Professor Emeritus, University of Florida College of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Doctor Fred H. Edwards, MD works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He studied medicine at University of Kentucky College of Medicine. University of Kentucky College of Medicine has a rank of 63 in research and a 72 in primary care He has 3 awards "Top Doctors: Florida", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FACC)". Fred H. Edwards, MD is a published physician as well. He has 42 publications published. The latest was: Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.

Publications

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• Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
• Introduction to the STS National Database Series: Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety.
• Transapical and TransAortic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States.
• Insights From the Early Experience of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.
• Clinical outcomes at 1 year following transcatheter Aortic valve replacement.
• The impact of high-risk cases on hospitals' risk-adjusted Coronary artery bypass grafting mortality rankings.
• Transcatheter Valve therapy registry is a model for medical device innovation and surveillance.
• Cost-effectiveness of revascularization strategies: the ASCERT study.
• The Association of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Availability and Hospital Aortic Valve Replacement Volume and Mortality in the United States.
• The Importance of Patient-Specific Preoperative Factors: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
• Composite Outcomes in Coronary Bypass Surgery Versus Percutaneous Intervention.
• The STS AVR + CABG Composite Score: A Report of the STS Quality Measurement Task Force.
• The STS National Database.
• STS Research Center: The Future of Research in Cardiothoracic Care.
• Outcomes following transcatheter Aortic valve replacement in the United States.
• The STS-ACC Transcatheter Valve Therapy National Registry: A New Partnership and Infrastructure for the Introduction and Surveillance of Medical Devices and Therapies.
• Repeat Coronary revascularization after Coronary artery bypass surgery in older adults: the society of thoracic surgeons' national experience, 1991-2007.
• Long-term safety and effectiveness of mechanical versus biologic Aortic valve prostheses in older patients: results from the society of thoracic surgeons adult cardiac...
• Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database to Social Security data to examine the accuracy of Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality data.
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database.
• Objective Assessment of Cardiac Risk for Noncardiac Surgical Patients: An Up-to-Date Simplified Approach.
• Association of hospital Coronary artery bypass volume with processes of care, mortality, morbidity, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons composite quality score.
• ASCERT: the American College of Cardiology Foundation--the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies.
• Congenital Heart surgery databases around the world: do we need a global database?
• An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital Heart surgery.
• Prevalence and variability of internal mammary artery graft use in contemporary multivessel Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: analysis of the Society of Thoracic S...
• Impact of clopidogrel in patients with Acute coronary syndromes requiring coronary artery bypass surgery: a multicenter analysis.
• A model to begin to use clinical outcomes in medical education.
• Exploring the behavior of hospital composite performance measures: an example from Coronary artery bypass surgery.
• Association between indices of prosthesis internal orifice size and operative mortality after isolated Aortic valve replacement.
• Determinants of operative mortality in valvular Heart surgery.
• Papillary fibroelastoma presenting as left ventricular mass.
• The diabetic disadvantage: historical outcomes measures in diabetic patients undergoing cardiac surgery -- the pre-intravenous insulin era.
• Additional resources for quality improvement.
• Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals.
• Relationship between race and mortality and morbidity after Valve replacement surgery.
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Practice Guidelines.
• Cardiac surgery in nonagenarians and centenarians.
• Comparison of risk profiles and outcomes in women versus men >or=75 years of age undergoing Coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Thoracoscopic resection of Castleman Disease: case report and review.
• Hospital variability in length of stay after Coronary artery bypass surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeon's National Cardiac Database.

Schools

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• University Of Kentucky

• Eisenhower Amc

• Walter Reed Army Med Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
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Conditions Treated

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• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiac Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Top Doctors: Florida
• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Hospital

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• UF Health Jacksonville
• UF Health Shands Hospital

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