Client Testimonials

Amazing is the best way to describe Dr. Parvez Sultan and his staff. I was referred to Dr. Sultan after being diagnosed with lung cancer. He moved very fast and ended up getting all of my cancer. Not only are they caring and compassionate, but they are very skilled. One note: my scar, from removing 1/3 of my lung is almost non-existent. Do not hesitate when you are referred or if you are just looking for a very skilled and compassionate cardio-thoracic surgeon.

- Melissa Nichols

Publications

John B. Richardson Jr., M.D.:

Use of Temporary AV Shunt in Venous Trauma - Journal of Trauma, June 1986

Bennett-Guerrero, Elliott. Effect of an Implantable Gentamicin-Collagen Sponge on Sternal Wound Infections Following Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Trial.

Clifton Thomas Pannell Lewis, Sr., M.D.:

McGiffin D. Tauxe N, Lewis CTP, Karp R, and Mantle J: The relationship between cardiac output and effective renal plasma flow in patients with cardiac disease. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 9:542-544, 1984

Sweeney M, Lewis CTP, Murphy M, Williams J, Frazier OH: Cardiac Surgical Emergencies. Critical Care Clinics of North America, Vol.5, No.3, pp, 659-678, July 1989

Lewis CTP, Riley WE, Georgeson K, and Warren JH: Carcinoma of the colon and rectum in patients under twenty years of age. Southern Medical Journal, Vol.83, No.4, pp.383-385, April 1990

Lewis CTP, Cooley DA, Murphy MC: Risk factors for cardiac operations in adult Jehovah's witnesses. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.51, No.3, pp. 448-450, March 1991

Lewis CTP, Cooley DA, Murphy MC, Talledo O, Vega D: Surgical repair of aortic root aneurysms in 280 patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 53, No.1, pp.38-46, January 1992

Lewis CTP, Riley WE, Georgeson K, and Warren JH: Carcinoma of the colon and rectum in patients under twenty years of age. Southern Medical Journal, Vol.81, No. 9:10, 1988

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2010;19;559-560

Lewis CTP, Jamieson WRE, Sakwa MP, Cooley DA, Kshettry VR, Jones KW, David TE, Sullivan JA, Fradet GJ, Bach DS: St. Jude Medical Epic porcine bioprosthesis: Results of the regulatory evaluation, FLA 5.L0 DTD, 2010

Parvez K. Sultan. M.D.:

Original Research Articles

Cybulsky, M.I., Fries, J.W.U., Williams, A.J., Sultan, P.K., Davis, V.M., Gimbrone, M.A. and Collins, T. Alternate Splicing of Human VCAM-1 in Activated Vascular Endothelium. Am. J.  Pathol., 1991; 138 (4): 815-820.

Cybulsky, M.I., Fries, J.W.U., Williams, A.J., Sultan, P.K., Eddy, R., Byers, M., Shows, T. Gimbrone, M.A. and Collins, T. Gene Structure, chromosomal location, and basis for alternative mRNA splicing of the human VCAM1 gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 1991; 88:7859-7863.

Bonthron, D.T., Sultan, P.K. and Collins, T. Structure of the murine c-sis Proto-oncogene (Sis, PDGFB) Encoding the B-Chain of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor. Genomics. 1991; 10: 287-292.

Marsden, P. A., Sultan, P.K., Cybulsky, M.I., Gimbrone, M.A., Brenner, B. M. and Collins, T. Nucleotide sequence of endothelin-1 cDNA from rabbit endothelial cells. Biochimica. Et. Biophysica. Acta. 1992; 1129: 249-250

Schechner, J.S., Longley, J., Sultan, P.K., Berger, C., Edelson, R.L., Pober, J.S. A mouse model of Cutaneous Lymphocytic Infiltration in Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma. The Journal of  Invest. Derm. 1996; 106 (4): 860-866.

Sultan, P.K., Murray, A. G., Mcniff, J.M., Lorber, M.I., Askenase, P.W., Bothwell, A.L.M., Pober, J.S. Pig but not human interferon-gamma initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 1997; 94: 8767-8772.

Sultan, P.K. Schechner, J.S., McNiff, J.M., Hochman, P.S., Hughes, C.W., Lorber, M.l., Askenase, P.W., Pober, J.S. Blockade of CD2-LFA-3 interactions protects human skin allografts in immunodeficient mouse/human chimeras. Nature Biotechnology 1997;15 (8):759-762.

Murray, A.G., Schechner, J.S., Epperson, D.E., Sultan, P.K., McNiff, J. M., Hughes, C.W., Lorber, M.I., Askenase, P.W., Pober, J.S. Dermal microvascular injury in the Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Reconstituted- Severe Combined Immunodeficient (HuPBL-SCID) Mouse/Skin Allograft model is T-cell-mediated and inhibited by a combination of cyclosporine and rapamycin. Am. J. Pathol. 1998;153:626-638.

