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Michael Culig
Michael H. Culig, M.D.
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530 South St
Background
Harvard University (AB 1978)
Harvard Medical School (MD 1982)
Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh (Gen Surg Residency 1982-87)
University of Texas Southwest, Parkland Hospital (Thoracic Surgery Residency 1987-89)
Carnegie Mellon University (MMM 2014)
Medical Director, Ed Dardanell Heart and Vascular Center;
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Forbes Hospital, Allegheny Health Network (2007-2019)
Physician Champion, Operational Excellence, Allegheny Health Network (2016-2019)
Associate Director, Cardiac Surgery, Excela Healthcare (2019- present)
Other Interests
Adult Cardiac Surgery
Clinical Improvement Projects
Regional Database Formation
Project in Lviv, Ukraine
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Minimally Invasive
- Cardiac
- Coronary disease
- Electrophysiology/arrhythmia
- Extracorporeal circulation
- Heart failure
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Valve disease
- Aortic valve disease
- Mitral valve disease
- Tricuspid valve disease
- Great vessels
- Aorta
- Education
- Professional Affairs