Dr. Joseph B Zwischenberger MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
800 Rose Street, Mn264 University Of Kentuc Lexington KY, 40536Rating
4/5
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Dr. Joseph Zwischenberger is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Lexington, KY. Dr. Zwischenberger specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Zwischenberger 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
Univ of Ky Coll of Med, Lexington Ky 1977
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Devices and monitoring during neonatal ECMO: survey results.
- Logistics of an ECMO programme.
- Development and current status of a new intracorporeal membrane oxygenator (IVOX).
- Percutaneous extracorporeal arteriovenous CO2 removal for severe respiratory failure.
- Pulmonary metastasectomy.
- Staging and surgery for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
- Reduced ventilator pressure and improved P/F ratio during percutaneous arteriovenous carbon dioxide removal for severe respiratory failure.
- Early complications. Respiratory failure.
- Theoretical study of inspiratory flow waveforms during mechanical ventilation on pulmonary blood flow and gas exchange.
- Laboratory testing of femoral venous cannulae: effect of size, position and negative pressure on flow.
- Pathogenesis and management of respiratory insufficiency following pulmonary resection.
- Improving splanchnic perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass.
- New clinically relevant sheep model of severe respiratory failure secondary to combined smoke inhalation/cutaneous flame burn injury.
- Megaesophagus from a 26-year history of achalasia.
- Long-term outcome after resection for bronchial carcinoid tumors.
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