Dr. Ovidio A. Garcia – Villarreal is a cardiac surgeon dedicated to the private practice, retired from the social medicine. Surgery. He has been working on the mitral, aortic and tricuspid reconstruction for more than 25 years. He has been spearheading in the field of Cardiac arrhythmia surgery, particularly in atrial fibrillation surgery (Cox-maze procedure) as well as in aortic valve sparing operations in Mexico. He has executed national surgical models for valvular heart reconstruction and maze procedure. He has been also dedicated to clinical research, with more than 50 international publications in PubMed. Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cirugia Cardiaca en Mexico, and analyst in more than 15 international journals . He is active member of the Mexican Society of Cardiac Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, amongst others.

Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery

Professor Buszman is a specialist in cardiology and internal medicine. He got his PhD degree with honors in 1991, and in 2002 at the Medical University of Silesia he obtained Postdoctoral Degree in Medicine (habilitation). In 2009 he was awarded the title of Professor by the President of the Republic of Poland.

Cardiovascular diseases

Born and raised in the Southern Caribbean.Graduating high school top honors.Attended the University of the West Indies Medical school class of 1978.Residency in Pediatrics at UMMC 1989,and Pediatric cardiology at MUSC,South Carolina 1992.On faculty at UMC 1992 to present. Outstanding resident 1989 and outstanding pediatric faculty 1995.Currently professor of Pediatrics.Former Division chief of pediatric cardiology.

pediatric cardiology.

Dr Berman provides the full range of cardiac surgical procedures in adult patients, including off pump coronary surgery. He is also a member of the heart and lung transplant team at Papworth Hospital, and has extensive experience in the use of mechanical circulatory and respiratory support. In particular, he has used a large number of different artificial pumps to support the heart, both in the short and long term. He is the clinical lead for organ retrieval, recently involved in the world’s largest program of heart donation and resuscitation after circulatory death. Dr Berman is the lead for patient safety in surgery and transplantation; he is involved in numerous programs developed to enhance patient safety and their experience of cardiac surgery. Recently he has been leading the workforce regarding frailty and cardiac surgery, looking into pathways to optimise care.

His research focuses on pulmonary hypertension and endarterectomy, improvement of outcomes for transplantation and organ donation and improving patient safety.

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