Vincent DeFilippi MD, FACS
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
212 San Jose Street Suite 301 Salinas, CA 93901 Tel Work (831) 759-3289 Fax (831) 753-5188
- Academic Offices
Alternate Contact Vincent DeFilippi MD, FACS Director Stanford Cardiac Surgery at SVMH Tel Work 831-759-3289Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- mitral valve repair, minimally invasive
- Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump
- robotic cardiac surgery
- General Surgery
Honors and Awards
- Top Doctor, US News and World Report (2011)
- Americas Top Doctors, Castle Connolly (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Patients Choice Award, Patients Choice (2008, 2011)
- Top Doc, NJ Monthly (2008)
- Americas Top Surgeon, Consumers (2008)
- Whos Who in Medicine, Marquis (2007)
Professional Education
| Internship: | University of Chicago Hospitals IL (06/30/1989) |
| Fellowship: | New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, NY USA (06/30/1996) |
| Medical Education: | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons NY (06/1988) |
| Board Certification: | Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery (1997) |
| MD: | New York/Cornell, Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| MD: | University of Chicago, Surgery |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
minimally invasive mitral valve repairs, minimally invasive maze procedures, off-pump cabg, robotic heart surgery
Publications
- Preoperative heparin therapy causes immune-mediated hypotension upon heparin administration for cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2010; (1): 69-72
- The effects of intracoronary nicardipine on ventricular dynamics and function in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2008; (2): 192-8
- Left Ventricular function in Patients undergoing Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) Using the Tissue Stabilizer Octopus R3: A comparative Study using the Deep pericardial Sutures of the Starfish Stabilizer Anesth Analg. 2003; (sca1): 141
- Internal mammary artery harvesting using the harmonic scalpel. ASAIO J. 2000 Jan-Feb; (1): 99-102
- Characterization of the effects of histamine in porcine tracheobronchial lymph vessels. Am J Physiol. 1996; (6 Pt 2): H2501-7
- Retroperitoneal placement of an ICD generator: a solution for a difficult problem. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1996; (1): 130-1
