Dr. Robert W Frater MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
1575 Blondell Ave Suite 125 Bronx NY, 10461Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Robert Frater is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Bronx, NY. Dr. Frater specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Frater typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences 1952
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Improved postfixation treatment of glutaraldehyde fixed porcine aortic valves by monosodium glutamate.
- Bovine pericardium versus porcine aortic valve: comparison of tissue biological properties as prosthetic valves.
- Chordal sparing mitral valve replacement.
- The development of the Starr-Edwards heart valve.
- Retrograde cardioplegia.
- As originally published in 1989: human immunodeficiency virus and the cardiac surgeon: a survey of attitudes. Updated in 1999.
- Contraction-relaxation coupling: determination of the onset of diastole.
- Routine myocardial revascularization with the radial artery: a multicenter experience.
- Cardiovascular toxic factor in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Cardiac surgery and the human immunodeficiency virus.
- Cardiac involvement in neurofibromatosis.
- Letter: First heart sound and mitral valve tension.
- Letter: Evaluation of tissue valves.
- Letter: Technique for distinguishing between pericardial tamponade and myocardial failure.
- Editorial: Septolateral cinching.
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