Fred H. Edwards, M.D.

Fred H. Edwards M.D.

Emeritus Professor

Department: Department of Surgery
Business Phone: (904) 244-5964
Business Email: fred.edwards@jax.ufl.edu

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Thoracic Surgery
Interests
  • Clinical Special Interests: Outcomes analysis, evidence-based medicine and surgical risk assessment
  • Research Special Interests: Quality measurement; database applications

Publications

2023
Commentary: Failure to rescue: What does it really measure?
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.165(1):146-148[DOI] 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.01.129.[PMID] 33812683.
2022
Failure to Rescue: A New Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Metric for Cardiac Surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.113(6):1935-1942[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.025.[PMID] 34242640.
2020
Longitudinal Outcomes After Surgical Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect in the Medicare Population.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.109(4):1243-1250[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.024.[PMID] 31562839.
2020
Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease: A Report From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
Circulation.141(13):1071-1079[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040333.[PMID] 32098500.
2019
Development and Application of a Risk Prediction Model for In-Hospital Stroke After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Report From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.107(4):1097-1103[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.11.013.[PMID] 30529671.
2019
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.73(22):2806-2815[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.03.496.[PMID] 31171086.
2018
Gait Speed and 1-Year Mortality Following Cardiac Surgery: A Landmark Analysis From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
Journal of the American Heart Association.7(23):e010139-[DOI] 10.1161/JAHA.118.010139.[PMID] 30571598.
2018
Inclusion of Functional Status Measures in the Risk Adjustment of 30-Day Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Report From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology TVT Registry.
JACC. Cardiovascular interventions.11(6):581-589[DOI] 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.01.242.[PMID] 29566805.
2018
Predicting Quality of Life at 1 Year After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Real-World Population.
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes.11(10):e004693-[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004693.[PMID] 30354575.
2018
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2018 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 2-Statistical Methods and Results.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.105(5):1419-1428[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.003.[PMID] 29577924.
2017
2016 Annual Report of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.103(3):1021-1035[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.12.001.[PMID] 27955994.
2017
2016 Annual Report of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.69(10):1215-1230[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.11.033.[PMID] 27956264.
2017
Procedural Experience for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Relation to Outcomes the Sts/Acc Tvt Registry
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.70(1):29-41[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.056.[PMID] .
2017
Risk Models for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.69(4):468-[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.08.088.[PMID] 28126167.
2017
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Outcomes and Quality.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.103(1):18-24[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.001.[PMID] 27884412.
2017
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.104(1):22-28[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.013.[PMID] 28577849.
2017
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.104(3):731-741[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.07.001.[PMID] 28760477.
2017
Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.70(4):439-450[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.060.[PMID] 28728688.
2017
Use of Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models in the Assessment of Patients Who Underwent a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
JAMA cardiology.2(4):456-457[DOI] 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.4133.[PMID] 27851844.
2016
Annual Outcomes With Transcatheter Valve Therapy: From the STS/ACC TVT Registry.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.101(2):789-800[DOI] .[PMID] 27175453.
2016
Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for In-Hospital Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
JAMA cardiology.1(1):46-52[DOI] 10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0326.[PMID] 27437653.
2016
Failure to Rescue Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.102(2):458-64[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.051.[PMID] 27344280.
2016
Gait Speed and Operative Mortality in Older Adults Following Cardiac Surgery.
JAMA cardiology.1(3):314-21[DOI] 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0316.[PMID] 27438112.
2016
Invited Commentary.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.101(3):880-[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.024.[PMID] 26897187.
2016
Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.101(1):33-41; discussion 41[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.08.055.[PMID] 26542437.
2016
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.102(1):7-13[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.009.[PMID] 27262913.
2016
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.102(3):688-695[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.015.[PMID] 27492669.
2016
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.102(5):1444-1451[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.014.[PMID] 27772572.
2016
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database 2016 Annual Report.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.102(6):1790-1797[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.015.[PMID] 27847042.
2016
Variation in Hospital Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rates Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States: A Report From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes.9(5):560-5[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.002756.[PMID] 27625404.
