Assistant Professor, Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Thoracic Surgery

Prem Shekar is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He graduated from Bangalore Medical College. Prem S. Shekar is a published doctor and has 7 publications published. The lastest was: 'Point-of-Care Platelet Function Testing Predicts Bleeding in Patients Exposed to Clopidogrel Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Verify Pre-Op TIMI 45-A Pilot ...' Doctor Prem S. Shekar, MD is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Point-of-Care Platelet Function Testing Predicts Bleeding in Patients Exposed to Clopidogrel Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Verify Pre-Op TIMI 45-A Pilot ...
• Current state-of-the-art of device therapy for advanced heart failure.
• The safety of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in aortic valve replacement with unclampable aorta in non-octogenarians.
• Surgical treatment of bicuspid aortic valve disease: knowledge gaps and research perspectives.
• Discharge Outcomes in Patients With Paracorporeal Biventricular Assist Devices.
• Reoperative minimal access aortic valve surgery: minimal mediastinal dissection and minimal injury risk.

Doctors Specialties

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• Family Medicine
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Blue Card PPO
• BlueConnect HMO
• Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
• Preferred Blue PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Fallon Community Health Plan
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Tufts Health Plans
• Tufts PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Education

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• Bangalore Medical College

Hospital

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• Brigham and Women's Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1760448955
NPPES Provider LastName		SHEKAR
NPPES Provider FirstName		PREM
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		02115
NPPES Provider State		MA
Specialty Description		Cardiac Surgery
Total Claim Count		35.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1760448955
Last Name Of The Provider	SHEKAR
First Name Of The Provider	PREM
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