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Harold Tabaie DO, PhD, FACC, FACOS
(Cardiac-Thoracic-Vascular Surgeon)
CHIEF & DIRECTOR
CEO
Southern California CTV Surgeon and Vein Center
Golden State medical clinic and Multi-Specialty group
Locations: East LA, California. – Huntington Park, California.
Dr. Tabaie is the chief and director of Southern California Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons and Southern California Vein Center. He is board certified in both general surgery and cardiothoracic and vascular surgery. His specialty involves cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, and vascular surgery (both arterial and veins).
He is one of the pioneers in endoscopic cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, as well as endovascular surgery. Dr. Tabaie performed the world’s first closed chest robotic coronary artery bypass surgery, in Russia and further advanced this procedure in the United States which has now been adapted in many institutions in the United States and the world. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry and Master’s degree in Microbiology at California State University, Sacramento, CA and his Ph.D., in physiology and cardiovascular physiology at University of California, Davis.
Dr. Tabaie received his medical degree from Michigan State University in East Lansing. He completed his general surgery at one of the affiliated hospitals of New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry, in New Jersey and completed his residency and fellowship in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.
He has been the director of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at every institution since he left the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Tabaie specializes in cardiac and thoracic surgery and endovascular procedures involving peripheral arterial disease and peripheral venous disease, as well as treatment of chronic deep vein thrombosis as well as venous disease.
He has published many papers in the field of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery and has performed surgery nationally and internationally and has trained many residents in both the field of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery.
Dr. Tabaie is nationally and internationally known for his contribution and innovation in the field of cardiac surgery, especially in robotic cardiac surgery.
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Harold A. Tabaie, D.O., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.O.S.
Chief and Director
Southern California Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons & Golden State Medical Clinic & Multispecialty Group Suites 101 and 102
Phone: (941) 720-0731
(818) 798-8168
Email: htcardiac@socalctvsurgeons.com htcardiac@aol.com
EXPERIENCE
6/23-Present SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS AND GOLDEN STATE
MEDICAL CLINIC AND MULTISPECIALTY GROUP, Los Angeles, CA
POSITION: Chief and Director of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. FUNCTION: Operating daily performing vascular and Endo vascular surgical procedures. As well as cardiac and thoracic surgical procedures as a visiting surgeon in Michigan. Periodic training of other vascular surgeons in performing endovascular procedures.
3/13-06/23 WEST REGIONAL CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS/ WEST REGIONAL VEIN CENTER, Reseda, CA.
POSITION: Chief and Director of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. FUNCTION: Operating daily performing vascular and Endo vascular surgical procedures. As well as cardiac and thoracic surgical procedures as a visiting surgeon in Michigan. Periodic training of other vascular surgeons in performing endovascular procedures.
9/09- 03/13 EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER, Center, Turlock, CA
POSITION: Chief and Director of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. FUNCTION: Perform daily operative procedures including: Ventricular Aneurysm resection, Heart Valve replacements, Coronary Artery Bypass grafting, Aortic Aneurysm resections, Carotid Endarterectomies, all aspects of Pulmonary and Esophageal surgery, Peripheral Vascular reconstruction surgery, Endoscopic Video Assisted Lung Surgeries, Endovascular Stenting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, and Peripheral Vascular Stenting. Minimally Invasive Heart Valve and Coronary Artery Bypass surgeries. Treatment of all venous disorders. Involved in medical student curriculum, lectures, ground rounds, journal club. Served on numerous committees including: chairing open heart, cardiology, QA, ICU, infectious, new procedural, credentials, ethics, fund raising committees, etc.
4/92 –8/09 BRADENTON CARDIAC SURGEONS, P.A., Bradenton, FL
POSITION: Chief and Director Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon. FUNCTION: Perform daily operative procedures including: Ventricular Aneurysm resection, Heart Valve replacements, Coronary Artery Bypass grafting, Aortic Aneurysm resections, Carotid, all aspects of Pulmonary and Esophageal surgery, Peripheral Vascular reconstruction surgery, Endoscopic Video Assisted Lung Surgeries, Endovascular Stenting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, and Peripheral Vascular Stenting. Minimally Invasive Heart Valve and Coronary Artery Bypass surgeries.
1/94 – 6/03 HEART SURGICAL GROUP OF SARASOTA, Sarasota, FL
POSITION: Director of Robotic Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon. FUNCTION: Perform daily operative procedures including Ventricular Aneurysm resection, Heart Valve replacements, Coronary Artery Bypass grafting, Aortic Aneurysm resections, Carotid Endarterectomies, all aspects of Pulmonary and Esophageal surgery, Peripheral Vascular reconstruction surgery, Endoscopic Video Assisted Lung surgeries, Endovascular Stenting for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, and Peripheral Vascular Disease, Minimally Invasive Heart Valve and Coronary Artery Bypass surgeries. Involved in medical student curriculum, lectures, ground rounds, journal club. Served on numerous committees including: chairing open heart, cardiology, QA. ICU, infectious, new procedural, credentials, ethics, fund raising committees, etc.
