Department of Cardiac Surgery

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Education

• 1979-85 Physician, University of Buenos Aires Medical School, Argentina

Postgraduate Training

• 1987-90 Resident, General Surgery, Finochietto Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 1992-94 Fellow, Cardiac Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital & University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
• 1994-96 Fellow, Cardiac Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
• 1996-97 Advanced Fellow, Cardiac Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Credentials

• Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
• Board Certified by the Medical Board of Examiners in the state of Tennessee and the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Clinical Interests

• All aspects of heart failure cardiac surgery in the adult, particularly Cardiac Transplantation, Ventricular Assist Devices, Cardiogenic Shock
• All aspects of surgery for ischemic heart disease including conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Coronary Endarterectomies and Transmyocardial Laser Revascularizations.

Research Interests

Neurologic and neuro-cognitive protection and stroke prevention during cardiac surgery operations.

See Dr. Balaguer's CV here in PDF format.

Contact:
Jorge Balaguer, M.D.
Department of Cardiac Surgery
The Vanderbilt Heart Institute
1215 21st Avenue South
MCE-North Tower, Suite 5025
Nashville, TN 37232-8802
Phone: (615) 343-9195
Email: jorge.balaguer@vanderbilt.edu