Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr., MD

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Academic Appointment

• Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Telephone
404.778.4064

Affiliations

• Emory Crawford Long Hospital
• Emory University Hospital

Board Certification

• American Board of Surgery
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1981-1985

Postgraduate Training

• General Surgery Residency, Emory, 1985-1990
• Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, 1990-1992

Current Editorial Boards

• The Heart Surgery Forum

Honors and Awards

• Georgia Research Alliance Venture Lab Phase II Grant Recipient, 2006
• University Research Committee Grant Award, 2006
• Wallace H. Coulter Translational/Clinical Research Grant Recipient, 2004 and 2005
• President’s Award for Best Scientific Paper, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 2005
• Recognized for presenting one of the three best abstracts, Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies (CTT) Annual Meeting, 2003
• Performed first robotic-assisted cardiac procedure in Florida, 1998
• Performed the first totally endoscopic CAB with Zeus in the world, Moscow, Russia, 1999
• American Heart Association, Pensacola Heart Ball, Honorary Chairman, 2000
• Performed first robotic internal mammary artery harvest in the US with Zeus, Pensacola, FL, 2001
• Computer World, Excellence Award, 2001 and 2002
• Developed endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass (endo-ACAB) surgery

Current Organizational Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  
• Circulatory Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Center for Device and Radiologic Health, Food and Drug Administration
• Carrier Advisory Committee, Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services
  
• Fellow, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  
• Work Force on New Technology Assessment, Tech-Con Workforce: Joint Committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
  
• John Alexander Society
  
• Fellow, American College of Cardiology
• Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
  
• Southern Thoracic Surgical Society
• Therapeutic Interventions Council, Heart Valve Society of America
• Treasurer, Editorial Advisory Committee, International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  
• European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
  

Clinical Interests

• Cardiac revascularization
• Endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass
• Angioplasty
• Valve repair and/or replacement

Research Interests

• Development of devices and techniques for the minimally invasive treatment of aortic stenosis
• Integrated (hybrid) coronary revascularization versus multi-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting
• EVEREST percutaneous mitral valve repair
• Clinical investigation of epicardial/myocardial implant dual electrode steroid-eluting Pace/Sense lead
• Development of novel approaches to mitral valve repair
• Randomized evaluation of a surgical treatment for off pump repair of the mitral valve
• Evaluation of a novel device platform to prevent and treat congestive heart failure

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
2003

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