Derek Ralph Brinster, M.D. 1200 E Broad Street West Hospital,, South Wing, 7th Floor PO Box 980068 Richmond, VA  23298 United States 804 828 4641 804-827-0527 (Fax) www.aorta.vcu.edu

Institutional Affiliation

• Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery

Background

• University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1992)
• University of Pennsylvania (M.D. 1996)
• University of Pennsylvania (General Surgery Residency 1996-2003)
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship (2003-2004)
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (2004-2006)
• Arizona Heart Hospital- Endovascular Fellowship May/June 2005
• University of Pennsylvania, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Fellowship July/August/September 2006
• Virginia Commonwealth University, Asst. Professor of Surgery, Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery

Interests

• Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection Surgery
• Endovascular and Vascular Surgery
• Complex Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Valve Sparing Aortic Root Reconstruction
• Robotic Cardiac Surgery
• Mitral Valve Repair

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