach, Boban P. Abraham
Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2020-05-07
2 citations
Epicardial coronary artery compression secondary to pericardial adhesions demonstrated by multi-modality imaging, and treated by coronary stenting.
David H. Hsi, Lynn B. McGrath, Judd Salamat, Mitchell Simon, Jon C. George
Circulation. 2014-10-07
2 citations
Oxygen modulation of superoxide radical injury in the krebs-perfused, isolated rabbit heart.
Luis D. Berrizbeitia, Lynn B. McGrath, Richard E. Klabunde
Journal of Investigative Surgery. 2002-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

Cardiac Surgery in the Adult
Chapter: Tricuspid Valve Disease
Page 1051 - 1069McGrath LBEditors: L. Henry Edmunds, Jr..McGraw Hill, New York1997
Cardiac Surgery: State of the Art Review.
Chapter: Removal of the Left Ventricular Thrombus.
Page 495 - 505Laub GW, Muralidharan S, Pollock S, McGrath LBEditors: Dr. Paul Spence and Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood (Guest Eds.).Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA1991
Advances in Cardia Surgery, Vol. 3
Chapter: Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Stenosis.
Page 175 - 203McGrath LBEditors: Dr. Robert Karp, Dr. Hillel Laks, Dr. Andrew Wechsler.Year Book Publishers, Inc.1991
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardio-vascular Surgery.
Chapter: Management of Pulmonary Bifurcation Obstruction in Classical Tetralogy of Fallot
McGrath LBEditors: Pacifico, AD.W.B.Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA1990
Transposition of the Great Arteries.
Chapter: Decision-Making in Surgery of Chest
Page 18 - 21McGrath LB, Pacifico ADEditors: Laurens R. Pickard.W.B.Saunders Company, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., Philadelphia, PA1989
Indications for Heart Valve Replacement by Age Group
Chapter: The Ionescu-Shiley Xenobioprosthesis as an Aortic Valve Substitute in Patients 66 Years of Age and Older.
Page 137 - 146Gonzalez-Lavin L, McGrath LB, Amini S, Levis B, Gonzalez-Lavin J, Chi SEditors: Carlos Gomez-Duran, George J. Reul, Jr..Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA1989
Determining Viability of Fresh or Cryopreserved Homograft Valves at Implantation.
Gonzalez-Lavin L, McGrath LB, Amini S, Graf D1987
Determinants of Ventricular Performance After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Resting and Exercise Assessment Utilizing Technetium-99m pertechnetate Radionuclide Ventriculography.
McGrath LB, Gonzalez-Lavin L, Germon P, Amini SB1987
Case Report: Atelectasis Totalis of the Left Lung and Mitral Incompetence.
McGrath LB, Gonzalez-Lavin L1987
Actuarial Survival, Freedom From Reoperation, and Other Events After Repair of Atrioventricular Septal Defects.
McGrath LB, Gonzalez-Lavin L1987
Strut Fracture and Other Events Following Valve Replacement With the 60 Degree Convexo-Concave Bjork-Shiley Prosthesis.
Gonzalez-Lavin L, McGrath LB, Grunkemeier G, Fernandez J, Lewis B, Quinlan W1987
Determining Viability of Fresh or Cryopreserved Homograft Valves at Implantation.
Gonzalez-Lavin L, McGrath LB, Amini S, Graf D1987
Determinants of Ventricular Performance After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Resting and Exercise Assessment Utilizing Technetium-99m pertechnetate Radionuclide Ventriculography.
McGrath LB, Gonzalez-Lavin L, Germon P, Amini SB1987
Case Report: Atelectasis Totalis of the Left Lung and Mitral Incompetence.
McGrath LB, Gonzalez-Lavin L1987
Actuarial Survival, Freedom From Reoperation, and Other Events After Repair of Atrioventricular Septal Defects.
McGrath LB, Gonzalez-Lavin L1987
Strut Fracture and Other Events Following Valve Replacement With the 60 Degree Convexo-Concave Bjork-Shiley Prosthesis.
Gonzalez-Lavin L, McGrath LB, Grunkemeier G, Fernandez J, Lewis B, Quinlan W1987
Cardiac Surgery
Chapter: Acknowledgement
McGrath LBEditors: John W. Kirklin, M.D., Brian G. Barratt-Boyes, M.D..1986
Biologic Bioprosthetic Valves, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium.
Chapter: An 8-Year Experience with the Standard Ionescu-Shiley Pericardial Valve in the Aortic Position.
Page 199 - 204Gonzalez-Lavin L, Chi S, Lewis B, Johnson D, McGrath LBEditors: Magdi Yacoub, M.D..1986
Modern Techniques in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chapter: A Method of Coronary Bypass Graft Operation.
McGrath LB, Mandke NV, Pacifico ADEditors: Cohn LC.1985
Cardiac Valve Allografts 1962-1987, Current Concepts on the Use of Aortic and Pulmonary Allografts for Heart Valve Substitutes.
Chapter: Antibiotic Sterilization in the Preparation of Homovital Homograft Valves: Is It Necessary?
Page 17 - 21Gonzalez-Lavin L, McGrath LB, Alvarez M, Graf DEditors: A.C. Yankah, R. Hetzer, D.C. Miller, D.N. Ross, J. Somerville, M.H. Yacoub.Steinkopff Verlag Darmstadt Sprinter-Verlag, New York
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Abstracts/Posters

Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
McGrath L, 2007 EMTI III Conference, Galloway, NJ, 10/27/2007
Initial Experience Using a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device (TandemHeart) at a Cardiac Specialty Hospital. (Poster)
Gasperetti CM, McGrath LB, Luckenbach J, Ilkowski D, Anolik G, Anderson W, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Orlando, FL, 5/28/2007
Initial Experience Using a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device (TandemHeart) at a Cardiac Specialty Hospital.
C. Gasperetti, L. McGrath, J. Luckenbach, D. Ilkowski, G. Anolik, W. Anderson, Catherization & Cardiovascular Interventions, 5/1/2007
Using STS Software to Assess the Impact of a Collaborative Algorithm for Initiating Timing of Tracheostomy after Open Heart Surgery. (Poster Presentation)
Hill J, Anolik G, Goffney M, Guilfoyle M, McGrath L, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Anvances in Quality and Outcomes, Chicago, IL, 9/1/2005
STS Software Customization to Enhance Tracking Incidence of Deep Surgical Infections. (Oral Presentation and Poster)
Anolik, G, Guilfoyle, M, McGrath, L, Society of Thoracic Surgery Data Manager Meeting, Chicago, IL, 10/21/2004
Use of STS Reference Data to Promote Data Integrity: Reducing the Learning Curve.
Gail Anolik, PhD, Michelle Guilfoyle, RN, BSN, Deborah Ilkowski, RNFA, Kathleen Reiff, RNFA, James Cuenta, RNFA, Angela Robertson, RNFA, Lynn B, McGrath, MD, November 2003 STS Data Managers Meeting, Chicago, IL, 11/21/2003
Decreased Stroke Risk with Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization
Gregory Messner, Theodore Southgate, William Anderson, Gail Anolik, McGrath LB, Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Brown Mills, NJ, 10/1/2001
Fontan's Operation: Is Aspirin Enough? Is Coumadin Too Much? (Running Title: Fontan Anticoagulation)
Marshall Jacobs, Kamal Pourmoghadam, Elaine Geary, Angelo Reyes, Nandine Madan, John Moore, Lynn B. McGrath, Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 1/30/2001
Cardiac Surgical Practice as a Window to Community Service
McGrath LB, Convocation Address, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, 5/2/1999
Early Phase Events Following Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
McGrath LB, II International Symposium on Diseases of the Aorta, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2/26/1999
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Early Outcomes and Length of Stay with Enhanced Management Strategies.
Javier Fernandez, Chao Chen, Frank Lumia, William Anderson, Lynn B, McGrath, 2nd International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease-From Prevention to Intervention, Florence, Italy, 10/18/1998
Early Outcomes with Radial Artery Conduits for Myocardial Revascularization
McGrath LB, Cardistim '98, Nice, France, 6/17/1998
"A Moral Compass" Convocation Address
McGrath LB, Gonzaga High School Graduation, 11/17/1997
Unique Biologic Changes in Neuroendocrine Elements of Infundibular Septal Cellular and Subcellular Structure in Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot.
McGrath LB, 2nd World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Honolulu, HI, 5/11/1997
Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Early and Late Phase Events
McGrath LB, 2nd World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Honolulu, HI, 5/11/1997
Influence of Age on Postoperative Complications Following Valve Replacement with the St. Jude Medical Valve Prosthesis.
Javier Fernandez, Chao Chen, Otto Brdlik, Glenn Laub, William Anderson, Lynn McGrath, American Heart Association 69th Scientific Session, New Orleans, LA, 11/10/1996
Reoperative Cardiac Surgery: Approaching the Mitral Valve Through the Right Chest
Javier Fernandez, Walter Boris, Chao Chen, Otto Brdlik, Glenn Laub, Lynn McGrath, The Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, Farmington, PA, 9/20/1996
Reoperative Cardiac Surgery: Approaching the Mitral Valve Through the Right Chest.
McGrath LB, The Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery: 1996 Annual Meeting, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, PA, 9/20/1996
Effect of Dobutamine and Milrinone on Left Ventricular Function, Energetics and Coronary Blood Flow
Mulligan LJ, Klabunde RE, Anderson WA, McGrath LB, Deborah Research Institute Science Fair, Brown Mills, NJ, 8/2/1996
Estimation of Residual Valve Gradient by Regression Estimator
Chao L, Javier Fernandez, Lynn B. McGrath, Joint Statistical Meeting, Chicago, IL, 8/1/1996
Permanent Cardiac Pacing Following Open Heart Surgery
Laub GW, Costic J, Riebman J, Clancy R, Anderson WA, Fernandez J, McGrath LB, 10th International Congress Cariostim '96, Nice, France, 6/19/1996
Cardiac Paraganglioma of Interatrial Septum of the Heart
D. Mahapatro, M.D., B.L.Schloo, M.D., M.E. Cane, M.D., S. Young, M.D., L.B. McGrath, M.D., Pathology International; XXI International Congress of the Inter. Academy of Pathology and 12th World Congress of Academic and Environmental Pathology, Budapest, Hungary, 1/1/1996
The Small Aortic Root and the Medtronic Hall Valve: Ultrafast CT Analysis of Left Ventricular Mass Following Aortic Valve Replacement
WA Anderson, J. Eldredge, R Cha, D Waters, VL Mahan, DA Ilkowski, LB McGrath, Euro Soc Cardiol Working Groups, Royal Soc of Med London, 12/1/1995
Predictive Value of Prosthetic Valve Area Index for Early and Late Clinical Results After Valve Replacement with the St. Jude Valve Prosthesis.
Fernandez J, Chen C, Laub GW, Anderson WA, Brdlik OB, Murphy MM, McGrath LB, American Heart Association 68th Scientific Sessions, Anaheim, CA, 11/12/1995
Oxygen Dependence of Superoxide Radical Injury in the Isolated, Krebs Perfused Rabbit Heart
Berrizbeitia LD, Kladbunde RE, Anderson WA, Ianuzzo CD, McGrath LB, J Molecu Cellul Cardiol, 5/1/1995
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Lectures

