MichaelPetracekMD
Thoracic Surgery • Nashville, TNAdult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Professor and Chairman, Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Medical Center
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Office
4230 Harding Pike
Ste 450
Nashville, TN 37205Phone+1 615-385-4781Fax+1 615-383-4366
Education & Training
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1979 - 1981- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1975 - 1979
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1971 - 1973- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1971
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 1981 - 2022
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 172 citationsHigh-dose perioperative atorvastatin and acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trialFrederic T. Billings, Patricia A. Hendricks, Jonathan S. Schildcrout, Yaping Shi, Michael R. Petracek
JAMA. 2016-03-01 - 58 citationsPrevalence and clinical course of pleural effusions at 30 days after coronary artery and cardiac surgeryRichard W. Light, Jeffrey T. Rogers, J. Phillip Moyers, Y. C. Gary Lee, R. Michael Rodriguez
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2002-12-15 - 47 citationsAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition or mineralocorticoid receptor blockade do not affect prevalence of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.Mias Pretorius, Katherine T. Murray, Chang Yu, John G. Byrne, Frederic T. Billings
Critical Care Medicine. 2012-10-01
Press Mentions
New Appointments Bolster VUMC’s MissionsDecember 14th, 2017- Ranking Lauds VUMC’s Cardiac Surgery ProgramNovember 10th, 2016
Surgical Option for Form of HypertensionNovember 18th, 2014
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