Stanford's Cardiac Surgeons
Stanford Hospital & Clinics has assembled a team of surgeons that brings more than 100 years of experience and international reputations to bear in diagnosing and treating patients.
Dr. Bruce Reitz
Norman E. Shumway Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Reitz is a cum laude graduate of the Yale University School of Medicine and board certified in surgery and thoracic surgery. He led the Stanford team that performed the world's first successful human heart-lung transplant.
Specialties: general cardiac surgery, heart and lung transplantation, valvular surgery including the Ross procedure, thoracic aortic surgery, adult congenital insertion.
Dr. D. Craig Miller
Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Miller is a graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine, past President of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, and former chairman of the American Heart Association's Cardiovascular Surgery Council. He is board certified in surgery,
thoracic surgery and vascular surgery. He is the Associate Editor (Acquired Heart Disease) of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. His research has advanced treatments for mitral valve disease.
Specialties: cardiovascular surgery, thoracic aortic surgery, valvular surgery, vascular surgery and Marfan Syndrome.
Dr. Phillip Oyer
Roy B. Cohn - Theodore A. Falasco Professor of Cardiothoracic SurgeryDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Oyer received both his medical degree and a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Chicago. He performed the world's first successful ventricular assist device implantation as a bridge to transplantation.
Specialties: general cardiac surgery, heart transplantation, valvular surgery, thoracic aortic surgery and ventricular assist device insertion.
Dr. Scott Mitchell
Professor of Cardiothoracic SurgeryDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Mitchell graduated from the Northwestern University Medical School and is board certified in surgery, thoracic surgery and vascular surgery. His ground-breaking work in thoracic aortic surgery has advanced patient care.
Specialty: general cardiac surgery, thoracic aortic surgery, valvular surgeryand vascular surgeryDr. Robert Robbins
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic SurgeryDirector, Heart, Heart-Lung and Lung Transplant Program
Director, Cardiothoracic Transplantation Laboratory
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Robbins received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi and is board certified insurgery and thoracic surgery. He sits on the ExecutiveCommittee of the American Heart Association's Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery and serves as the Guest Editor for the SurgicalSupplement of the journal Circulation.
Specialties: general cardiac surgery, heart and lung transplantation, valvular heart surgery, thoracic aortic surgery, adult congenital surgery,arrhythmia surgery and ventricular assist device insertion.