2015
Annual Outcomes With Transcatheter Valve Therapy: From the STS/ACC TVT Registry.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.66(25):2813-2823[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.021.[PMID] 26652232.
2015
Clinical outcomes at 1 year following transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
JAMA.313(10):1019-28[DOI] 10.1001/jama.2015.1474.[PMID] 25756438.
2015
Cost-effectiveness of revascularization strategies: the ASCERT study.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.65(1):1-11[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.078.[PMID] 25572503.
2015
Insights from the early experience of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
JACC. Cardiovascular interventions.8(3):377-381[DOI] 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.09.022.[PMID] 25703888.
2015
Introduction to the STS National Database Series: Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.100(6):1992-2000[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.060.[PMID] 26525868.
2015
The impact of high-risk cases on hospitals' risk-adjusted coronary artery bypass grafting mortality rankings.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.99(3):856-62[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.048.[PMID] 25583462.
2015
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model: Part 2-Clinical Application.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.100(3):1063-8; discussion 1068[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.011.[PMID] 26245504.
2015
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons voluntary public reporting initiative: the first 4 years.
Annals of surgery.262(3):526-35; discussion 533[DOI] 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001422.[PMID] 26258322.
2015
Transcatheter valve therapy registry is a model for medical device innovation and surveillance.
Health affairs (Project Hope).34(2):328-34[DOI] 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1010.[PMID] 25646114.
2014
Composite outcomes in coronary bypass surgery versus percutaneous intervention.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.97(6):1983-8; discussion 1988[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.087.[PMID] 24775805.
2014
Development of a clinical registry-based 30-day readmission measure for coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
Circulation.130(5):399-409[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.007541.[PMID] 24916208.
2014
STS Research Center: the future of research in cardiothoracic care.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.97(1 Suppl):S55-7[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.10.009.[PMID] 24384252.
2014
The association of transcatheter aortic valve replacement availability and hospital aortic valve replacement volume and mortality in the United States.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.98(6):2016-22; discussion 2022[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.051.[PMID] 25443009.
2014
The importance of patient-specific preoperative factors: an analysis of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.98(5):1653-8; discussion 1658[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.029.[PMID] 25262395.
2014
The STS AVR+CABG composite score: a report of the STS Quality Measurement Task Force.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.97(5):1604-9[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.10.114.[PMID] 24657032.
2014
The STS National Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.97(1 Suppl):S48-54[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.10.015.[PMID] 24384250.
2013
Long-term safety and effectiveness of mechanical versus biologic aortic valve prostheses in older patients: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery National Database.
Circulation.127(16):1647-55[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002003.[PMID] 23538379.
2013
Outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the United States.
JAMA.310(19):2069-77[DOI] 10.1001/jama.2013.282043.[PMID] 24240934.
2013
Repeat coronary revascularization after coronary artery bypass surgery in older adults: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' national experience, 1991-2007.
Circulation.127(16):1656-63[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.001882.[PMID] 23532630.
2013
Risk Factors of 30-Day Readmission for Patients Undergoing Revascularization
Circulation.128(22, S):-[DOI] .[PMID] .
2013
Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database to Social Security data to examine the accuracy of Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality data.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.145(4):976-983[DOI] 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.094.[PMID] 23497944.
2013
The society of thoracic surgeons national database.
Heart (British Cardiac Society).99(20):1494-501[DOI] 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303456.[PMID] 23335498.
2013
The STS-ACC transcatheter valve therapy national registry: a new partnership and infrastructure for the introduction and surveillance of medical devices and therapies.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.62(11):1026-34[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.060.[PMID] 23644082.
2012
2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.59(13):1200-54[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.01.001.[PMID] 22300974.
2012
2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement: developed in collaboration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions.79(7):1023-82[DOI] 10.1002/ccd.24351.[PMID] 22294439.
2012
2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement: developed in collaboration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.93(4):1340-95[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.084.[PMID] 22300625.
2012
2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement: developed in collabration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.144(3):e29-84[DOI] 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.03.001.[PMID] 22898522.
2012
Association between endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting and mortality, wound complications, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing CABG surgery.
JAMA.308(5):475-84[DOI] 10.1001/jama.2012.8363.[PMID] 22851114.