Director of Robotic Heart Surgery. Created a center for training other surgeons in Robotics and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.
3/91 - 4/92 MANATEE CARDIAC SURGEONS, P.A., Bradenton,
FL Position: As above. Function: As above.
7/90 - 3/91 CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, P.C., Kalamazoo,
MI POSIT ION: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon.
FUNCTION: Perform daily operative procedures including Ventricular Aneurysm resection, Heart Valve replacement, Coronary Artery bypass grafting, Aortic Aneurysm resection, all aspects of Pulmonary and Esophageal surgery, Peripheral Vascular reconstruction, etc. Also involved in program organization for starting cardiac arrhythmia surgery program for supra- ventricular, re-entrant tachyarrhythmias, WPW and ventricular tachyarrhythmias at Borgess Medical Center. Involved in medical student curriculum, lectures, ground rounds, journal club. Served on numerous committees including: chairing open heart, cardiology, QA. ICU, infectious, new procedural, credentials, ethics, fund raising committees, etc.
12/88 - 6/90 METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL:
All three divisions, Philadelphia, PA.
POSITION: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon.
FUNCTION: Perform daily operative procedures including Ventricular Aneurysm resections, Heart Valve replacements, Coronary Artery bypass
grafting, Aortic and Esophageal surgeries, Carotid Endarterectomies, Pacemaker implantations and Peripheral Vascular reconstructive surgeries, limb Salvage procedures in all affiliated hospitals. Participated in teaching medical students, interns and residents in surgical procedures, as well as lecturing and organizing monthly journal club meetings at several hospitals. Served on numerous hospital committees including: QA, ICU, infectious disease, CTV Surgery, credentials, new procedural committees. Directly involved in training resident & fellows as well as involvement in rotating students.
1/85 - 12/88 CARDIOTHORACIC ASSOCIATES,P.A.,Philadelphia,PA
POSITION: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon.
FUNCTION: Perform daily operative procedures including ventricular aneurysm resections, Heart Valve replacement, Coronary Artery bypass grafting, Aortic Aneurysm resections, all aspects of Pulmonary and Esophageal surgeries, Carotid Endarterectomies, Pacemaker implantations and Peripheral Vascular reconstructive surgery, Limb Salvage procedures in all affiliated hospitals.
Participated in teaching medical students, interns, and residents in surgical procedures, as well as lecturing and organizing monthly journal club meetings at several hospitals.
1/84 - 1/85 CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, Ohio.
POSITION: Clinical Associate, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
FUNCTION: Assisted Drs. Paul Taylor, Carl Gill, Bruce Lytle, Leonard Golding, Delas Cosgrove and Floyd Loop with approximately 500 Cardiothoracic cases. Major emphasis was on Coronary Artery bypass grafting, Valvular Heart surgery, and Thoracic surgery. Gained much experience with mobilization of internal mammary arteries, both single and double, as well as sequential grafting. Participated in heart and lung transplant research.
Responsible for overseeing interns and residents in the clinical and surgical area at the Cleveland Clinic in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery.
EDUCATION:
1967 – 1970 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), California State University,
Sacramento, CA
Major: Biological Sciences Minor: Chemistry
1970 - 1971 Master of Arts (M.A.), California State University,
Sacramento, CA
Major: Biological Sciences, special concentration In Microbiology Minor: Chemistry
1971 - 1974 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of California,
Davis, CA
Major: Physiology, special concentration in cardiovascular physiology Minor: Anatomy
1975 - 1978 Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.), Michigan State
University School of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI
POSTDOCTURAL TRAINING
1974 – 1975 Fellowship in Cardiovascular Research. School of Medicine
and Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
1978 - 1979 Internship: General Surgery and Rotating. Detroit
Osteopathic Hospital & Bi-County Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
7/1979 – 6/1981 General Surgery Residency. Kennedy Memorial Hospital,
an affiliate of New Jersey School of Medicine & Dentistry, School of Osteopathic Medicine. Stratford, New Jersey.
10/1981 – 12/1981 Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Research.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
1/1982 – 12/1984 Residency in Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery.
Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
1/1985 – 1/1986 Clinical Associate in Thoracic & Cardiovascular
Surgery. Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
6/3/90 - 6/30/90 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada:
Significant exposure to cardiac arrhythmia surgery including pre-operative and intra-operative mapping and cardiac surgical procedures for all types of supraventricular re-entrant tachyarrhythmias, WPW, and ventricular tachyarrhythmias, with Professor Gerard Guiraudon, M.D., Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery; as well as an extensive review of all types of cardiac arrhythmia surgery with extensive review of both epicardial and endocardial surgical approach for the treatment of all types of cardiac arrhythmias at the Cardiac Arrhythmia Surgery International Seminar I, Geneva, Switzerland. Course directed by Professor James Cox, M.D. and Professor Goran William-Olsson, M.D.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
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Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Michigan State University - C.O.M. - East Lansing, Michigan.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA.
