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 "Commentary: Postoperative oropharyngeal dysphagia as a target for limiting cardiac surgical complications-more work to be done." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2021): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Early Discharge After CABG Is Not for Everyone: A Note of Caution." The Annals of thoracic surgery 111, 3 (2021): 913-914. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Adenosine Diphosphate Receptor Inhibitors: Balancing Perioperative Bleeding and Protection From Adverse Coronary Events." The Annals of thoracic surgery 111, 1 (2021): 84-85. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Platelet Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery: A "Biostatistician's Nightmare"." The Annals of thoracic surgery 111, 2 (2021): 614. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: The Complexities of Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life After Complicated Cardiac Operations. What Happens When You Go Home?" Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 32, 4 (2020): 852-854. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Why Is MIDCAB the Least Likely Option for Coronary Revascularization?" The Annals of thoracic surgery (2020): [PubMed Link] |
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Adding time-dependent variables to readmission predictors-Not a perfect solution to limiting readmissions." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2020): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Should patients receive home health care after coronary artery bypass grafting?" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2020): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA ; Shander, A. "Commentary: Is transfusion as simple as Goldilocks makes it? "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong"." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 159, 3 (2020): 976-977. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA ; Pezzella, AT "Commentary: Worldwide disparities in cardiac surgical care: Thinking globally not locally to solve problems of limited resources and access to specialized care." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 159, 3 (2020): 997-999. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: The brain's response to temperature stress involves shock proteins, RNA-binding proteins and microglia-Should cardiac surgeons care?" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 159, 6 (2020): 2447-2448. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Searching for the golden fleece-How do you repair damaged myocardium?" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 159, 6 (2020): 2273-2274. [PubMed Link] |
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Recovering ischemic myocardium-hibernation, autophagy, preconditioning, mitochondria, stem cells, and more." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2020): [PubMed Link] |
Rodgers-Fischl, PM ; Ferraris, VA ; Makdisi, G "Is Internal Mammary to the Anterior Descending Always the Best Option?" The Annals of thoracic surgery (2020): [PubMed Link] |
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Red cell damage after cardiopulmonary bypass: The dark side of exosomes." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2020): [PubMed Link] |
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Is there a "storage lesion" in red cells that affects outcomes in transfused cardiac surgical patients? The short answers are "maybe there is" and "maybe it doesn't matter"." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 160, 6 (2020): 1515-1516. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Do you live in a distressed community? How do you know? What does this mean? What are the risks? How do you get help?" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 160, 2 (2020): 434-436. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Are you too thin or too fat to have an open-chest cardiac operation? Probably not, but there are risks that you should know about." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 160, 2 (2020): 421-422. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Invited Commentary." The Annals of thoracic surgery 110, 2 (2020): 597-598. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Raissi, D.; Yu, Q.; Ferraris, VA ; Winkler, M. "Pulmonary Artery Stent Graft Repair of Bronchovascular Fistula." The Annals of thoracic surgery 110, 2 (2020): e103-e105. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Reply: International partnerships to help train the world's cardiothoracic surgery workforce." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 160, 2 (2020): e52-e53. [PubMed Link] |
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: How does the aortic wall interact with the aortic valve?" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2020): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Reply: Is prevention of acute kidney injury after cardiac operations hopeless? Michael Jordan would say no!" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 159, 4 (2020): e261-e263. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
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 ]
Ferraris, VA "REPLY: A "simple" way for enhanced exosomes to alter gene expression: Simple but wrong-complex but right." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 158, 3 (2019): e88-e89. [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 158, 5 (2019): 1394-1396. [PubMed Link] |
Chopra, AM ; Ferraris, VA "Stopping Versus Continuing Aspirin Before Coronary Artery Surgery for Desensitized Cardiac Patients." The Annals of thoracic surgery 107, 5 (2019): 1587. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: The toll of complicated endocarditis and septic sequela: Old wives' tales and dogma." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 157, 5 (2019): e227-e228. [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 157, 5 (2019): e279-e280. [PubMed Link] |
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 "Please add some clarity to transfusion thresholds-It makes my head spin!" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 157, 3 (2019): 1043-1044. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: 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 157, 6 (2019): 2354-2355. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Invited Commentary." The Annals of thoracic surgery 107, 6 (2019): 1789-1790. [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Ferraris, VA "Acute kidey injury risks during cardiac operations are too numerous to count? Could a single actionable variable be the answer?" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019): [PubMed Link] | [ Full text ]
Chopra, AM ; Díez-Villanueva, P ; Córdoba-Soriano, JG ; Lee, JKT ; Al-Ahmad, M ; Ferraris, VA ; Mehta, M.; Kowalski, ML "Meta-Analysis of Acetylsalicylic Acid Desensitization in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome." The American journal of cardiology 124, 1 (2019): 14-19. [PubMed Link] |
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] |
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 ]
Ferraris, VA "Commentary: Avoiding acute kidney injury after cardiac operations: Searching for the holy grail is not easy." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 158, 2 (2019): 500-501. [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 "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] |
Ferraris, VA "Deciding how much to pay for effective care? Stirring the pot of cost-effectiveness." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 156, 5 (2018): 1934. [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] |
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 "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] |
Ferraris, VA "What are the "costs" of cost-effectiveness?" The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 155, 4 (2018): 1682-1683. [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] |
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 ]
Ferraris, VA "Who needs blood? The flip side of blood conservation." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 153, 3 (2017): 606-609. [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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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 ]