2012
Comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies.
The New England journal of medicine.366(16):1467-76[DOI] 10.1056/NEJMoa1110717.[PMID] 22452338.
2012
Early anticoagulation of bioprosthetic aortic valves in older patients: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery National Database.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.60(11):971-7[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.029.[PMID] 22921973.
2012
Fundamental Flaw in a Fundamental Measure: Inaccuracies in Death Data Reporting Reply
Annals of Thoracic Surgery.94():693-694[DOI] .[PMID] .
2012
Invited commentary.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.93(6):1935-[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.040.[PMID] 22632491.
2012
Long-term survival after aortic valve replacement among high-risk elderly patients in the United States: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, 1991 to 2007.
Circulation.126(13):1621-9[DOI] .[PMID] 22907936.
2012
Longitudinal outcome of isolated mitral repair in older patients: results from 14,604 procedures performed from 1991 to 2007.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.94(6):1870-7; discussion 1877[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.105.[PMID] 22858278.
2012
Prediction of long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in older adults: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
Circulation.125(12):1501-10[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.066969.[PMID] 22361329.
2012
Predictors of long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (the ASCERT study).
Circulation.125(12):1491-500[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.066902.[PMID] 22361330.
2012
Response To Letter Regarding Article, "Predictors of Long-Term Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: Results From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (the Ascert Study)"
Circulation.126(16):E259-[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.130989.[PMID] .
2011
Fifteen-year outcome trends for valve surgery in North America.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.91(3):677-84; discussion p 684[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.009.[PMID] 21352979.
2011
Objective assessment of cardiac risk for noncardiac surgical patients: an up-to-date simplified approach.
Circulation.124(4):376-7[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.037002.[PMID] 21788598.
2011
Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 1--history, rationale, consequences.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.92(3 Suppl):S2-11[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.100.[PMID] 21867789.
2011
Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 2--implementation.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.92(3 Suppl):S12-23[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.101.[PMID] 21867788.
2011
Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database to social security data to examine survival after cardiac operations.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.92(1):32-7; discussion 38[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.029.[PMID] 21718828.
2010
ASCERT: the American College of Cardiology Foundation--the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies.
JACC. Cardiovascular interventions.3(1):124-6[DOI] 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.11.005.[PMID] 20129582.
2010
Association of hospital coronary artery bypass volume with processes of care, mortality, morbidity, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite quality score.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.139(2):273-82[DOI] 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.007.[PMID] 20022608.
2010
Congenital heart surgery databases around the world: do we need a global database?
Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual.13(1):3-19[DOI] 10.1053/j.pcsu.2010.02.003.[PMID] 20307856.
2010
Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare data.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.90(4):1150-6; discussion 1156[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.042.[PMID] 20868806.
2010
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Database: a Continuing Commitment To Excellence
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.140(5):955-959[DOI] 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.09.004.[PMID] 20951246.
2010
The STS database at 20 years: a tribute to Dr Richard E. Clark.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.89(1):9-10[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.11.028.[PMID] 20103196.
2009
An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.138(5):1139-53[DOI] 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.071.[PMID] 19837218.
2009
Invited commentary.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.88(1):75-[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.048.[PMID] 19559196.
2009
Prevalence and variability of internal mammary artery graft use in contemporary multivessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database.
Circulation.120(11):935-40[DOI] 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.832444.[PMID] 19720938.
2009
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: introduction.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.88(1 Suppl):S1-[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.054.[PMID] 19559821.
2009
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 1--coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.88(1 Suppl):S2-22[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.053.[PMID] 19559822.
2009
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 2--isolated valve surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.88(1 Suppl):S23-42[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.056.[PMID] 19559823.
2009
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 3--valve plus coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.88(1 Suppl):S43-62[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.05.055.[PMID] 19559824.
2008
A model to begin to use clinical outcomes in medical education.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.83(6):574-80[DOI] 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318172318d.[PMID] 18520464.
2008
Impact of clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes requiring coronary artery bypass surgery: a multicenter analysis.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.52(21):1693-701[DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.031.[PMID] 19007688.