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Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Surgery, Bradenton, Florida.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ.
ROBOTIC ASSISTED SURGERY
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ENDOSCOPIC TRAINING
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Mayfield course on Endoscopic Surgery, Marietta, Georgia, 1997
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Moet Institute, Cardiothoracoscopic Surgical Skills for Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, San Francisco, CA, 1997
Total Number of hours: 120 +
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INANIMATE ROBOTIC TRAINING
Total Hours: 115 +
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LIVE ANIMAL TRAINING (PIGS & CALVES)
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University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Two weeks with total hours of 95 +
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Moet Laboratory, San Francisco, CA Total hours: 45 +
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University of California, Berkley, CA Total Hours: 45 +
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Computer Motion Laboratory, Santa Barbara, CA Numerous visits with total hours of 85 +
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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
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National Experience
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Sarasota Memorial Hospital
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University of Pennsylvania, Hershey, PA
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International Clinical experience
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University Hospital, Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
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Bakoulev Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia
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PRESENTATIONS ON ROBOTIC ASSISTED CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY WITH ZEUS, & PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
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Local
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Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL, February, 1999
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Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, FL, September, 1999
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Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL, February, 2000
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Blake Medical Center--Mended Hearts Society, Bradenton, FL, April, 2000
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National Presentations
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International Society on Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1999, Presentation on” Robotic Coronary Bypass Surgery”.
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Canadian Society of Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery sponsored by the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, presented at Key West, FL, May 1999, Presentation on “Robotics in Surgery”
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Third World Congress on Robotic Assisted Surgery, held in Santa Barbara, CA, June 1999, Presentation of the “1st Totally Closed Chest Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery” (performed In Russia).
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Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists/Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery held in Seattle, WA, October 1999, Presentation on “Robotics in Cardiac Surgery”.
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31st American College of Cardiology and Cardiovascular surgery, Snowmass , CO, January 2000, Presentation on “Robotics in Cardiac Surgery”.
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Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists/Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, held in Boston, MA, September 2000, Presentation on “Robotics in Operating Room and in Cardiac Surgery”.
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Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists/Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, held in Palm Desert, Calif., October 2001, Presentations on “Robotics in Operating Room, and Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation”.
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Annual Cardiovascular Symposium,30t h, Presented Robotics in
“Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery”, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Mich, May 3,2002.
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Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists/Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, held in Orlando, Fl September 21,and September 22, 2002, Presentations on “Robotics in Cardiac Surgery”, and “Hands on Cardiac Surgical Robot”.
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Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists/Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, held in San Diego, California ,October 1, 2004, Presentations on “ Surgical Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation”, and “ Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure”.
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Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists/Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery held in Orlando. Fl. October 24, 2005, Presentations of “ Updates on Surgical Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation”, and “ Mismatch in Valvular Heart Surgery”.
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Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists/Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery held in San Francisco, California, October 19, 2007, Presentations
on 1 “Endoscopic Maze Procedure For Atrial Fibrillation and 2: “Minimally Invasive Cardiac Valvular Surgery”.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all
Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2009.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2010.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2011.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2012.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2013.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2014.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2015.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2016.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2017.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2018.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2019.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2020.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2021.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2022.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2023.
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Annual International Comprehensive Venous Conference Involving all Disorders of Venous Disease with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Miami, Florida, January 2024.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2015.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2016.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2017.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2018.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2019.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2020.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2021.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2022.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2023.
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Annual Comprehensive Symposium Conference involving Venous Disease And Venous Disorders as well as Arterial Disease and Arterial Disorders with Diagnosis, Treatment, and Endovascular Procedure. Held at Wynn in
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2024.
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Annual Cardiothoracic and Vascular and Cardiac Conference at Snowmass Colorado, January 2024.
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Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Snowmass Conference, “Cardiovascular Cases, Controversies, and Challenges”, Snowmass, Colorado January 10-15th 2025
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International Presentations
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International investigator's meeting on Endoscopic Robotic Assisted
Coronary Artery bypass surgery, University of Grosshadern, Munich, Germany, September, 1999.
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Annual national society of Australian cardiologists held in Port Douglas, Australia, May, 2000, Presentation on “Robotic Coronary Artery Surgery.”
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4th Annual scientific meeting of the International Society for Minimally
Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Munich, Germany, June, 2001. Paper Presentation On “ Port Placement for Robotic Cardiac Surgery”.
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Presentation on “Robotic Coronary Artery surgery”, given at the University of Naples Federico 2, Naples, Italy, July, 2001.
