Procedures Preformed by Dr. Robert E. Merritt, MD

• Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
• Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
• Decortication and Pleurectomy
• Esophagectomy (Esophagogastrostomy, Esophagojejunostomy)
• Esophagomyotomy
• Excision of Tracheal Tumor or Stenosis
• Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic or Paraesophageal Hernia Repair With Robotic Assistance
• Lobectomy, Open
• Lung Removal (Partial or Complete): Open, or Resection of Lung Tumor: Open
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Nerve Block, Sympathetic
• Open Diaphragmatic and-or Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia Repair
• Open Thymectomy
• Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Segmentectomy, Open
• Thoracentesis
• Thoracoscopic Lobectomy
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Thoracoscopic Thymectomy
• Thoracoscopic Wedge Resection
• Tracheal Surgery
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) or Thoracotomy