Study Group: Cardiac Surgeons who Implant HeartMate XVE Left Ventricular Assist Device(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 21
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Keith Allen, MD
Director, Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery Research
Mid America Heart & Lung Surgeons, PC
Keith Allen, MD, is a Director of Cardiothoracic-Vascular Surgery Research at the Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. He is board certified in Thoracic, Vascular, and General Surgery. Dr. Allen maintains an active clinical research department and has over 100 publications in journals...
Jeffrey Everett, MDDirector of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Jeffrey Everett, MD, is the Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery, and an Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Previously, he was Director of Heart Transplantation and Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery, and Associate...
Vice-Chairman of Cardiovascular Medicine
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Dale Mueller, MD, is a Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon at Heartcare Midwest and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Illinois. He has expertise in cardiac surgery including minimally-invasive coronary bypass, valve repair and...
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