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Presentation on “Evolution and Progression of Cardiovascular Surgery from open technique to totally endovascular approach, and case presentation of peripheral arterial endovascular intervention”, presented at 36th annual European Society of Vascular Surgeons (ESVS). 09/20/2022 – 09/23/2022, Rome Italy
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European Society of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery as well as Cardiology and Interventional Endovascular Surgery. 09/2023 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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71th Congress of the European Society of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery (ESCVS). 06/14/2023- 06/16/2023, Paris, France.
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PERFORMED THE WORLD'S FIRST CLOSED CHEST ROBOTIC ASSISTED CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY ON ARRESTED HEART WITH ZEUS, AT BAKOULEV SCIENTIFIC CENTER, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, JULY, 1999.
VI PUBLICATIONS ON ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
A. Abstracts
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CLINICAL INVESTIGATION: ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (E-CABGTM) WITH ROBOTIC ASSISTANCE H.A. Tabaie, MD, PHD,
W.P. Graper, MD, J.A. Reinbolt, BS, The Center for Advanced Surgery, Sarasota
Memorial Healthcare System, Sarasota, Florida, USA, Computer Motion Inc., Goleta, California, USA. (Submitted to International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery June, 2000)
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ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (E- CABGTM) WITH ROBOTIC ASSISTANCE - CLINICAL
INVESTIGATION
H.A. Tabaie, MD, PHD, W.P. Graper, MD, J.A. Reinbolt, BS, The Center for Advanced Surgery, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, Sarasota, Florida, USA, Computer Motion Inc., Goleta, California, USA. (Submitted and accepted to Canadian Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, May, 2000- to be published in Journal of Thoracic Surgery)
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CASE STUDY -- JULY 8, 1999: FULLY ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY PERFORMED WITH THE ZEUSTM ROBOTIC
SURGICAL SYSTEM Harold A. Tabaie, MD, PHD, Thomas Vassiliades, MD,
Leo Bockeria, MD, Oleg Svanidze, MD, Jeffrey A. Reinbolt, BS (Submitted to the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, July, 2000)
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INITIAL UNITED STATES CLINICAL TRIAL OF ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED ENDOSCOPIC CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING Damiano RJ,
Ehrman WJ, Ducko CT, Tabaie HA, Stephenson ER, Kingsley CP, Chamber CE. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2000 Jan; 119, 77-
82.
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INITIAL PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER CLINICAL TRIAL OF
ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED CORONARY ARERY BYPASS GRAFTING Ralph
J. Damiano, Jr., Harold A. Tabaie, Michael J. Mack, James R. Edgerton, Chandra Mullangi, Peter Graper, Sunil M. Prasad (Presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons meeting, January, 2000)
B. Publications
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H.A. Tabaie, J.A. Reinbolt, W.P. Graper, T.F. Kelly, M.A. Connor, "Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (ECABG) Procedure with Robotic assistance, " The Heart Surgery Forum (September 7, 1999, #10552)
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Damiano RJ, Ehrman WJ, Ducko CT, Tabaie HA, Stephenson ER, Kingsley CP, Chambers CE: Initial United States Clinical Trial of Robotically Assisted Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2000 Jan; 119, 77-82
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Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., Harold A. Tabaie, Michael J. Mack, James R
Edgerton, Chandra Mullangi, Peter Graper, Sunil M. Prasad: Initial Prospective Multicenter Clinical Trial of Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (Will be published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)
RESEARCH:
The synthesis of organic and organometallic compounds to determine the ability of ferrocene to stabilize carbon ion structures. The synthesis of theophylline and its derivates with Dr. Richard Fish, Professor of Organic Chemistry at California State University, Sacramento, California, 1969-1970.
A comparison of electrophoretic study of hyperliporoteinemia with both acrylamide gel electrophoresis and paper electrophoresis with Dr. C. Blumenfeld, Director of the Pathology Department at Sutter Memorial Hospital, Sacramento, California, 1970-1971.
Determination of the most essential amino acid for the growth of T microphage (virus) in its host E.coli, and incorporation of radioactive tryptophan for its regional specificity with Dr. Kelly Eldredge, Professor of Microbiology at California State University, Sacramento, California, 1970-1971.
Preparation and detection of rabbit antiserum utilizing Mycobacterium smegmatis as a bacterial antigen with Dr. Kelly Eldredge, Professor of Microbiology at California State University, Sacramento, California, 1970.
Ventriculo-atrial conduction in pacing and digitalis induced ventricular tachycardia along with the effect of vagal stimulation and parasympathomimetic drugs with Dr. Rashid A. Massumi, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, 1971- 1973.
Reciprocation through the sino-atrial (SA) node with Dr. Rashid Massumi, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, 1971-1973.
