Dr. Douglas James Minnich MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Douglas Minnich is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Minnich specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Minnich 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
Indiana University School of Medicine 1999
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Increased lymphoid tissue apoptosis in baboons with bacteremic shock.
- Anti-cytokine and anti-inflammatory therapies for the treatment of severe sepsis: progress and pitfalls.
- The removal of chest tubes despite an air leak or a pneumothorax.
- General thoracic surgery is safe in patients taking clopidogrel (Plavix).
- Starting a robotic program in general thoracic surgery: why, how, and lessons learned.
- A prospective study to determine the incidence of non-imaged malignant pulmonary nodules in patients who undergo metastasectomy by thoracotomy with lung palpation.
- Initial consecutive experience of completely portal robotic pulmonary resection with 4 arms.
- Operative techniques in robotic thoracic surgery for inferior or posterior mediastinal pathology.
- Complete thoracic mediastinal lymphadenectomy leads to a higher rate of pathologically proven N2 disease in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
- Survival and quality of life at least 1 year after pneumonectomy.
- Minimally invasive chest wall resection: sparing the overlying, uninvolved extrathoracic musculature of the chest.
- Optimal technique for the removal of chest tubes after pulmonary resection.
- The incidence and management of postoperative chylothorax after pulmonary resection and thoracic mediastinal lymph node dissection.
- Best of the Radiosurgery Society® Scientific Meeting 2014: stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment of extracranial and intracranial lesions.
- One Hundred Planned Robotic Segmentectomies: Early Results, Technical Details, and Preferred Port Placement.
Treatments
- Lung Cancer
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital 2005
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