Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll
American College of Rectal and Colon Surgeons Travel Scholarship, 1992
Granted the Distinction of Honors in Medicine, 1988
Granted the Distinction of Honors in Cardiovascular Surgery, 1989
Bristol Award, American College of Cardiology, 1997
Graduated with Honors from the Department of Biology, 1985
Granted the Distinction of Honors in Diagnostic Radiology, 1989
Sampson Award, Western Thoracic Surgical Association, 1996
Granted the Distinction of Honors in Surgery, 1988
Merle Wood Scholar of the Andrew G. Morrow Society, 1996
Graduated Cum Laude from Washington University, 1985
Detection of cholesterol regulating sterol 27-Hydroxylase enzyme in human monocytes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). J Lipid Res,, 1998
Histological Evaluation of the Inferior Epigastric Arteries. European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1992
Dyspnea Lusoria: Compression of the Pulmonary Artery by a KommerellâÂÂs diverticulum. Ann Thorac Surg, 2002
Minimally invasive mitral valve replacement: Port-Access technique, feasibility, and myocardial functional preservation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1997
Multi-vessel Port-Access coronary artery bypass grafting with cardioplegic arrest: Technique and reproducibility. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular, 1997
Selective Approach to descending thoracic aneurysm repair: A ten year experience. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1996
Port-Access Approach for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery. In: Operative Techniques in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery: A Comparative Atlas, 1998
Effect of cannula length on aortic arch flow: Protection of the athromatous aortic arch. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1995
Cardiopulmonary bypass primes polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Journal of Surgical Research, 1998
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction from Endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg., 2000
Utility of transesophageal echocardiography during port-access minimally invasive cardiac surgery. American Journal of Cardiology, 1998
Combined Maze Procedure and Septal Myomectomy in a Septuagenarian. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1992
Endoventricular remodeling of left aneurysms. Functional, clinical and electrophysiological results. Circulation, 1995
Electrophysiology effect of the Maze Procedure on Canine Sinoatrial Node Function. Pace., 1992
Heparin bonding of bypass circuits reduces cytokine release during cardiopulmonary bypass. Annals Thoracic Surgery, 1995
Cardiac Surgery: Principles and Technique, 1998
Neochordal Repair of the Posterior Mitral Valve Leaflet. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2004
Laparoscopic Unroofing of Multiple benign Liver Cysts with Intraperitonal Drainage: A Case Report., 1994
Minimally invasive cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegic arrest: a closed chest technique with equivalent myocardial protection. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1996
Current Concepts in the Staging of Patients with Lung Cancer., 2004
Wound Healing after Harvesting the Internal Thoracic and Superior and Inferior Epigastric Arteries. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1994
Regional Topical Hypothermia of the Beating Heart: Preservation of Function and Tissue. Ann Thorac Surg, 2001
Lexipafant inhibits platelet activating factor enhanced neutrophil functions. Journal of Surgical Research, 1997
Early results of posterior leaflet folding plasty for mitral valve reconstruction. Ann Thoracic Surg, 1998