Hemaglutination (HAA) test in investigation of the level of antibody formation utilizing monkey serum and studies of infective life cycle of microfilarias (heart worm) in the circulating blood under the supervision of Dr. Wong and Dr. Kozek, Professors of Parasitology, University of California, Davis, California, 1972
Investigation of regional control of blood flow, stimulation of somatic afferents originating in the skeletal muscle chemoreceptors using divergent mechanism (Hypoxemia, 2,4, DNP, KCN) under the supervision of Dr. Robert Zelis, Associate Professor of Physiology and Medicine, Chief; Laboratory of Clinical Physiology at the University of California, School of Medicine, Davis, CA, 1972-1974.
Determining of the role of adenosine in exercise hyperemia utilizing a vascularly perfused isolated gracilis muscle of a dog under supervision of Dr. Francis J. Haddy, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1974-1975.
Participant in the study of the venomotor tone in the normotensive and the hypertensive human with Dr. H.N. Overbeck, Professor of Physiology and Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI, 1974-1975.
Participant in the study of the influence of an acute ventricular overload on the coronary, splanchnic and renal blood flows with Dr. C. Chou, Professor of Physiology and Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1975-1977.
Influence of Osteopathic manipulation on the blood pressure. Major emphasis on the reduction of diuretics and management of hypertensive nutritionally, environmentally, physiologically, and by manipulative therapy, Department of Biomechanics, School of Osteopathic Medicine, MSU, East Lansing, MI, 1975-1977.
Treatment of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, using an intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation utilizing a canine model of oleic acid induced non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema in collaboration with Drs. Harold Kay and Eldred Mundth, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1981-1982.
ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED AND PAPERS PRESENTED
DeMaria, Anthony, M.D., Tabaie, Harold, B.A., M.A., Keniyema Teiko, M.D., McMarland, James, Mason, Dean T., M.D., Zelis, Robert, M.D., Massumi, Rashid, M.D.: The Deleterious Hemodynamic consequences of Retrograde Ventriculo-Atrial Conduction (VAD) in Ventricular Tachycardia (VT). Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA. Presented at the 45th Scientific Session, November 16-19, 1992.
Massumi, Rashid, M.D.; Tabaie, Harold, B.A., M.A.; Fabergas, Ramon, M.D.; Zelis, Robert, M.D.; Jewett, Michael, Gray, Don and Mason, Dean T., M.D.: Reciprocation Through the Sino-Atrial Node (SAN). Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA. Presented at the Clinical Research, Spring, 1973.
DeMaria, Anthony, M.D.; Fabergas, Ramon, M.D.; Gray, Don, Jewett, Michael, Tabaie, Harold, B.A., M.A.; Zelis, Robert: VENTRICULO-ATRIAL CONDUCTION IN PACING AND DIGITALIS- INDUCED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: EFFECTS OF VAGAL STIMULATION AND
VAGOTONIC DRUGS. Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA. Presented at the American College of Cardiology, 22nd Annual Scientific Sessions, February 14-18, 1973.
Tabaie, Harold, M.A., Ph.D.; Mason, Dean, M.D.; Zelis, Robert, M.D.: Stimulation of Reflexes in Skeletal Muscle by Hypoxia, 2,4-DPN and KCN: Implications Concerning Exercise. Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA. Presented at the American Heart Association, 48th Scientific Sessions, November 17-20, 1975, Anaheim, CA.
Tabaie, Harold A., M.A., Ph.D.; Schott, Jerry, Ph.D.; Haddy, Francis, M.D., Ph.D.: Reduction of Exercise Dilation by Theophylline. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Presented at the American Physiological Society, Spring, 1975, published in "The Physiologist" Volume 18, No.3, August, 1975, page 415, and presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of University of Michigan, Spring, 1985.
Tabaie, Harold, D.O., Ph.D.; Kay, Harold, M.D.; Mundth, Eldred, M.D., FACS: Treatment of Non- Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema with the Intra-Aortic Balloon Counter Pulsation. Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Presented at the 55th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, October, 1982, Toronto, Canada.
Tabaie, H., D.O.,: Update on Coronary Artery Surgery. Presented at the 14th Annual Medical and Legal Seminar, Aspen, Colorado, December, 1986
Tabaie, H., D.O., Ph.D.: Conduit of Choice for Coronary Artery and Peripheral Vascular Bypass Surgery. Internal Mammary Artery vs. Saphenous Vein Graft vs. Prosthetic Grafts. Presented at
the 61st Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, October, 1988, New York, NY.
Tabaie, H., D.O., Ph.D.: Isolated Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Aneurysm, A Case Presentation. Presented at the 61st Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, October, 1988, New York, NY.
Tabaie, H., D.O., Ph.D.: An Alternative Approach in Revascularization of the 1st Septal Perforator, A Case Presentation. Presented at the 61st Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, October, 1988, New York, NY.
Tabaie, H., D.O., Ph.D.: An Unusual Presentation of a Pericardial Cyst, A Case Presentation. Presented at the 61st Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, October, 1988, New York, NY.
