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Joseph S. Carey

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Joseph S. Carey, M.D.

3475 Torrance Boulevard
Suite B
Torrance, CA  90503
United States

1 310 540-1011
1 310 3165303 (Fax)

Institutional Affiliation

  • California Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Specialty

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
  • General Thoracic Surgery
  • Peripheral Vascular Surgery

Background

  • Princeton University Class of 1956
  • Northwestern Medical School 1959
  • Cook County Hospital 1960-1966
  • UCLA Cardiothoracic surgery 1966-1967
  • Chief, Thoracic Surgery, UCLA-VA Hospital Los Angeles 1967-1983
  • Private practice, Torrance CA 1983-present
  • Chair, Thoracic surgery section, Torrance Memorial Hospital, 1993-1995
  • President, California Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1996-1998
  • Chair, Thoracic Surgery Section, Little Company of Mary Hospital, 2000-2003
  • Project director, California Cardiac Surgery Initiative, 2003-present

Interests

  • Quality Improvement in Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Volume-Outcome studies
  • Impact of angioplasty procedures on CABG mortaltity
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Hyperhidrosis
  • Varicose Vein Ablation procedures

Last Modified: 27-Nov-2007

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