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Cardiothoracic Surgery

Location

 Hours of Operation
Ambulatory Care Center
22nd St NW & I St NW
Washington, DC 20037

Ground Floor
Phone: 202/741-3333
Fax: 202/741-2324
Driving Directions
 8:O0am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates is pleased to provide to you this comprehensive overview of services offered.  Aside from the outstanding practitioners, Dr. Pendleton Alexander and Dr. Gregory Trachiotis, the Division operates at the finest medical facilties employing the latest technologies and techniques. Available to operate at Sibley, Holy Cross, Georgetown, Washington Hospital Center, and Washington Adventist Hospital, both can treat patients conveniently around the metropolitan area. Dr. Trachiotis also operates at GW Hospital on a frequent basis.

Services Provided

Cardiac Surgery

  • Coronary Revasculatization
  • Off-pump CABG (OPCAB), beating heart operative strategies
  • Heart Failure
  • Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
  • Advanced Cardiopulmonary bypass techniques (mini-CPB)
  • Valve repair/replacement
  • Aortic reconstruction
  • Atrial fibrillation corrective surgery (radiofrequency ablation)
  • Research based and secondary preventive postoperative long-term core strategies

Thoracic Surgery

  • Endoscopy
  • Staging of lung and esophogeal cancer
  • Minimally invasive thoracic surgery (VATS)
  • Microbiotic applications to lung and esophogeal disorders
  • Thoracic oncology - lung and esophogeal
  • Esophogeal motility disorder (Acholasia)
  • Symphathectomy - thoracic
  • Thymic surgery
  • Thoracoahdominal approach to neurological or orthopaedic disorders

Special Clinical Problems

  • Cardiac and Thoracic diseases in HIV, AIDS Patients
  • Sleep Disorders (Sleep Apnea) in Cardiovascular disease

Contact Information:

  • 202/741-3220 for Thoracic Surgery
  • 202/741-3223 for Cardiac Surgery