Tabaie, H., D.O., Ph.D.: Mediastinal Mass - Diagnosis and Treatment, Unusual Case Presentation. Presented at the 61st Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, October, 1988, New York, NY.
Tabaie, H., D.O., Ph.D.: Comprehensive Update on Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Lung Carcinoma. Presented at the 14th Annual Seminar of the Southwest Florida Osteopathic Medical Society, District XI, FOMA, November 2-5, 1986, Sanibel Island, FL.
Tabaie, Harold A., D.O., Ph.D.: Cardiac Rehabilitation and Cardiac Physiology. Presented at the National Meeting of the American Society of Aerobic Assn., March, 1990, Sanibel Island, FL.
H.A. Tabaie, D.O., Ph.D, W.P. Graper, MD, J.A. Reinbolt, BS, The Center for Advanced Surgery,
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, Sarasota, Florida, USA, Computer Motion Inc., Goleta, California, USA.: Clinical Investigation: Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (E-CABGTM) with Robotic Assistance (Submitted to International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery June, 2000)
H.A. Tabaie, D.O., Ph.D, W.P. Graper, MD, J.A. Reinbolt, BS, The Center for Advanced Surgery, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, Sarasota, Florida, USA, Computer Motion Inc., Goleta, California, USA.: Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (E-CABTM) with Robotic Assistance -- Clinical Investigation (Submitted and accepted to Canadian Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, May, 2000- to be published in Journal of Thoracic Surgery)
Harold A. Tabaie, D.O., Ph.D, Thomas Vassiliades, MD, Leo Bockeria, MD, Oleg Svanidze, MD, Jeffrey A. Reinbolt, BS: Case Study -- July 8, 1999, Fully Endoscopic Coronary Bypass Surgery Performed with the ZeusTM Robotic Surgical System (Submitted to the European Association of Cardio- Thoracic Surgery, July, 2000) Presented at the 3rd international congress on computers & robotics in the operating room, Santa Barbara, CA. July 1999.
Damiano RJ, Ehrman WJ, Ducko, CT, Tabaie HA, Stephenson ER, Kingsley CP, Chambers CE: Initial United States Clinical Trial of Robotically Assisted Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2000 Jan; 119, 77-82.
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., Harold A. Tabaie, Michael J. Mack, James R. Edgerton, Chandra Mullangi, Peter Graper, Sunil M. Prasad: Initial Prospective Multicenter Clinical Trial of
Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons meeting, January, 2000.
PAPERS PUBLISHED
Tabaie, Harold A.,D.O., Ph.D.; Scott, Jerry, Ph.D.; Haddy, Francis, M.D., Ph.D.: Reduction of Exercise Dilatation by Theophylline, Experimental Biology and Medicine, Volume 154, 1977, Pages 93-97.
Tabaie, Harold, D.O., Ph.D.: Neuronal and hormonal control of the cardiovascular system: A Review. Osteopathic Annals, Volume 5, March, 1977, pages 113-124. CV - Harold A. Tabaie, D.O., Ph.D., FACC, FACOS
PAPERS PUBLISHED(contd.)
Tabaie, Harold, D.O., Ph.D.; Meoli, Frederick, D.O.,; Silverman, David, D.O.: Rectal Polyp: A Cause of
Rectal Bleeding in Children. Osteopathic Medicine, Volume 5, December 1980, Pages 25-30.
Tabaie, Harold A., D.O., Ph.D.; Citta, R., D.O.; Gallo, D., D.O.; Silverman, David, D.O.: Primary Malignant Melanoma of Small Intestine: Report of a Case and Discussion of the APUD Cell Concept. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Volume 83 (5), January, 1984, Pages 374-378.
Tabaie, Harold, D.O., Ph.D.; Silverman, Edward, D.O.; Update on Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Osteopathic Annals, May-June, 1987, Pages 41-48.
H.A. Tabaie, J.A. Reinbolt, W.P. Graper, T.F. Kelly, M.A. Connor, "Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (ECABG) Procedure with Robotic Assistance, " The Heart Surgery Forum (September 7, 1999, #1999-0552) Pages, 310-317.
Damiano RJ, Ehrman WJ, Duck CT, Tabaie HA, Stephenson ER, Kingsley CP, Chambers CE: Initial United States Clinical Trial of Robotically Assisted Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2000 Jan; 119, Pages 77-82.
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., Harold A. Tabaie, Michael J. Mack, James R. Edgerton, Chandra Mullangi, Peter Graper, Sunil M. Prasad: “Initial Prospective Multicenter Clinical Trial of Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting”, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, October, 2001, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Volume 72 (4) , Pages 1263-1269.
Tabaie, Harold, D.O., Ph.D.; Moradi, Ali, D.O.; “Right Arterial Leiomyosarcoma: A Very Rare Cardiac Tumor,” LECOM College of Osteopathic Medicine, Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, Florida, USA, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, 2012, 3:188. doi:10.4172/2155-9880.1000188, Pages 1-3.
