Department of Cardiac Surgery

Interim Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Professor of Clinical Cardiac Surgery
 

Education

• B.S., Baylor University, Waco, TX, 1967
• Research Fellow, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1968-69
• M.D., The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,1971

Postgraduate Training

• Internship, Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1971-72
• Resident, Surgery, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN, 1975-78
• Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1977
• Chief Surgical Resident, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1979
• Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1979-81

Credentials

• Board Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Clinical Interests

• Aortic and mitral valve surgery
• Heart arrhythmia surgery
• Minimally invasive valve repair and replacement

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

Contact:
Michael R. Petracek, 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: michael.petracek@Vanderbilt.edu