Pober, J.S., Schechner, J.S., Murray, A.G., Sultan, P.K, Kirkles, N., Tereb, D., Wilson, J., McNiff, J.M., Askenase, P.W., Tellides, G., Lorber, M.I. Allogeneic and Xenogeneic Vascular Injury and Protection. Transplantation Proceedings. 1998; 30: 4168-4169.

Sultan, P.K., Meyers, B.F., Patterson, G. A. and Cooper, J. D. Fibrovascular Polyps of the Esophagus. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2005; 130:1709-1710.

Meyers, B.F., Sultan, P. K., Guthrie T.J., Davis, G.E., Yusen, R.D., Lefrak, S.S., Patterson, G.A. and Cooper, J. Outcomes after Unilateral Lung Volume Reduction. The Annals of Thoracic Sugery. 2008; 86: 204-212.

Sultan, P.K, Picus,D.,  Bhalla, S., Meyers, B.F., Battafarano, R. and Patterson, G.A. Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Right Middle Lobe. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2010 (manuscript submitted)

Boyd, W. D., Johnston, W.E., Sultan, P.K., Deering, T.F. and Matheny, R. G.  Pericardial Reconstruction Using an Extracellular Matrix Implant Correlates with Reduced Risk of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients. The Heart Surgery Forum. 13 (5), 2010; 277-282.

Book Chapters

Collins, T., Young, R., Mendoza, A.E., Fries, J.W.U., Williams, A.J., Sultan, P. and Bronthron, D.T. Regulation of PDGF Expression in Vascular Cells. Atherosclerosis. Edited by A. I. Gotlieb et al. 1991. 139-152.

Sultan, P.K. and Battafarano, R.J. Open Drainage. Thoracic Surgery Edited by F.G. Pearson, J.D. Cooper, J. Desiauriers, C.A. Clement, G.A. Patterson and H.C. Urschel. Third Edition. 2006 (in press).

John L. Harlan, M.D.:

Harlan JL, Doty DB, Brandt B, Ehrenhaft JL: Coarctation of the Aorta in Infants Journal Thorecic-ceratovsscuter Surgery 88: 1012+1019, 1984.

Harlan Jl, Clark EB, Doty DB: Congenital Aortic Stenosis w~h Hypoplasia of the Left Sinus of Valsalva: Anatomic Reconstruction of the Aortic Roof, Journal of Thoracic-Careliovascular Surgery 89: 288-294, 1985.

Meng, RL, Harlan Jl: Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Right Ventricle Flstuia Complicating Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, Journal ihoracia-Cardiovascular Surgery 90: 387-390, 1985.

Harlan JL, Meng RL: Thrombosis of the Left Main Coronary Artery Following Percutaneous Trans/uminal Coronary Angioplasty, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Volume 43, Number 2, February 1987.

Harlan JL: "Intraoperative Echocardiography" Information QuarierlyVolume 2, Number 1, Winter 1993.

Halpin DP, Nicholson J, Blakemore WS, Harlan JL: Innominate Artery Pseudosneurysm Presenting as a Widened Mediastinum, The Journal of Thoreclo and Careliovascular Surgery.

Stanley K. Lochridge, M.D.:

Lochridge, S.K. Bjork-Shiley Strut Fracture and Disc Escape. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1990; 49:166

Montague, N.T. III, N.T. Kouchoukos, T.A. S.W. Wilson, A.L. Bennett, III, H.W. Knott, S.K. Lochridge, G.G. Erath, Jr., and O.W. Clayton. Morbidity and Mortality of Coronary Bypass Operation in Patients 70 Years of Age and Older. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1985; 37:182-200 

Carlos, M. Gaos, S.K. Lochridge, Ejijah Hanks, C.C.P.,Jay Conaway, C.C. P., Earl Lawrence, C.C.P.,Paul Tiller, C.C.P., and Don Lanford, C.C.P. Heparin Reversal Using Varied Protamine to Heparin Ratios. Published in Proceedings of the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology, 1985; 1:38

Lochridge, S.K., P. Knibee, and D.B. Doty. Obstruction of the Superior Vena Cava. Year Book of Surgery 1980; 325-326

Lochridge, S.K., P. Knibee, and D.B. Doty. Obstruction of the Superior Vena Cava. Current Surgery 1980; 37:118-119

Lochridge, S.K. and N.P. Rossi. Symptomatic Kinked Internal Carotid Artery. The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1980; 21:108-111

Lochridge, S.K. P. Knibee, and D.B. Doty. Obstruction of the Superior Vena Cava. Surgery, 1979; 85:14-24

Ginrich, R.D., J.D. Hoak, C.B. Wright, J. Gaston, and S.K. Lochridge. Aortic Aneurysm and Consumption Coagulopathy. American Federation of Clinical Research, 1977; 1:56.

Lochridge, S.K.,R.R.Pass, and G.E. Cassady. Reticulocyte Counts in Intrauterine Growth Retardation. Pediatrics, 1972; 47:919-923

Lochridge, S.K.,R.R.Pass, and G.E. Cassady. Reticulocyte Counts in Intrauterine Growth Retardation. Alabama Journal of Medical Sciences, 1970;7:269