STATE AND HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES
Team Director, Legacy Circle, Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock, Calif. Jan.2010
Director of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock, California, September 2009
Assistant Director, Vascular Surgical Training Program and Training of the Vascular Residents at Metropolitan Hospital, Central Division, Philadelphia, PA, 1985 through 1987.
Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Manatee Chapter, Florida Affiliate, 1993 -
Present.
Member of the D.N.R. Task Force Committee, Metropolitan Hospital, Central Division, Philadelphia, PA 1987 thru 1988.
Member of the Educational and Library Committee, Metropolitan Hospital, Central Division, Philadelphia, PA 1987 thru 1988.
Directing the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Journal Club at Metropolitan Hospital, Central Division, Philadelphia, PA 1985 thru 1989.
Participant in Training Program of Interns and Residents at the Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, all divisions and JFK Memorial Hospital, Cherry Hill Division.
Directly involved in obtaining Certificate of Need for Open-Heart Surgery Program at Metropolitan Hospital, as well as, being directly involved, from its inception, in organization, development and construction of Open Heart Unit and Catheterization Lab. at Metropolitan Hospital, Philadelphia, PA from 1985 to 1990.
Research Committee Member, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan 1990 thru 1991. Marketing Committee Active Member, Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, FL. 1991 thru 1998.
Manatee Memorial Hospital Community Educational Committee Active member, Bradenton, FL 1991 thru 1998.
Have been an Active Member of the listed committees at Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, FL: Quality Assessment Committee, Coronary Care Committee, Intensive Care Committee, Risk Management Committee, New Procedures Committee, Surgical Committee, Active Member Open Heart Committee at Manatee Memorial Hospital and Blake Medical Center.
Chairman, Open Heart Surgery Committee, 1998-2003.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
Co-Chairman of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Section of the 61st Annual Assembly of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, New York, NY 1988
ACOS Committee Appointment as a Member of Osteopathic Surgical Research 1989 - 1990
Appointed Member of the Editorial Committee for the Journal of American Osteopathic Association, 1988 – 1990
ACOS Committee Member as a National Oral Examiner for Board Certification in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, 2004- Present
POST GRADUATE CME COURSES ATTENDED
Comprehensive Update on Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- May 27, 1986
Comprehensive Update on Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada - May 28, 1986
Comprehensive Symposium on CO2 Laser. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - June 17-18, 1986
Comprehensive Symposium on Direct Laser Angioplasty (G.V.-Medical, both Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Applications), University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota - December 8-9, 1988
Comprehensive Update & Symposium on Principles, Techniques and Applications of angioscopy; Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwest University Medical School, Chicago, IL - September 28, 1989
Symposium on Heart Valve Update: Insights and Alternatives, by nationwide Satellite Video Conference, Friday, October 27, 1989, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Comprehensive Post Graduate Course, Update on Current Arterial Problems and new Horizons in Vascular Surgery; 16th Annual Critical Problems in Vascular Surgery; sponsored by Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefore Medical Center, November 17-19, New York, New York
Comprehensive Post Graduate Course, an update on practical and theoretical review of the patient indicators, techniques for electrophysiologic mapping and alternative surgical techniques in the emerging therapeutic field with an update on research findings and future areas for research including all types of supraventricular re-entrant tachyarrhythmias , WPW and ventricular tachyarrhythmias; chaired by international leaders and directed by Professor James Cox, M.D., (USA) and Professor Goran William-Olsson, M.D. (Sweden), at the First Fellowship Organization International Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland.
Comprehensive Post Graduate Course, Arrhythmia Surgery Operative Clinics
Workshops, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, directed by James Cox, M.D., March 21-23, 1991.
Comprehensive Post Graduate Course on The Future of Valve Implantation;
Homograft and Autograft Valves with participation of internationally renowned leaders at St. Joseph Hospital, Tampa, Florida, November 3-5, 1991.
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Forum; East Carolina University, February, 9,2002.
TRAINING
Endoscopic Suturing Skills Course for Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, 3/1/97, LCA Vision.
Computers and Robotics in the OR 2000, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, 6/19 - 6/20/97.
Advanced Course in Thoracoscopic Surgical Skills for the Cardiac Surgeon, Moet Institute, San Francisco, CA, 7/24-7/25/97.
Advanced Course II in Thoracoscopic Surgical Skills for the Cardiac Surgeon, Moet Institute, San Francisco, CA 10/6 - 10/8/97.
Course in Cardiothoracoscopic Surgical Skills for Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Moet Institute, San Francisco, CA, 10/7 - 10/9/97.
Computers in Medicine 1997-98, Park City, UT, 12/22 - 12/26/97.
The First International Congress on Computers and Robotics in the Operating Room, Santa Barbara, CA, sponsored by Penn State, 6/17 - 6/20/97.
The Second International Congress on Computers and Robotics in the Operating Room 2000, Santa Barbara, CA, sponsored by Penn State, 6/17 - 6/20/98.
