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Cherry Point Naval Hospital
Psc 8023
Cherry Point, NC 28533Phone+1 252-466-0255
Summary
- 1962-1980 Active Staff, Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Presbyterian Hospital, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Senior Scientist, Heart Research Institute, Institute of Medical Sciences, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Chief Transplant Surgeon, 1968-1978, Pacific Medical Center
1980-1983 Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Chief of General Surgery, The King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1989-1993 Active Staff, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA
1994-1997 Emergency Medicine Physician, Evans Army Hospital, Fort Carson, CO
1997-1998 Emergency Medicine Physician, Lemoore Naval Hospital, Lemoore, CA
1998-2007 Emergency Medicine Physician, Cherry Point Naval Hospital, Cherry Poinnt Naval Hospital, Cherry Point , NC
Retired
Education & Training
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1960 - 1962
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1959 - 1960
- Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1957 - 1958
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1956 - 1957
- Stanford Health CareInternship, Transitional Year, 1954 - 1955
- Ohio State University College of MedicineClass of 1953
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1957 - 2015
- OH State Medical License 1953 - 2014
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic Surgery
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 15 citationsRisk-benefit analysis of warfarin therapy in Hancock mitral valve replacement.Hill Jd, L LaFollette, R J Szarnicki, G J Avery nd, R M Wilson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1982-05-01 - 6 citationsThrombotic complications after valve replacement with porcine heterografts.Roland Hetzer, Frank Gerbode, William J. Kerth, J. Donald Hill, Gokuldas M. Adappa
World Journal of Surgery. 1979-08-31 - 56 citationsThrombosis and Degeneration of Hancock Valves: Clinical and Pathological FindingsRoland Hetzer, J. Donald Hill, William J. Kerth, Andrew J. Wilson, M. Gokuldas Adappa
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1978-10-01
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