Dr. Wayne M Derkac MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
600 Gresham Dr Suite 8600 Norfolk VA, 23507About
Dr. Wayne Derkac is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Derkac specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Derkac 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
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1974
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1974
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Permanent transvenous dual-chamber pacing using the coronary sinus in a patient with a mechanical prosthetic tricuspid valve.
- Factual Inaccuracies Contained in the Article Entitled, "Low Yield of Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry after Cryptogenic Stroke in Patients with Extensive Cardiac Imaging".
- Transatrial repair of double-chambered right ventricle.
- False aneurysm of the aorta secondary to an esophageal foreign body.
- Pharmacologic control of acute aortic dissection in hypertensive dogs.
- Pharmacologic control of acute aortic dissection in hypertensive dogs.
- Tetralogy of Fallot and coarctation of the aorta: successful repair in an infant.
- Spontaneous nontraumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta.
- Clostridium septicum infection and malignancy.
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