Cardio thoracic Surgery
General Surgery
Dr. Thomas V. Bilfinger, MD
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Thomas Bilfinger is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He received 5 awards: "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area", "Newsday - Top Doctors on Long Island", "Fellow (FACS)", "Top MD" and "Fellow (FACC)". Thomas V. Bilfinger has written publications. He has 100 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Bilateral subclavian artery aneurysms with pseudocoarctation of the aorta. Case report and review of the literature.' Dr. Thomas V. Bilfinger is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Five-year survival after cryoablation of stage I non-small cell lung Cancer in medically inoperable patients.
- Left subclavian artery occlusion during blunt thoracic Aortic injury endovascular repair.
- Prognostic value of metabolic tumor volume and total lesion glycolysis from 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients undergoing stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I non-s...
- FDG-PET imaging in patients with Pulmonary carcinoid tumor.
- Severity of emphysema predicts location of lung Cancer and 5-y survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung Cancer.
- Computerized MRS voxel registration and partial volume effects in single voxel (1)H-MRS.
- Reversed sequence arch debranching for treatment of a ruptured juxta-innominate artery saccular Aneurysm.
- Trends in clinical presentation, management, and mortality of blunt Aortic traumatic injury over an 18-year period.
- Evaluation of Cardiac Involvement with Mediastinal Lymphoma: The Role of Innovative Integrated Cardiovascular Imaging.
- Surgical aspects in the treatment of lung Cancer.
- Differential expression of the human mu opiate receptor from different primary vascular endothelial cells.
- Presence of morphine in rat amygdala: evidence for the mu3 opiate receptor subtype via nitric oxide release in limbic structures.
- Morphine down regulates human vascular tissue estrogen receptor expression determined by real-time RT-PCR.
- Modeling stroke risk after Coronary artery bypass and combined Coronary artery bypass and carotid endarterectomy.
- Surgical viewpoints for the definitive treatment of lung Cancer.
- Presence of reticuline in rat brain: a pathway for morphine biosynthesis.
- Direct assessment and diminished production of morphine stimulated NO by diabetic endothelium from saphenous vein.
- A hormonal role for endogenous opiate alkaloids: vascular tissues.
- [The first successful Lung resection].
- Endogenous morphine is produced in response to cardioPulmonary bypass in neonatal pigs.
- The current state of type B aortic Dissection.
- Embolic stroke in a patient with metastatic renal cell Cancer.
- A right-sided Aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery with proximal segment hypoplasia.
- Cerebral infarcts traced to an unusual source: paradoxical Embolisms of renal cell carcinoma metastasis.
- Inferior vena cava filter migration with severe deformity of filter.
- Combined Coronary artery bypass and carotid endarterectomy: long-term results.
- False Aneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa after uncomplicated aortic valve replacement.
- A case of hypercapnic respiratory Failure.
- Optical monitoring and detection of spinal cord ischemia.
- Initial clinical experience with rectus sheath grafts in congenital Heart defects.
- Presence of the mu3 opiate receptor in endothelial cells. Coupling to nitric oxide production and vasodilation.
- Effect of prolonged exposure to morphine on responsiveness of human and invertebrate immunocytes to stimulatory molecules.
- Morphine-induced conformational changes in human monocytes, granulocytes, and endothelial cells and in invertebrate immunocytes and microglia are mediated by nitric ox...
- Evidence for morphine downregulating immunocytes during cardioPulmonary bypass in a porcine model.
- Hyperstimulation of leukocytes by plasma from cardioPulmonary bypass patients is diminished by alpha-MSH pretreatment.
- Aprotinin diminishes inflammatory processes.
- Surgical anticipatory stress manifests itself in immunocyte desensitization: evidence for autoimmunoregulatory involvement.
- Morphine stimulates nitric oxide release from invertebrate microglia.
- Neuroimmunologic implications in Coronary artery disease.
- Opioid and opiate immunoregulatory processes.
- A novel view of opiate tolerance.
- Human monocyte adhesion is modulated by endothelin B receptor-coupled nitric oxide release.
- Pacemaker Twiddler's Syndrome.
- A rapid and sensitive quantitation method of endogenous morphine in human plasma.
- Cryopreserved veins in myocardial revascularization: possible mechanism for their increased Failure.
- Interleukin-10 stimulation of endogenous nitric oxide release from human saphenous veins diminishes immunocyte adherence.
- Cell behavior and signal molecule involvement in a case study of Malignant histiocytosis: a negative model of morphine as an immunoregulator.
- Amino-acid-sequence determination and biological activity of cytin, a naturally occurring specific chymotrypsin inhibitor from the leech Theromyzon tessulatum.
- Endogenous morphine levels increase following cardiac surgery as part of the antiinflammatory response?
- Effects of anaesthesia based on high versus low doses of opioids on the cytokine and Acute-phase protein responses in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
- Alternative locations for internal defibrillator electrodes.
