Updated: September 28, 2018

Cardiothoracic

State-of-the-Art in Delaware Beebe Cardiothoracic Surgery Beebe Healthcare offers a compre- (302) 644-4282 hensive surgical program with www.beebehealthcare.org/cardiothoracic expertise in the full spectrum of M. L. RAY KURETU, MD cardiac and thoracic surgery, Board Certified in Thoracic Surgery including surgical procedures to Chief & Medical Director, correct complex medical conditions. Dr. M. L. Ray Kuretu received his from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. He In collaboration with a network of completed training in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Shadyside in Pittsburgh, Pa., at Newark cardiologists, cardiac critical care Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey, and completed a teams, cardiac and thoracic surgical teams, the cardiothoracic surgery team at Special Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Hahnemann Beebe provides advanced and innovative care to patients with , pulmonary, University Hospital in . He served as both an attending and assistant professor of Cardiothoracic and esophageal disease. Surgery at Hahnemann for 28 years.

The team guides patients through a continuum of care, including education, KURT E. WEHBERG, MD support groups, and the latest surgical treatments. Board Certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Fellowship Trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery CARDIAC SURGERY CENTERS Kurt E. Wehberg, MD, received his medical OF EXCELLENCE degree from Eastern Virginia in Norfolk, Va., and completed his in at University Beebe’s cardiac operate of Maryland Medical System. He earned a Fellowship in six centers of excellence when it Cardiothoracic Surgery from University of Maryland Medical System. Dr. Wehberg is leading Beebe’s Center for Robotic comes to heart surgery. Surgery. Previous to Beebe, Dr. Wehberg served as Medical • Congestive Heart Failure: Director of the Thoracic program, Chief of Cardiotho- racic Surgery, and Director of Robotic Cardiothoracic Surgery Statistics show patients with CHF at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. are admitted to the hospital an EDWARD STEPHENSON, MD average of three times per year. Board Certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery In addition, nearly 50 percent of Edward Stephenson, MD, received his medical patients die within five years of degree from University at Buffalo School of the initial diagnosis. At Beebe, and Biomedical Sciences. He has been practicing for more than 20 years. Most recently, he worked at Penn State our CHF Center of Excellence completes procedures including high-risk CABG, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Impella device implantation, CardioHelp pulmonary-heart support, and LV aneurysmorraphy/resection. BRIAN C. McCARTHY, PA-C • Atrial Fibrillation: Studies show that by 2050, nearly 16 million Americans are Chief Assistant, Cardiac Surgery expected to have AF. Beebe’s AF Center of Excellence provides a full spectrum of treatments for abnormal heart rhythms, including education, surgical procedures including modified Maze, pulmonary vein isolation, robotically assisted device ALICE ISIDRO, PA-C implantations and minimally invasive LV epicardial lead. The comprehensive Physician Assistant, Cardiac Surgery program includes post-discharge follow up and recovery plans.

TY HUSKEY, PA-C Physician Assistant, Medical Educator continued on back • Myocardial Revascularization Program: For patients with ischemic heart disease who may not be able to tolerate other procedures, Beebe’s surgical team can perform procedures including CABG, da Vinci robotically assisted LIMA harvest and MIDCAB, and other alternative procedures. Following procedures, patients can go through cardiac rehabilitation to continue their recovery and for the best outcomes. • Pericardial Disease Program: Under the direction of Dr. Kurt Wehberg, the surgical team performs and biopsy procedures with the option for robotically assisted , as well as pericardial resection and excision of tumors and cysts either during traditional assisted “Tatooing” , and anatomic wedge surgery techniques or using the da Vinci robotically assisted resection. surgical system. Find out more about Dr. Munyikwa: www.beebehealthcare.org/munyikwa • Structural Heart Program: Under the direction of Dr. Ted • Mediastinal Disease Program: Benign or cancerous Stephenson, Beebe’s structural heart team can perform tumors in the area of the , often found during chest procedures, including: sAVR, MisAVR, MVR, TAVR, and others. X-rays or scans, can be removed robotically using the da Vinci Xi surgical system. Procedures include: resection of • Thoracic Aortic Disease: Under the direction of Dr. Ray anterior and/or posterior masses and thymectomy. Kuretu, surgical team perform ascending aortic replace- ment, ascending aortic dissections, and aortoplasty. • Chest Wall Disease Program: Under the direction of Dr. Ray Kuretu and Dr. Kurt Wehberg, procedures to THORACIC SURGERY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE accomplish the reconstruction or resection of the chest Thoracic surgery or procedures of the , chest, and wall include: ORIF , ribs; pectoralis and omental , are performed based on the patient’s needs flap coverage; pancoast tumor resection; and chest wall and wishes. There are multiple treatment options, including tumor resection. traditional, minimally invasive, and robotically assisted • Esophageal Disease Program: Under the direction of surgeries. Dr. Kurt Wehberg and Dr. James Spellman, surgical • Thoracic Oncology Program: Under the direction of procedures include minimally invasive complex hiatal Dr. Kurt Wehberg and Dr. James Spellman, surgical hernia repair (Belsey-Mark IV repair), esophageal procedures include robotically assisted wedge resection, surgery, and robotically assisted esophageal tumor and anatomic segmentectomy, , and bi-lobectomy. cyst removal, including leiomyomas. Additional procedures include , pancoast • Diaphragm Disease Program: Surgical procedures include: tumor resection, and chest wall resection. repair of diaphragm hernias (Morgagni, Hiatal-Belsey Mark Find out more about Dr. Spellman: www.beebehealthcare.org/spellman IV Fundoplication, Bochdaleck Hernias) and diaphragm • Pulmonary Nodule : Under the direction of Dr. Kurt plication for eventration (VATS and robotically assisted Wehberg and Dr. Mudiwa Munyikwa, surgical procedures procedures). include EBUS (endobronchial ultrasound), robotically • Pleural Disease Program: Under the direction of Dr. Kurt Wehberg and Dr. Mudiwa Munyikwa, surgical procedures include PleurX (malignant pleural effusion), VATS (video- assisted thoracic surgery), robotically assisted decortication, and pleural tumor resection.

For more information, call (302) 644-4283 or go to www.beebehealthcare.org/cardiothoracic.

Source: Intuitive Surgical