Gautam Bhatia, MD

Description

Gautam Bhatia, MD, grew up in a small town in Alabama and graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a major in economics. Dr. Bhatia received his medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine and completed his residency in general surgery at Prisma Health in Greenville, South Carolina. He then completed his fellowship in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and joined Prisma Health Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2017. Double board-certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Bhatia is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has special clinical interests in aortic surgery, valve surgery, arrhythmia surgery, transcatheter surgery and heart failure surgery, including VADs and ECMO. Dr. Bhatia recently started a dedicated Ascending Aortic Clinic to focus on the comprehensive treatment of aortic disease.

Keywords atrioventricular canal defects, tricuspid valve disease, tricuspid valve repair, tube pericardiostomy, valvuloplasty, ischemic cardiomyopathy, ross-konno procedure, left atrial appendage closure, ventricular assist device, myocardial bridge, off pump coronary artery bypass, paravalvular leak repair, patent foramen ovale closure, rheumatic mitral stenosis, rupture of papillary muscle, septal myectomy, open biopsy of lung, collateral vessel closure, congenital tricuspid stenosis, chest wall disorder, empyema, lung abscess, lung mass, malignant effusion, open biopsy of bronchus, open biopsy of lesions of mediastinum, pleurectomy, pleurodesis, plication of emphysematous bleb, pneumothorax, tracheostomy revision, spontaneous pneumothorax, tracheal resection, tracheal stent placement, tracheostomy, lung resection, lung volume reduction surgery, minimally invasive lung cancer surgery, minimally invasive pulmonary lobectomy, aortic aneurysm, valvular endocarditis, mitral valve prolapse, idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, infiltrative disorders of the heart, infundibular pulmonic stenosis, intra aortic balloon pump, coronary artery bypass surgery, circulatory assist devices, marfan syndrome, thoracic aneurysm repair, thoracic endovascular aortic repair, thoracoabdominal aneurysm, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, pulmonary valve disorders, pulmonary valve stenosis, pulmonic valve replacement, reoperative cardiac surgery, replacement of heart valve, repair tracheoesophageal fistula, maternal valvular disease, mechanical circulatory support, median sternotomy, mediastinal abscess, mediastinal mass, mediastinitis, minimally invasive aortic valve replacement, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, minimally invasive atrial septal defect (asd) closure, minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery, minimally invasive mitral valve repair, minimally invasive ventricular septal defect closure, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve repair, mitral valve replacement, mitral valve stenosis, total endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting, tricuspid stenosis, double aortic arch, endocardial cushion defect, thrombectomy, bloodless cardiac surgery, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, percutaneous atrial septal defect (asd) closure, percutaneous ventricular septal defect closure, pericardial effusion, pericardiocentesis, pericardiotomy, enhanced external counterpulsation therapy eecp, epicardial lead placement, abdominal aneurysm repair, anomalies of pulmonary circulation, anomalous pulmonary artery, anomalous pulmonary venous return, aortic root replacement, aortic stenosis, aortic valve replacement, aortic arch aneurysm, aortic ulcer, aortic valve sclerosis, aortic valve surgery.