Douglas C. Appleby, Jr.

Areas of expertise and specialization

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Taught at International Meetings -

Awards

• Most valued - Certificate of Service to the people in remote Nicaragua - given by the natives   

Treatments

• Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Fellowships

• University of Utah Medical Center

Professional Society Memberships

• Fellow American College of Surgeons , Fellow American College of Cardiology , Society of Thoracic Surgeons , Southern Thoracic Surgery Association

Articles and Publications

• Trends and Results in Tricuspid Valve Surgery -Chest 1985 Dec.; 88 (6) : 837-840

  Ascending Aortic Dissection - SC American college of Surgeons July 14-18,2004

  Surgical Management of Atrial Fibrillation - Cardiovascular Symposium Feb 17-19 , 2005

  Mitral Valve Repair - mar &, 2007

  Type 1 Aortic Dissection : A Rare Catastropic Complication of Pregnancy (pending)

What do you attribute your success to?

• Work ethic , Discipline , perserverance , Faith

Areas of research

• Music in Medicine , Peventive Medicine , Nutrition and Health , Integrative Medicine , Use of the Harmonic Scapel in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Philanthropic Initiatives

• Toraise awareness and funds for medical music therapy initiatives

  Medical Missions to Third World Countries

Teaching and speaking

• STS mtg Jan 2008 "Techniques in coronary Revascularization " - Ft. Lauderdale , FL.

  STS mtg Jan 2009 "Techniques in Coronary Revascularization " - San Francisco , Ca.

  National Surgical Preceptors Instructor for Ethicon Endosurgery - Use of the Harmonic scapel for Internal Mammary Artery Dissection

   

Hobbies / Sports

• Exercise , Guitar , Travel

Favorite professional publications

• Annals of Thoracic Surgery , NEJM

Areas of research

Music in Medicine , Peventive Medicine , Nutrition and Health , Integrative Medicine , Use of the Harmonic Scapel in Cardiothoracic Surgery

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