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Wade Fischer
Wade Lawrence Fischer, M.D. FACS
Suite 310
Background
private practice in Houston at the Texas Medical Center (1995-2001)
private practice Wichita Surgical Specialists (8/02-12/09)
Co-director Cardiac Transplant Via Christi Regional Medical Center (8/02-12/09)
Director Ventricular Assist Device Program (8/02- 12/09)
Attending, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital (2/10-5/13)
Medical Director of Adult ECMO, The Houston Methodist Hospital (2/10-5/13)
Assoc. Prof. of Surgery, Div. of CT Surgery, The Medical College of Wisconsin (6/13-5/15)
Surgical Director Cardiac Transplantation and MCS, Drexel University College Of Medicine,
Hahnemann University Hospital (5/15-7/17)
Osceola Regional Medical Center (10/17-8/21)
Largo Medical Center (9/21-present)
Northside Hospital (9/21-present)
Other Interests
cardiogenic shock
atrial fibrillation ablation
mechanical circulatory support
adult congenital cardiac surgery
ECMO
off pump coronary artery bypass grafting
surgical options for the failing ventricle
lung transplantation
Heart transplantation
Additional Educational Information
UCLA Heart and Lung Transplant Fellowship (2001-2002)
SUNY Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, Cardiothoracic Residency (1992-1995)
Cleveland Clinic General Surgery Residency (1987-1992)
Tulane University School of Medicine (M.D. 1987)
Cornell University (B.A. 1982)
Printer-friendlyPractice Areas
- Cardiac
- Thoracic
- Transcatheter
- VATS
- Coronary disease
- Extracorporeal circulation
- Heart failure
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Aortic valve disease
- Mitral valve disease
- Tricuspid valve disease
- Heart/lung Transplant