2008
Invited commentary.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.85(3):930-1[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.050.[PMID] 18291173.
2008
Invited commentary.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.86(6):1872-[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.040.[PMID] 19021999.
2008
Nomenclature and databases for the surgical treatment of congenital cardiac disease--an updated primer and an analysis of opportunities for improvement.
Cardiology in the young.18 Suppl 2():38-62[DOI] 10.1017/S1047951108003028.[PMID] 19063775.
2008
Statistical risk modeling and outcomes analysis.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.86(5):1717-20[DOI] .[PMID] 19068507.
2008
The assessment of complexity in congenital cardiac surgery based on objective data.
Cardiology in the young.18 Suppl 2():169-76[DOI] 10.1017/S1047951108002850.[PMID] 19063788.
2008
The rationale for incorporation of HIPAA compliant unique patient, surgeon, and hospital identifier fields in the STS database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.86(3):695-8[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.075.[PMID] 18721549.
2007
Association between indices of prosthesis internal orifice size and operative mortality after isolated aortic valve replacement.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.133(4):1012-21[DOI] .[PMID] 17382644.
2007
Clinical inquiries. What steps can reduce morbidity and mortality caused by hip fractures?
The Journal of family practice.56(11):944-6[DOI] .[PMID] 17976344.
2007
Exploring the behavior of hospital composite performance measures: an example from coronary artery bypass surgery.
Circulation.116(25):2969-75[DOI] .[PMID] 18056529.
2007
Invited commentary.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.83(3):930-[DOI] .[PMID] 17307435.
2007
Off-pump techniques benefit men and women and narrow the disparity in mortality after coronary bypass grafting.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.84(5):1447-54; discussion 1454[DOI] .[PMID] 17954045.
2007
Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 1--Conceptual framework and measure selection.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.83(4 Suppl):S3-12[DOI] .[PMID] 17383407.
2007
Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 2--Statistical considerations in composite measure scoring and provider rating.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.83(4 Suppl):S13-26[DOI] .[PMID] 17383406.
2007
The risk of valve surgery for endocarditis in patients with dialysis-dependent renal failure.
The Journal of heart valve disease.16(6):617-22; discussion 622[DOI] .[PMID] 18095510.
2007
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.83(3):893-4[DOI] .[PMID] 17307428.
2007
Use of both internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients increases deep sternal wound infection.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.83(3):1002-6[DOI] .[PMID] 17307448.
2006
Determinants of operative mortality in valvular heart surgery.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.131(3):547-57[DOI] .[PMID] 16515904.
2006
Invited commentary.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.81(2):541-[DOI] .[PMID] 16427847.
2006
Papillary fibroelastoma presenting as left ventricular mass.
Texas Heart Institute journal.33(1):63-5[DOI] .[PMID] 16572874.
2006
The diabetic disadvantage: historical outcomes measures in diabetic patients undergoing cardiac surgery -- the pre-intravenous insulin era.
Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.18(4):281-8[DOI] .[PMID] 17395023.
2006
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Practice Guideline Series: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Cardiac Surgery, Part I: Duration.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.81(1):397-404[DOI] .[PMID] 16368422.
2006
Trends in emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after percutaneous coronary intervention, 1994-2003.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.81(5):1658-65[DOI] .[PMID] 16631652.
2005
Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals.
The New England journal of medicine.352(26):2754-6; author reply 2754[DOI] .[PMID] 15991357.
2005
Gender-specific practice guidelines for coronary artery bypass surgery: perioperative management.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.79(6):2189-94[DOI] .[PMID] 15919346.
2005
Impact of unstable angina on outcomes of transmyocardial laser revascularization combined with coronary artery bypass grafting.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.80(6):2082-5[DOI] .[PMID] 16305849.
2005
Relationship between race and mortality and morbidity after valve replacement surgery.
Circulation.111(10):1305-12[DOI] .[PMID] 15769773.
2005
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guideline series: aspirin and other antiplatelet agents during operative coronary revascularization (executive summary).
The Annals of thoracic surgery.79(4):1454-61[DOI] .[PMID] 15797109.
2004
ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery).
Circulation.110(14):e340-437[DOI] .[PMID] 15466654.