- Antagonism of LPS and IFN-gamma induction of iNOS in human saphenous vein endothelium by morphine and anandamide by nitric oxide inhibition of adenylate cyclase.
- Long-term exposure of human blood vessels to HIV gp120, morphine, and anandamide increases endothelial adhesion of monocytes: uncoupling of nitric oxide release.
- Isolation and characterization of a leech neuropeptide in rat brains: coupling to nitric oxide release in leech, rat and human tissues.
- Macrophage behavior associated with Acute and chronic exposure to HIV GP120, morphine and anandamide: endothelial implications.
- Pharmacological evidence for anandamide amidase in human cardiac and vascular tissues.
- Naltrexone suppresses the rejection of cardiac tissue transplantation.
- Aspirin inhibits granulocyte and monocyte adherence to saphenous vein endothelia in a process not mediated by nitric oxide.
- Delta2 opioid receptor subtype on human vascular endothelium uncouples morphine stimulated nitric oxide release.
- Methionine-enkephalin stimulates interleukin-6 mRNA expression: human plasma levels in Coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Morphine''s immunoregulatory actions are not shared by fentanyl.
- Bilateral subclavian artery Aneurysms with pseudocoarctation of the aorta. Case report and review of the literature.
- Shear Syndrome: the worst case scenario of crush Syndrome.
- Morphine and anandamide stimulate intracellular calcium transients in human Arterial endothelial cells: coupling to nitric oxide release.
- PET/CT vs. non-contrast CT alone for surveillance 1-year post lobectomy for stage I non-small-cell lung Cancer.
- Endomorphin-1 and -2 inhibit human vascular sympathetic norepinephrine release: lack of interaction with mu 3 opiate receptor subtype.
- Estradiol coupling to human monocyte nitric oxide release is dependent on intracellular calcium transients: evidence for an estrogen surface receptor.
- Cardiac nail gun injuries: lessons learned.
- Tuberculous pseudoAneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta: successful treatment by surgical excision and primary repair.
- Mu3 opiate receptor expression in Lung and Lung carcinoma: ligand binding and coupling to nitric oxide release.
- Human aortoCoronary grafts and nitric oxide release: relationship to pulsatile pressure.
- Basal nitric oxide limits immune, nervous and cardiovascular excitation: human endothelia express a mu opiate receptor.
- Coexistent rupture of the proximal right subclavian and internal mammary arteries after blunt chest trauma.
- Cell-surface estrogen receptors mediate calcium-dependent nitric oxide release in human endothelia.
- NF-kappaB, nitric oxide and opiate signaling.
- Functional assessment of disease-free saphenous vein grafts at redo Coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Coronary and carotid operations under prospective standardized conditions: incidence and outcome.
- Human vascular and cardiac endothelia express mu opiate receptor transcripts.
- 2-arachidonyl-glycerol stimulates nitric oxide release from human immune and vascular tissues and invertebrate immunocytes by cannabinoid receptor 1.
- The presence of antibacterial and opioid peptides in human plasma during Coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Pediatric Myocardial protection in the United States: a survey of current clinical practice.
- Coronary artery bypass grafting. The relationship of surgical volume, hospital location, and outcome.
- Acute pulmonary failure with neoadjuvant protocol including mitomycin C and surgical therapy.
- Uncomfortable issues.
- Effects of intensive care unit nursing shortage on cardiac surgery in New York State.
- Cardiac surgery for inmates in the Texas Department of Corrections.
- [Coronary steal syndrome following internal mammary artery bypass surgery: incidence and recommendations for avoiding it].
- Blood conservation in Coronary artery bypass surgery: prediction with assistance of a computer model.
- Renal revascularization in anuric patients: determinants of outcome.
- Aortic arch thrombosis in the neonate.
- Pyogenic liver abscesses in nonimmunocompromised children.
- Successful percutaneous drainage of pyogenic liver abscess complicated by bronchobiliary fistula.
- [Pulmonary mucormycosis. A case of successful treatment and a review of the literature].
- Parallel growth of rectus sheath grafts and recipient Aorta. Critical role of graft tissue preservation.
- Use of the pulmonary Artery for left ventricular venting during cardiac operations.
- [Aortic isthmus stenosis in infants: hemodynamic evaluation and postoperative course].
- In vitro determination of accuracy of cardiac output measurements by thermal dilution.
- [Error analysis of the thermoindicator method for the determination of the Heart minute volume].
- Inhibitory effect of morphine on granulocyte stimulation by tumor necrosis factor and substance P.
Schools
Universitat Zurich Medizinische Fakultat
University Chicago
University Tex Med Branch
University Tex Med Br
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
- Newsday - Top Doctors on Long Island
- Fellow (FACS)
- Top MD
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals -
University of Chicago -
University of Zurich Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Stony Brook University Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1780602730 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BILFINGER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | THOMAS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 11794 | |
| NPPES Provider State | NY | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiac Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 16.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1780602730 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BILFINGER |
| First Name Of The Provider | THOMAS |
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