Our Treatments
& Programs
- Adult (Acquired) Heart Disease Program
- Adult Congenital Heart Program
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology
- Arrhythmia Repair
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Surgery
- Cardioversion
- Congenital Heart Repair
- Congestive Heart Program
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Coronary Revascularization
- Coronary Stent
- General Cardiology
- Heart Transplantation
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrilator
- Inherited Heart Disease
- Interventional Cardiac Catheterization
- Interventional Program
- Pacemaker
- Prevention Program
- Prevention of Heart Disease in Women
- Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease
- Radio Frequency Ablation
- Re-operative Heart Surgery
- Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease
- Valve Repair and Replacement
- Vascular Surgery
- Ventricular Failure Surgery
- Women's Heart Disease
Cardiac Surgery
Vanderbilt Heart Signature Program
People with heart disease almost always require medical care from a cardiologist. A cardiologist is a physician who specializes in the treatment of heart diseases. Thanks to advancement in medical knowledge and technology, heart patients and their cardiologists have many options available for treatment. For some patients with heart disease, heart surgery remains the best treatment option. When heart surgery is necessary, Vanderbilt has an entire team ready to help.
Services and treatment
Vanderbilt’s heart surgeons are among the best in the country. They also train other surgeons who want to specialize in cardiac surgery. Our surgeons treat patients of all ages including infants.
Surgery might be required for many reasons including bypass surgery to go around blocked blood vessels, transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) to relieve severe angina (chest pain), replacement or repair of a damaged heart valve, or heart transplantation
Our cardiac surgery services fall into four (4) major categories:
- Acquired (Adult) Heart Disease
- Congenital (Pediatric and Adult)
- Treatment Programs
- Thoracic Surgery
Click on any of the above for more information about the specific services we offer.
Providers:
John Byrne, M.D., Chairman, Cardiac Surgery
Tarek Absi, MD
Rashid Ahmad, MD
Jorge Balaguer, MD
Steve Ball, MD
David Bichell, MD
Karla Christian, MD
James Greelish, MD
Steve Hoff, MD
Betty Kim, MD
Michael R. Petracek, MD
M. Craig Cilimberg, PA-C
Edmund J. Donahue, PA-C
Thomas M. Stahl, PA-C
Nora Cobb, ANP-BC
Anna Fong, ACNP-BC
Jayme Gibson, ACNP-BC
April Kapu, ACNP-BC
Mary Ann Jorrisen, ACNP-BC
Shawn Lee, ANP-BC
Lauren Nevels, ACNP-BC
Megan Shifrin, ACNP-BC
Sean Smithey, ACNP-BC
Joshua Squiers, ACNP-BC
Kristie Walker, ACNP-BC
Brian Widmar, ACNP-BC
Diane's Story
Diane's recovery from mitral valve surgery was shorter because Vanderbilt performed minimally invasive surgery. Click here to learn more about her story.
