CliftonThomas PannellLewisMD

Thoracic Surgery • Birmingham, AL

Cardiovascular Surgery

Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery

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Office
Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic at The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital
2000 6th Avenue South Floor 4
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 205-786-2776

Fax+1 205-786-6227
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Education & Training

Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1988 - 1990
University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1988
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 1984 - 2023
FL State Medical License 1989 - 2021
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Retrospective Evaluation of Endo-Aortic Balloon Occlusion Compared to External Clamping in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery.
Husam H Balkhy, Eugene A Grossi, Bob Kiaii, Douglas Murphy, Arnar Geirsson, Sloane Guy, Clifton Lewis> ;Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Mar 14
Robotic Redo Mitral Valve Replacement and Atrioventricular Groove Pseudoaneurysm Repair.
Panayotis Vardas, Thomas Kurt DeLay, Richard Stephens, Peter Abraham, Clifton Lewis> ;Innovations. 2022 Dec 20
2 citations
Interstitial Collagen Loss, Myocardial Remodeling, and Function in Primary Mitral Regurgitation.
Mustafa I Ahmed, Efstathia Andrikopoulou, Jingyi Zheng, Elena Ulasova, Betty Pat, Eric E Kelley, Pamela Cox Powell, Thomas S Denney Jr, Clifton Lewis, James E Davies, ...> ;JACC. Basic to Translational Science. 2022 Oct 1
Rescue of False Lumen Frozen Elephant Trunk Deployment Intraoperatively.
Adam C Witcher, Brad Meers, Clifton T Lewis, Adam W Beck, Kyle W Eudailey> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Aug 3
1 citations
Plasma Exosome Hemoglobin Released During Surgery Is Associated With Cardiac Injury in Animal Model.
Kyle W Eudailey, Betty Pat, Joo-Yeun Oh, Pamela C Powell, James F Collawn, James A Mobley, Amit Gaggar, Clifton T Lewis, James E Davies, Rakesh Patel, Louis J Dell'Italia> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Apr 7
4 citations
Contemporary suprasternal transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A multicenter experience using a simple, reliable alternative access approach
Kyle W. Eudailey, Anna Olds, Clifton T. Lewis, Tamim N. Nazif, Torsten Vahl, Omar K. Khalique, Rebecca T. Hahn, Vinayak Bapat, Michael A. Borger, Martin B. Leon, Musta...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2020 May 1
2 citations
Robotic mitral valve repair in a type B hemophiliac.
Vanessa M. Miller, Panos N. Vardas, James E. Davies, Clifton T. Lewis> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2020 Mar 16
Total Endovascular Arch Repair Using Needle Fenestration and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Kyle W. Eudailey, Gregory Von Mering, Paxton Johanson, James English, Clifton T. Lewis, Mustafa I. Ahmed> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Feb 1
8 citations
Reduced Left Atrial Emptying Fraction and Chymase Activation in Pathophysiology of Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Brittany Butts, Mustafa I. Ahmed, Navkaranbir S. Bajaj, Pamela C. Powell, Betty Pat, Silvio H. Litovsky, Himanshu Gupta, Steven G. Lloyd, Thomas S. Denney, Xiaoxia Zha...> ;JACC. Basic to Translational Science. 2020 Jan 22
7 citations
Suprasternal and Left Axillary Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Morbidly Obese Patients.
Anna Olds, Kyle W. Eudailey, Tamim Nazif, Torsten Vahl, Omar K. Khalique, Clifton T.P. Lewis, Rebecca T. Hahn, Martin B. Leon, Vinayak Bapat, Mustafa I. Ahmed, Susheel...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018 Dec 1
12 citations
Robot-assisted aortic valve surgery: State of the art and challenges for the future.
Husam H. Balkhy, Clifton T.P. Lewis, Hiroto Kitahara> ;The International Journal of Medical Robotics + Computer Assisted Surgery. 2018 Aug 1
Usefulness of two- and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in combined mitral valve-in-valve implantation and paraprosthetic leak closure.
Mustafa I. Ahmed, Mohammed J. Arisha, Navin C. Nanda, Clifton T.P. Lewis, Kyle W. Eudailey> ;Echocardiography. 2018 Apr 1
3 citations
Application of an Epicardial Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device by a Robotic-Assisted, Right Chest Approach.
Clifton T.P. Lewis, Richard L. Stephens, Vernon D. Horst, Margaret Angelillo, Charles M. Tyndal> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2016 May 1
1 citations
Concurrent Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass via Limited Right Anterior Thoracotomy.
Clifton T.P. Lewis, Richard L. Stephens, Jennifer L. Cline, Charles M. Tyndal> ;Innovations. 2015 Jul 1
13 citations
Concomitant robotic mitral and tricuspid valve repair: technique and early experience.
Clifton T.P. Lewis, Richard L. Stephens, Charles M. Tyndal, Jennifer L. Cline> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2014 Mar 1
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