2004
ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery).
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.44(5):e213-310[DOI] .[PMID] 15337239.
2004
ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery).
Circulation.110(9):1168-76[DOI] .[PMID] 15339866.
2004
Cardiac surgery risk models: a position article.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.78(5):1868-77[DOI] .[PMID] 15511504.
2004
Invited commentary.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.78(5):1585-[DOI] .[PMID] 15511436.
2004
Selecting patients with mitral regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction for isolated mitral valve surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.78(3):820-5[DOI] .[PMID] 15336999.
2004
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guideline series: transmyocardial laser revascularization.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.77(4):1494-502[DOI] .[PMID] 15063304.
2004
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Practice Guidelines.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.77(4):1140-1[DOI] .[PMID] 15063218.
2003
Cardiac surgery in nonagenarians and centenarians.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons.197(3):347-56; discussion 356[DOI] .[PMID] 12946784.
2003
Comparison of risk profiles and outcomes in women versus men >or=75 years of age undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
The American journal of cardiology.91(10):1255-8[DOI] .[PMID] 12745115.
2003
The 'Collaborative Care' curriculum: an educational model addressing key ACGME core competencies in primary care residency training.
Medical education.37(9):786-9[DOI] .[PMID] 12950941.
2003
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons: 30-day operative mortality and morbidity risk models.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.75(6):1856-64; discussion 1864[DOI] .[PMID] 12822628.
2003
Thoracoscopic resection of Castleman disease: case report and review.
Chest.123(1):280-2[DOI] .[PMID] 12527632.
2002
Hospital variability in length of stay after coronary artery bypass surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeon's National Cardiac Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.74(2):464-73[DOI] .[PMID] 12173830.
2002
Influence of age on outcomes in patients undergoing mitral valve replacement.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.74(5):1459-67[DOI] .[PMID] 12440593.
2001
A decade's experience with quality improvement in cardiac surgery using the Veterans Affairs and Society of Thoracic Surgeons national databases.
Annals of surgery.234(4):464-72; discussion 472[DOI] .[PMID] 11573040.
2001
Cardiopulmonary support for emergent innominate artery repair complicating tracheal surgery.
The journal of extra-corporeal technology.33(2):114-6[DOI] .[PMID] 11467438.
2001
Prediction of operative mortality after valve replacement surgery.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.37(3):885-92[DOI] .[PMID] 11693766.
2000
Similarity between the STS and New York State databases for valvular heart disease.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.70(4):1143-4[DOI] .[PMID] 11081859.
2000
Surgical risk assessment.
Advances in cardiac surgery.12():77-96[DOI] .[PMID] 10949645.
2000
The effect of race on coronary bypass operative mortality.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology.36(6):1870-6[DOI] .[PMID] 11092658.
2000
The STS National Database: current changes and challenges for the new millennium. Committee to Establish a National Database in Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.69(3):680-91[DOI] .[PMID] 10750744.
1999
Risk stratification for cardiac valve replacement. National Cardiac Surgery Database. Database Committee of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.67(4):943-51[DOI] .[PMID] 10320233.
1999
The 1996 coronary artery bypass risk model: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac National Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.67(4):1205-8[DOI] .[PMID] 10320291.
1998
1995 coronary artery bypass risk model: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac National Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.65(3):879-84[DOI] .[PMID] 9527245.
1998
Impact of gender on coronary bypass operative mortality.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.66(1):125-31[DOI] .[PMID] 9692451.
1998
Updates to the Data Quality Review Program: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac National Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.65(5):1494-7[DOI] .[PMID] 9594906.
1997
A national database for pulmonary surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.63(2):321-[DOI] .[PMID] 9033292.
1997
Analysis of pulmonary surgery data: the next step.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.64(4):927-[DOI] .[PMID] 9354502.
1997
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Surgery Database: current risk assessment.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.63(3):903-8[DOI] .[PMID] 9066436.
1996
Data quality review program: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac National Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.62(4):1229-31[DOI] .[PMID] 8823129.
1995
1988: use of a Bayesian statistical model for risk assessment in coronary artery surgery. Updated in 1995.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.59(6):1611-2[DOI] .[PMID] 7771861.
