Dr. Stanley K Tam MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
55 Lake Ave N Department Of Surger Worcester MA, 01655Rating
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Dr. Stanley Tam is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Tam specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Tam 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.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Bicyclic and tricyclic thiophenes as protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors.
- Unexpected, sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia after cardiac operations.
- Biocompatibility and physicochemical characteristics of alginate-polycation microcapsules.
- Effects of a health-social partnership transitional program on hospital readmission: a randomized controlled trial.
- Sequentially paced heterotopic heart transplant in the left chest provides improved circulatory support for the failed left ventricle. A potential biologic bridge to orthotopic transplantation.
- Creating and Maintaining a Successful Service Line in an Academic Medical Center at the Dawn of Value-Based Care: Lessons Learned From the Heart and Vascular Service Line at UMass Memorial Health Care.
- Effects of antegrade cardioplegic infusion with simultaneously controlled coronary sinus occlusion on preservation of regionally ischemic myocardium after acute coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion.
- Diaphragmatic hernia after right gastroepiploic artery coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Molecular cardiomyoplasty: potential cardiac gene therapy for chronic heart failure.
- Cardiac myocyte terminal differentiation. Potential for cardiac regeneration.
Awards
- Top 100 Hospitals Cardivascular Benchmarks For
- Success Award 2000
- Top Doctor, Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston
- Magazine 2003
- Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Recognition Award, Mass Department of Pub
Fellowships
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Research Fellow:Cardiothoracic 1986
- Children's Hospital, Boston, Fellow:Cellular/Molecular Biol 1992
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