Top Cardiac Surgeons
Cardiac surgeons perform coronary-bypass and other types of heart surgery.
This article is from the 2005 version of Top Doctors. For Washingtonian's 2008 Top Doctors, please click here.
Ammar S. Bafi, WHC; WADV, GU. Special interest in mitral-valve repair. Steven W. Boyce, WHC; WADV, GU. Nelson A. Burton, Annandale, VHC, ALEX; FRFX, NAV. Special interest in heart and lung transplants. Lucas R. Collazo, VHC, ALEX, Annandale; FRFX, NAV. Special interest in congenital defect repair. Paul J. Corso, WHC; GU, WADV. Special interest in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Also in Thoracic Surgery. Jorge M. Garcia, WHC; GU, WADV. Special interest in ventricular reduction. John R. Garrett, VHC, ALEX, Annandale; FRFX, NAV. Special interest in aortic aneurysms, cardiac-valve repair, lung cancer. Also in Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery. Richard A. Jonas, CNMC. Concentration in pediatrics. Louis T. Kanda, WHC; GWU, WADV. Special interest in mitral-valve repair. Also in Thoracic Surgery. Edward A. Lefrak, VHC, ALEX, Annandale; FRFX, NAV. Special interest in transplants. Also in Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery. Paul S. Massimiano, VHC, ALEX, Annandale; FRFX, NAV. Special interest in robotics, heart-valve repair. Also in Vascular Surgery. Samir R. Neimat, WADV; GWU, PG, WHC. Special interest in coronary-artery bypass, valve repair. Anjum G. Qazi, WADV; WHC. Special interest in mitral-valve repair, aortic dissection. John W. Rhee, VHC, ALEX, Annandale; FRFX, NAV. Also in Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery. Alan M. Speir, VHC, ALEX, Annandale; FRFX, NAV. Also in Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery.
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