1995
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.59(2):554-6[DOI] .[PMID] 7847998.
1994
Coronary artery bypass grafting: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database experience.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.57(1):12-9[DOI] .[PMID] 8279877.
1994
Impact of internal mammary artery conduits on operative mortality in coronary revascularization.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.57(1):27-32[DOI] .[PMID] 7904145.
1994
Pediatric and adult thoracic trauma: age-related impact on presentation and outcome.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.58(1):14-8[DOI] .[PMID] 8037513.
1994
Practical considerations in the management of large multiinstitutional databases.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.58(6):1841-4[DOI] .[PMID] 7979779.
1994
Profile of preoperative characteristics of patients having CABG over the past decade.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.58(6):1863-5[DOI] .[PMID] 7979783.
1993
Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage of the right lung.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.56(6):1397-9[DOI] .[PMID] 8267447.
1993
Effect of internal mammary harvest on postoperative pain and pulmonary function.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.56(5):1107-9[DOI] .[PMID] 7902073.
1993
Primary mediastinal masses. A comparison of adult and pediatric populations.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.106(1):67-72[DOI] .[PMID] 8321006.
1992
Post-atherectomy coronary artery aneurysm.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.54(6):1216-8[DOI] .[PMID] 1449316.
1992
Surgical management of posteroseptal accessory atrioventricular pathways.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.53(2):321-5[DOI] .[PMID] 1731676.
1992
Traumatic coronary artery-atrioventricular fistula. A 26-year follow-up with application of transesophageal echocardiography.
Chest.102(5):1632-[DOI] .[PMID] 1424917.
1992
Vascular ring: does magnetic resonance imaging replace angiography?
The Annals of thoracic surgery.53(5):882-5[DOI] .[PMID] 1570988.
1991
Current status of coronary artery operation in septuagenarians.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.52(2):265-9[DOI] .[PMID] 1863148.
1991
Effect of lung contusion on pulmonary hemodynamics.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.52(1):51-7; discussion 57[DOI] .[PMID] 2069463.
1991
Primary cardiac valve tumors.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.52(5):1127-31[DOI] .[PMID] 1953134.
1991
Primary cysts and tumors of the mediastinum.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.51(3):378-84; discussion 385[DOI] .[PMID] 1998414.
1990
Risk assessment in urgent/emergent coronary artery surgery.
Chest.97(5):1125-9[DOI] .[PMID] 2331908.
1990
Three-dimensional image reconstruction for planning of a complex cardiovascular procedure.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.49(3):486-8[DOI] .[PMID] 2310263.
1990
True emergency coronary artery bypass surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.49(4):603-10; discussion 610[DOI] .[PMID] 2322056.
1989
A quality assurance model of operative mortality in coronary artery surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.47(5):646-9[DOI] .[PMID] 2786391.
1989
Coronary artery bypass in idiopathic thrombocytopenia without splenectomy.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.48(5):721-2[DOI] .[PMID] 2818069.
1989
Use of artificial intelligence for the preoperative diagnosis of pulmonary lesions.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.48(4):556-9[DOI] .[PMID] 2679466.
1988
Use of a Bayesian statistical model for risk assessment in coronary artery surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery.45(4):437-40[DOI] .[PMID] 3258507.
1987
Bayesian diagnostic theory using a programmable pocket calculator.
Computers in biology and medicine.17(6):401-4[DOI] .[PMID] 3319380.
1987
Bayesian statistical theory in the preoperative diagnosis of pulmonary lesions.
Chest.92(5):888-91[DOI] .[PMID] 3311649.
1986
Surgical implications of intraoperative postinfarction ventricular rupture.
Chest.89(5):754-6[DOI] .[PMID] 3698709.
1981
An epidemiologic study of workers exposed to western red cedar and other wood dusts.
Chest.80(1 Suppl):30-2[DOI] .[PMID] 7249732.

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Education

Medical Degree
1979 · University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
Surgery Residency
1980 · Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA
Surgery Residency
1984 · Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA
Thoracic Surgery Residency
1986 · Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

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