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Walter Rizzoni
Walter E. Rizzoni, M.D.
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Background
Boston Univ Sch Med (MD 1983)
Boston Univ Gen Surg Res (83-5)
Surg Onc Fellow Nat'l Cancer Inst (85-7)
Loma Linda Univ Gen Surg Res (87-90)
General Surgeon USAF (90-4)
Periph Vasc Fellow Carolinas Med Center (94-5)
Cardiothoracic Fellow Carolinas Med Center (95-7)
Chief, Dept General Surgery, 48MG Hospital, USAF Europe, UK, 1990-94
Private group practice adult cardiac, thoracic, vascular, endovascular surgery 1997 - present
Other Interests
adult cardiac surgery
percutaneous peripheral interventions
thoracic and abdominal aortic endovascular aneurysm repair
open thoracic and abdominal aneurysm repair
open peripheral vascular surgery
carotid endarterectomy
general thoracic surgery
Additional Educational Information
Boston University
Boston University School of Medicine
General Surgery: Boston University and Loma Linda University
Surgical Oncology Fellowship at National Cancer Institute, NIH
Vascular Surgery Fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Cardiothoracic Fellowship at Carolinas Medical Cneter, Charlotte, NC
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Thoracic
- Vascular
- Aorta
- Aortic valve disease
- Endovascular
- Vascular
- Mediastinum
- Pleura
- Pericardium
- Valve disease
- Thoracic
- Lung
- Chest wall
- Cancer
- Great vessels
- Diaphragm
- Esophagus