Hospital Death on a Cardiac Surgical Service. One Surgeon's Experience at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center (Invited Presentation)
Vilnius, Lithuania - 9/25/1992
Methods of Diagnosis for Congenital Heart Disease. (Invited Lecture)
Vilnius, Lithuania - 9/25/1992
A Perspective on Cardiac Surgical Practice in the United States, 1991. (Invited Lecture)
Gander, Newfoundland - 9/29/1991
Procedures and Protocols for the Establishment of a Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Center in the Soviet Union. (Invited Lecture)
Gander, Newfoundland - 9/29/1991
Surgical Protocols to Accomplish Secure Ventricular Septal Defect Closure with a Risk of Hospital Death and Heart Block Approaching Zero. (Invited Lecture)
Janeway Children's Health Care Center, St. John's, Newfoundland - 9/27/1991
Advances in Congenital Heart Surgery: Surgical Treatment of the Tetralogy of Fallot. (Invited Lecture)
Tblisi, GA - 9/25/1990
Trans-atrial, Trans-aortic, and Trans-pulmonary Closure of Isolated Ventricular Septal Defects. (Invited Lecture)
Tblisi, GA - 9/24/1990
Advances in the Management of the Tetralogy of Fallot
Jershey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, NJ - 10/22/1985
Events Following the Modified Fontan Repair for Tricuspid Atresia and Single Ventricle.
Wilmington, NC - 9/20/1985
Ventricular Septal Defect: Natural History and Treatment (Invited Presentation).
Jershey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, NJ - 9/11/1985
Transposition of the Great Arteries, Essentially Intact Ventricular Septum and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Surgical Management and Results.
New York, NY - 6/3/1985
Eight-Year Experience with the Standard Ionescu-Shiley Pericardial Valve in the Aortic Position.
London, England - 5/21/1985
The Transatrial and Transpulmonary Repair of the Tetralogy of Fallot. (Invited Presentation)
The Janeway Children's Hospital - Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - 1/3/1985
Heart Transplantation - UAB Experience (Invited Presentation)
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Brown Mills, NJ - 7/17/1984
The Flow Rate During Cardio-Pulmonary Bypass.
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL - 6/3/1982
Structural Study of Pulmonary Circulation and of the Heart in Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Infancy.
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL - 12/19/1981
Thoracic Trauma.
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL - 8/13/1981
Stress Testing in Vascular Surgery Patients
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA - 6/23/1981
Results of 800 Surgical Cases at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA - 6/17/1981
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.
West Roxburry Veterans Administration Hospital, West Roxburry, MA - 2/4/1981
Results of Extra-Anatomic Vascular Bypass Grafting.
Burbank Hospial, Fitchburg, MA - 11/4/1978
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Other

Reoperative Cardiac Surgery: Approaching the Mitral Valve Through the Right Chest
Fernandez J, Boris W, Chen C, Brdlik OB, Laub GW, McGrath LB, Pennsylvania Association of Troracic Surgery Website
1/1/1997

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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