The Third International Congress on Computers and Robotics in the Operating Room, Santa Barbara, CA, sponsored by Penn State, 7/20/99/-7/24/99.
Surgical Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation, Extensive Didactic and Live Operative Training experience, April 27,2002.
Extensive Didactic and Hands on Experience on Myocardial Co2 Laser Revascularization, New
York city, N.Y., June 21,2002.
Comprehensive Didactic and Live Operative Training Experience in “Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation” St Joseph, Tampa, Fl., Dec.,19, 2003
Comprehensive Didactic and Live Operative Training Experience in “Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation”, St Joseph Hospital, Tampa, FL., Aug. 21,2004.
Comprehensive Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery, Didactic and Hands on Training, Duke University, Durham, N.C, Sept. 14-15, 2006.
Comprehensive Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery, Didactic and Hands on Training, Mayfield, Atlanta, GA.
Minimally Invasive Approach to Valve Techniques and Replacement, Extensive Didactic and Operative Training Experience, New York University, New York City, April 2006.
Comprehensive Endovascular Hands on and didactic training for Thoracic and Abdominal Aneurysms, and Peripheral Vascular Disease, Arizona Heart, Phoenix AZ, 2006.
Comprehensive Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery, Didactic and Hands on Training, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, Robert McKenna Jr, MD, October 7-8, 2007
Comprehensive Endovascular Hands on and Didactic Training for Thoracic, and Abdominal Aneurysms, and Peripheral Vascular Disease, Arizona Heart, Phoenix, AZ, May 19-21,2008
Comprehensive review course with hands on experience on Mitral Valve Repair for Ischemic Mitral Valve Regurgitation; multiple surgeons prospective approach. June 6,2008, Philadelphia, PA Comprehensive Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Sugery, both Didactic, and Live Operative Training Experience, Bob Roberts, MD, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN., August 18-20,2008.
Comprehensive Didactic, and Live Operative Experience on Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair, John Spratts, MD, Charleston, SC, Sept, 15-16,2008.
Comprehensive Review and Didactics on Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Mitral and Aortic Valve Disease; multiple surgeons prospective approach, Sept. 26-27,2008, Atlanta, GA.
Comprehensive Didactic, and Hands on Work Shop on Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair and Aortic Valve Replacement, L. Aklog, MD, and B. DeGuzman, MD, St Joseph Medical Center, Phoenix, AR., October 10-12,2008.
Comprehensive Operative Experience, and Didactic Presentation on Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair and Aortic Valve Replacement, Vaughn Starnes, University of Southern California, October 27- 28, 2008.
Comprehensive Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery, Didactic and Hands on Fellowship Training, University of Arizona, Bioskills Center of Tucson, Arizona, February 24,2009
Comprehensive Training in the Use of Epicor in Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation; Didactic and Hands of Training, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 5-6,2009.
INTERNATIONAL VEIN CONGRESS 2009, The Most Comprehensive Training In The Management of All Types of Venous Diseases and Venous Surgery; Didactic and Live Surgical Experience, Miami, Florida, May 7-9(inclusive), 2009.
INTERNATIONAL VEIN CONGRESS 2009, The Most Comprehensive Training In The Management of All Types of Venous Diseases and Venous Surgery; Didactic and Live Surgical Experience, Miami, Florida, May 7-9(inclusive), 2009.
Comprehensive Didactic & Hands On Live patient Training for Endovascular Stent Repair for Thoracic, & Abdominal Aneurysms, & for Peripheral Vascular Disease and Carotid artery, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View , Calif, April 21,22,2010
PRESENT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
Fellow, American College of Cardiology American Osteopathic Association - 0036582 American Heart Association Michigan State University - Alumnus Michigan State Medical Society University of California at Davis - Alumnus Florida Medical Association Manatee County Medical Society Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Manatee County Osteopathic Medical Society International Society of minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
PAST MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
Michigan Medical Society Kalamazoo Academy of Medicine Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons Philadelphia County Osteopathic Medical Society Metropolitan Hospital Alumni Association
CURRENT HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital/Pipeline Health System, Los Angeles, CA Southern California Hospital, Culver City, CA
PAST HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Hospital, Central Division Metropolitan Hospital, Parkview Division, Philadelphia, PA. Metropolitan Hospital, Springfield Division, Springfield, PA Philadelphia College & Hospital of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Stratford Division, Stratford, NJ Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Cherry Hill Division, Cherry Hill, NJ Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Washington Township Division, Washington Township, NJ Brandywine Hospital, Caln Township, PA Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, FL Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL Pasco Medical Center, Dade City, Fl.
CERTIFICATION
Diplomat of American National Board of Osteopathic Examiners 1981
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery - Board Certified, Written, Oral and Practical-Clinical examination completed in 1988
General Surgery - Board Certified, Written and oral examination completed in 1982
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