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PeaceHealth Medical Group Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates:
James Douglas, M.D.
Ronald Knight, M.D.
Richard Leone, M.D.
Joseph Guay, PA-C
Doug Walker, PA-C
Pierce Zehler, PA |
PeaceHealth
Medical Group's highly skilled cardiothoracic surgeons are part of the
Cardiovascular
Center at St. Joseph Hospital. The surgeons provide all aspects of
adult thoracic and cardiac surgery.
Our surgeons are
experts in minimally invasive surgery techniques, which results in less
tissue damage, faster recovery and less scarring than traditional
surgery. We are among the only surgeons in the region who perform
endoscopic artery and vein harvesting for heart bypass surgery.
Surgical procedures
performed include:
Thoracic:
- Video-assisted
thoracic surgery
- Mediastinoscopy
- Mediastinal
surgery
- Airway surgery
- Thoracic aortic
endograft surgery
Cardiac:
- Coronary
artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), including beating-heart
(off-pump) bypass surgery
- Endoscopic
artery and vein harvesting
- Heart valve
replacement and repair
- Minimally
invasive cardiac surgery
- Transmyocardial laser revasculariztion
- Surgical
treatment of arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation
- Implantation
of ventricular assist devices
- Surgery for
diseases of the aorta and great vessels
To learn more
about cardiac and thoracic surgery, please visit our
Health Information and
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