Professor, Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Victor Ferraris works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He went to medical school at Jefferson Medical College. He over the years received 5 awards: "Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Combat Infantrymans Badge", "Fellow (FACS)", "Fellow", "Fellow & Secretary-General" and "Fellow (FACC)". Victor Ferraris is a published doctor and has 87 publications published. The lastest was: 'Operative outcome and hospital cost.' Dr. Victor A. Ferraris accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Impact of Residents on Surgical Outcomes in High-Complexity Procedures.
• Identifying Esophagectomy Patients at Risk for Predischarge Versus Postdischarge Venous ThromboEmbolism.
• Modern management of thoracic Empyema.
• Consensus Review of the Treatment of CardioVascular Disease in People With Hemophilia A and B.
• Identification of Patients With Postoperative Complications Who Are at Risk for Failure to Rescue.
• Microparticles: The good, the bad, and the ugly.
• Topical Hemostatic Therapy in Surgery: Bridging the Knowledge and Practice Gap.
• Trends and practice patterns in the management of thoracic Empyema.
• Survival after Pneumonectomy for Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
• Pneumonectomy for nonmalignant Disease.
• Mediastinoscopy: Trends and Practice Patterns in the United States.
• Surgical treatment of lung Cancer in octogenarians.
• Variation in Ventilation Time After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
• The relationship between intraoperative blood transfusion and postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
• Intraoperative blood transfusion of one or two units of packed red blood cells is associated with a fivefold risk of stroke in patients undergoing elective carotid end...
• Variability in Carotid Endarterectomy at a Single Medical Center: An Outcome and Cost Analysis.
• 2012 update to the society of thoracic surgeons guideline on use of antiplatelet drugs in patients having cardiac and noncardiac operations.
• Facts, opinions, and conclusions: Aprotinin brings out all of these.
• Carotid endarterectomy with contralateral carotid occlusion: is shunting necessary?
• The impact of antiplatelet drugs on trauma outcomes.
• Thoracic surgery in the real world: does surgical specialty affect outcomes in patients having general thoracic operations?
• The effect of antifibrinolytic prophylaxis on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac operations.
• Surgical outcomes and transfusion of minimal amounts of blood in the operating room.
• The dangers of gathering data: surgeon-specific outcomes revisited.
• Intraoperative Transfusion of Small Amounts of Blood Heralds Worse Postoperative Outcome in Patients Having Noncardiac Thoracic Operations.
• The relationship between mortality and preexisting cardiac Disease in 5,971 trauma patients.
• Multivariable predictors of postoperative cardiac adverse events after general and Vascular surgery: results from the patient safety in surgery study.
• Interventions to improve guideline compliance following Coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Care of the adult cardiac surgery patient: part II.
• Care of the adult cardiac surgery patient: part I.
• Assessing the medical literature: let the buyer beware.
• Heroes and evidence.
• Aspirin and postoperative bleeding after Coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Use of antiplatelet drugs after cardiac operations.
• Gender differences and predictors of mortality in spontaneous Coronary artery dissection: a review of reported cases.
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guideline series: aspirin and other antiplatelet agents during operative coronary reVascularization (executive summary).
• Gender-specific practice guidelines for Coronary artery bypass surgery: perioperative management.
• Should Coronary artery bypass grafting be regionalized?
• Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 2--Statistical considerations in composite measure scoring and provider rating.
• Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 1--Conceptual framework and measure selection.
• Perioperative blood transfusion and blood conservation in cardiac surgery: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of CardioVascular Anesthesiologists clinica...
• 2011 update to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Society of CardioVascular Anesthesiologists blood conservation clinical practice guidelines.
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 1--Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 2--isolated valve surgery.
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 3--valve plus Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
• Management of alveolar air leaks after pulmonary resection.
• 1988: Preoperative aspirin ingestion increases operative blood loss after Coronary artery bypass grafting. Updated in 1995.
• The platelet thrombin receptor and postoperative bleeding.
• Comparison of blood reinfusion techniques used during Coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Risk factors for early hospital readmission after cardiac operations.
• Oropharyngeal dysphagia after cardiac operations.
• Long-term angiographic results of Coronary endarterectomy.
• Preoperative aspirin ingestion increases operative blood loss after Coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Predictors of excessive blood use after Coronary artery bypass grafting. A multivariate analysis.
• Limiting excessive postoperative blood transfusion after cardiac procedures. A review.
• Operative outcome and hospital cost.
• Risk factors for postoperative morbidity.
• Cost-effectiveness of minimally invasive cardiac operations.
• The women of Salerno: contribution to the origins of surgery from medieval Italy.
• Predictors of postoperative ventricular dysrhythmias: a multivariate study.
• Pericardial closure without Pericardial substitute.
• Traumatic thoracobiliary fistula.
• Home heparin therapy used in a pregnant patient with a mechanical Heart valve prosthesis.
• Routine template bleeding time determinations before cardiac procedures.
• Treatment of a patient with factor IX deficiency (hemophilia B) with Coronary bypass surgery.
• Alternative conduits for coronary reVascularization: a novel approach for harvest of the lesser saphenous vein.
• Aspirin usage and perioperative blood loss in patients undergoing unexpected operations.
• Cardiopulmonary bypass.
• Exploratory laparotomy for potential Abdominal sepsis in patients with multiple-organ failure.
• Resection of Aortic arch aneurysms using an external shunt.
• Pericardial flap and resternotomy injury.
• Verapamil prophylaxis for postoperative Atrial dysrhythmias: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study using drug level monitoring.
• The dangers of gathering data.
• Pericardial substitutes: a survey.
• [Advanced carcinoma of the prostate (stages C and D). Mortality within 12 months of the initiation of hormonal therapy].
• [Bladder Tumors. Occurrence in the district of Casale (U.S.L. 76)].
• TransEsophageal echocardiography as an important tool in the diagnosis of postinfarction papillary muscle rupture.
• Thrombin receptor-related hemostatic defect after cardiopulmonary bypass.
• [Clinical significance of the local response to prostatic carcinoma during hormonotherapy].
• Outcome in critical care patients: a multivariate study.
• Doxorubicin plus mitomycin C regimen in the prophylactic treatment of superficial bladder Tumors.
• [Long-term effects on recurrence and mortality in superficial urothelioma of the bladder treated with endovesical chemotherapy].
• TransEsophageal echocardiography in the surgical management of renal cell carcinoma with intracardiac extension.
• Double valve replacement for lupus valvulitis: report of a case and review of the literature.
• [Spontaneous rupture of the stomach. Presentation of a case and review of the literature].
• Assessment of flosequinan's direct effect on human arterial, venous, and cardiac muscle: comparison with other classes of agents used to treat Heart failure.

Schools

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• Jefferson Med CollThos Jefferson Univ

• Fitzsimons Army Med Center

• Fitzsimons Army Hosp

• Letterman Army Hosp

• Critical Care Fellowship

• Lafayette College

• University Of Colorado PhD

Procedures Preformed

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• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
• Decortication and Pleurectomy
• Lobectomy, Open
• Lung Removal (Partial or Complete): Open, or Resection of Lung Tumor: Open
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Cerebral Vascular Disease
• Congestive Heart Failure
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Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman’s Badge
• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow
• Fellow & Secretary-General
• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Jefferson Medical College

Hospital

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• University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1508821455
Last Name Of The Provider	FERRARIS
First Name Of The Provider	VICTOR
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