AltagraciaM.ChavezMD

Thoracic Surgery • Cleveland, OH

Cardiovascular Surgery

Physician

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Office
125 East Broad Street
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone+1 440-284-1504
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Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic FoundationResidency, Thoracic Surgery - Integrated, 1986 - 1987
Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1984 - 1986
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1982 - 1984
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Surgery, 1980 - 1982
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1977 - 1980
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1989 - Present
FL State Medical License 1987 - 2025
OH State Medical License 1987 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1978 - 1992
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

21 citations
Total intravenous anesthesia with a propofol-ketamine combination during coronary artery surgery
Carlos Botero, Charles E. Smith, Curtis Holbrook, Altagracia M. Chavez, Norman Snow, Joan F. Hagen, Alfred C. Pinchak> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2000 Aug 1
22 citations
Risk analysis of coronary bypass surgery after acute myocardial infarction
Jai H. Lee, Helen K. Murrell, John Strony, Brian L. Cmolik, Ravi Nair, Edward J. Lesnefsky, Altagracia M. Chavez, Daniel W. vanHeeckeren, Alexander S. Geha> ;Surgery. 1997 Oct 1
9 citations
Applicability of mitral valvuloplasty techniques in a North American population.
Altagracia M. Chavez, Delos M. Cosgrove, Bruce W. Lytle, Carl C. Gill, Floyd D. Loop, Robert W. Stewart, Leonard R. Golding, Paul C. Taylor> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1988 Aug 1
8 citations
Mitral valvuloplasty at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Delos M. Cosgrove, Altagracia M. Chavez, Carl C. Gill, Leonard A.R. Golding, Bruce W. Lytle, Robert W. Stewart, Paul C. Taylor, Floyd D. Loop> ;Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1988 Jan 1
126 citations
Results of mitral valve reconstruction.
Delos M. Cosgrove, Altagracia M. Chavez, Bruce W. Lytle, Carl C. Gill, Robert W. Stewart, Paul C. Taylor, Marlene Goormastic, Judith A. Borsh, Floyd D. Loop> ;Circulation. 1986 Sep 1
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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Other Languages

Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Cleveland ClinicCleveland, Ohio
University Hospitals Elyria Medical CenterElyria, Ohio