Dr. William H. Risher M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
2300 Manchester Expressway Bldg E Columbus GA, 31904About
Dr. William Risher is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Columbus, GA. Dr. Risher specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Risher typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1985
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Association of ABO-mismatched platelet transfusions with morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery.
- Combined off-pump coronary revascularization: ascending aorta to carotid bypass.
- Calcified mucocele of the appendix presenting as ureteral obstruction.
- Celiac artery aneurysm.
- Foreign body in the gastrointestinal tract: intraluminal migration of laparotomy sponge.
- Intraperitoneal hemorrhage from injury to the gastroepiploic artery: a complication of endoscopic retrograde sphincterotomy.
- Urachal abnormalities in adults: the Ochsner experience.
- Risk factors for human heartworm infections (dirofilariasis) in the South.
- LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME: PERIOPERATIVE ANESTHESIA CONSIDERATIONS.
- Cardiac transplantation after donor mitral valve commissurotomy.
- Nonhemorrhagic cardiac tamponade after penetrating chest trauma.
- Giant right coronary artery aneurysm with fistulous connection to the coronary sinus: diagnosis and management.
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