Victor M. Ferraris, MD, Ph.D.

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Position(s):

Tyler Gill Professor in Vascular Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Affiliation(s):

Surgery

Cardiovascular Research Center

Other Affiliation(s):

Surgery/Cardiothoracic

CVRC - Affiliated Faculty

Interests / Specialties:

Post-operative bleeding

Bio / Education:

Graduate School
University of Colorado

Medical School
Jefferson Medical College

Residency
Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center

Cardiothoracic Residency
Letterman Army Medical Center

Certification
American Board of General Surgery
American Board of General Surgery – Surgical Critical Care
American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Surgical Interests

Adult cardiac and non-cardiac chest disease
Adult vascular disease

PubMed Publications:

Ferraris, VA "Bundled Payments for Surgical Care-More Questions Than Answers." Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 31, 1 (2019): 38-39. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Harris DD, 2nd ; Shafii, AE ; Baz, M.; Tribble, TA ; Ferraris, VA "Increased blood transfusion and its impact in patients having tracheostomy while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation." Perfusion 34, 2 (2019): 143-146. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA ; Pezzella, AT "Commentary: Scratching the surface of sustainable cardiac surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: A voice that needs to be heard." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "The vagaries of goal-directed perfusion and the trouble with randomized trials." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 157, 1 (2019): 301-303. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Perfusion induced acute kidney injury: Critiques that do not roll off the tongues of thoracic surgeons." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Enhanced exosomes and spinal cord ischemia: Excitement and a Nobel Prize but more to come." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 157, 2 (2019): 518-519. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Cholette, JM ; Faraoni, D.; Goobie, SM ; Ferraris, V.; Hassan, N. "Patient Blood Management in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Review." Anesthesia and analgesia 127, 4 (2018): 1002-1016. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Pericardial adhesions and cardiac surgeons' nightmares." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 156, 4 (2018): 1609-1610. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "The toll of complicated endocarditis and septic sequela: Old wives' tales and dogma." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2018): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Please add some clarity to transfusion thresholds-It makes my head spin!" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2018): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Chopra, AM ; Ferraris, VA "Stopping Vs Continuing Aspirin Prior to Coronary Artery Surgery for Desensitized Cardiac Patients." The Annals of thoracic surgery (2018): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Should we rely on receiver operating characteristic curves? From submarines to medical tests, the answer is a definite maybe!" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2018): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Perfusion-induced acute kidney injury: A litany of uncertainty and frustration." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 156, 5 (2018): 1928-1930. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Invited Commentary." The Annals of thoracic surgery 105, 5 (2018): 1314-1315. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Shore-Lesserson, L.; Baker, RA ; Ferraris, V.; Greilich, PE ; Fitzgerald, D.; Roman, P.; Hammon, J. "STS/SCA/AmSECT Clinical Practice Guidelines: Anticoagulation during Cardiopulmonary Bypass." The journal of extra-corporeal technology 50, 1 (2018): 5-18. [PubMed Link] |
Ferraris, VA "Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion During Cardiac Operations for Prevention of Thromboembolic Events." JAMA 319, 4 (2018): 345-347. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Shore-Lesserson, L.; Baker, RA ; Ferraris, VA ; Greilich, PE ; Fitzgerald, D.; Roman, P.; Hammon, JW "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, and The American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology: Clinical Practice Guidelines-Anticoagulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass." The Annals of thoracic surgery 105, 2 (2018): 650-662. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Shore-Lesserson, L.; Baker, RA ; Ferraris, VA ; Greilich, PE ; Fitzgerald, D.; Roman, P.; Hammon, JW "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, and The American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology: Clinical Practice Guidelines-Anticoagulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass." Anesthesia and analgesia 126, 2 (2018): 413-424. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Avoiding acute kidney injury after cardiac operations: Searching for the holy grail is not easy." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2018): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Incidence, Cost, and Risk Factors for Readmission after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (Commentary)." The Annals of thoracic surgery (2018): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Exploring molecular mysteries of the adrenal gland: Start with the basics." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 156, 2 (2018): 707-708. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Shore-Lesserson, L.; Ferraris, V.; Fitzgerald, D.; Baker, RA "In Response." Anesthesia and analgesia 127, 2 (2018): e26-e27. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Interstitial lung disease and lung cancer: Decisions, precision, and tuna fish sandwiches." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 154, 3 (2017): 1097-1099. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Burdens Without Blessings: Peer Reviewers Get No Respect." The Annals of thoracic surgery 103, 5 (2017): 1371-1373. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Evidence and resident physician duty hours: Should scientific experiments be more suspect than universal implementation of an untested practice?" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 153, 3 (2017): 632-635. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Shander, A.; Ferraris, VA "More or less? The Goldilocks Principle as it applies to red cell transfusions." British journal of anaesthesia 118, 6 (2017): 816-819. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Burdens without blessings: Peer reviewers get no respect." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 153, 6 (2017): 1615-1617. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Invited Commentary." The Annals of thoracic surgery 104, 1 (2017): 105-106. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Training to be a thoracic surgeon: It's not idyllic, don't sugarcoat it, and don't stop learning!" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 154, 2 (2017): 756-758. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA ; Sekela, ME "Missing the forest for the trees: The world around us and surgical treatment of endocarditis." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 152, 3 (2016): 677-80. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Increased understanding leads to increased complexity: Molecular mechanisms of pulmonary arterial hypertension." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 152, 4 (2016): 1188-90. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Treatment of caustic esophageal injury: The source of knowledge is experience." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 152, 5 (2016): 1386-1387. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Gunn, T.; Paone, G.; Emery, RW ; Ferraris, VA "The Case for a Conservative Approach to Blood Transfusion Management in Cardiac Surgery." Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) 11, 3 (2016): 157-64. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "How do cells talk to each other?: Paracrine factors secreted by mesenchymal stromal cells." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 151, 3 (2016): 849-851. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Martin, JT ; Durbin, EB ; Chen, L.; Gal, T.; Mahan, A.; Ferraris, V.; Zwischenberger, J. "Nodal Upstaging During Lung Cancer Resection Is Associated With Surgical Approach." The Annals of thoracic surgery 101, 1 (2016): 238-44; discussion 44-5. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "What do dogs, ancient Romans, Linus Pauling, and mass spectrometry have in common? Early lung cancer and exhaled breath." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 151, 2 (2016): 313-4. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Kim, S.; Kramer, SP ; Dugan, AJ ; Minion, DJ ; Gurley, JC ; Davenport, DL ; Ferraris, VA ; Saha, SP "Cost analysis of iliac stenting performed in the operating room and the catheterization lab: A case-control study." International journal of surgery (London, England) 36, Pt A (2016): 1-7. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Edwards, FH ; Ferraris, VA ; Kurlansky, PA ; Lobdell, KW ; He, X.; O'Brien, SM ; Furnary, AP ; Rankin, JS ; Vassileva, CM ; Fazzalari, FL ; Magee, MJ ; Badhwar, V.; Xian, Y.; Jacobs, JP ; Wyler von Ballmoos, MC ; Shahian, DM "Failure to Rescue Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database." The Annals of thoracic surgery 102, 2 (2016): 458-64. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA ; Harris, JW ; Martin, JT ; Saha, SP ; Endean, ED "Impact of Residents on Surgical Outcomes in High-Complexity Procedures." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 222, 4 (2016): 545-55. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]