NoelFishmanMD

Adult General Thoracic Surgery

Was. Cardiothoracic Surgery, not Thoracic. First at UCSF, then worked in Israel and then Santa Cruz where I ran the cardiothoracic surgery program in Santa Cruz until retirement in 2005.

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Office
2911 Chanticleer Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Phone+1 831-477-2350

Fax+1 831-458-9063
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Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1970 - 1972
University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1965 - 1966
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Surgery, 1961 - 1965
Philadelphia General HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1960 - 1961
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1960

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1961 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Improved distribution of retrograde cold cardioplegic solutions
Noel H. Fishman> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1996 Mar 1
2 citations
Rapid autotransfusion during complicated aortic decannulation.
Amir Elami, Noel H. Fishman, Gideon Merin> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1988 Jun 1
21 citations
Infant coarctation: a spectrum in clinical presentation and treatment.
Edward S. Yee, Scott J. Soifer, Kevin Turley, Edward D. Verrier, Noel H. Fishman, Paul A. Ebert> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1986 Nov 1
Preparation of Oxygenated Cold Crystalloid Cardioplegic Solution
Gideon Merin, Noel H. Fishman> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1986 Jun 1
17 citations
Myocardial temperature differences as a guide to the order of coronary artery bypass anastomoses in high-risk patients.
Noel H. Fishman, Jacob Abouav> ;American Journal of Surgery. 1980 Jul 1
2 citations
Cardiac valve replacement in patients over 65 during a 10-year period.
Noel H. Fishman, Benson B. Roe> ;Journal of Gerontology. 1978 Sep 1
108 citations
Models of congenital heart disease in fetal lambs.
Noel H. Fishman, R B Hof, Abraham M. Rudolph, Michael A. Heymann> ;Circulation. 1978 Aug 1
20 citations
Early pleural decortication for thoracic empyema in immunosuppressed patients
Noel H. Fishman, David G. Ellertson> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1977 Oct 1
39 citations
The application of radionuclide infarct scintigraphy to diagnose perioperative myocardial infarction following revascularization.
Steven C. Klausner, Elias H. Botvinick, David M. Shames, D J Ullyot, Noel H. Fishman, Benson B. Roe, Paul A. Ebert, Kanu Chatterjee, William W. Parmley> ;Circulation. 1977 Aug 1
159 citations
Myocardial protection with cold, ischemic, potassium-induced cardioplegia
Benson B. Roe, John C. Hutchinson, Noel H. Fishman, Daniel J. Ullyot, Daniel L. Smith> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1977 Mar 1
6 citations
Angioplastic Repair of a Ruptured Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm
Noel H. Fishman, Edward W. Miller, Thomas A. Freed> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1976 Feb 1
67 citations
Surgical management of severe aortic coarctation and interrupted aortic arch in neonates.
Noel H. Fishman, Merrill H. Bronstein, William Berman, Benson B. Roe, L. Henry Edmunds, Saul J. Robinson, Abraham M. Rudolph> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1976 Jan 1
11 citations
Is Mediastinoscopy Necessary in the Evaluation of Lung Cancer
Noel H. Fishman, Merrill H. Bronstein> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1975 Dec 1
17 citations
Occluder Disruption of Wada-Cutter Valve Prosthesis
Benson B. Roe, Noel H. Fishman, John C. Hutchinson, Samuel H. Goodenough> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1975 Sep 1
43 citations
Formalin infiltration of the ductus arteriosus. A method for palliation of infants with selected congenital cardiac lesions.
Abraham M. Rudolph, Michael A. Heymann, Noel H. Fishman, Jeffrey B. Lakier> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1975 Jun 12
14 citations
Cardiac Surgery in Infants Less than Six Weeks of Age
L. Henry Edmunds, Noel H. Fishman, Michael A. Heymann, Julien I. E. Hoffman, Saul J. Robinson, Benson B. Roe, Paul Stanger, > ;Circulation. 1972 Aug 1
29 citations
Open mitral valvulotomy.
Benson B. Roe, L. Henry Edmunds, Noel H. Fishman, John C. Hutchinson> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1971 Nov 1
26 citations
Five-year experience with the Smeloff-Cutter mitral prosthesis.
Noel H. Fishman, Edmunds Lh, John C. Hutchinson, Benson B. Roe> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1971 Sep 1
14 citations
Anastomoses between aorta and right pulmonary artery (waterston) in neonates.
L. Henry Edmunds, Noel H. Fishman, Michael A. Heymann, Abraham M. Rudolph> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1971 Mar 4
An adjustable pulmonary artery band.
Noel H. Fishman, Benson B. Roe> ;Archives of Surgery. 1971 Feb 1
6 citations
Angiographic Estimation of the Size of the Aortic Valve Annulus
Noel H. Fishman, Hugo G. Bogren, Erik S. Carlsson> ;Archives of Surgery. 1970 Dec 1
7 citations
Permanent transvenous pacemaking for senile heart block
Noel H. Fishman, John C. Hutchinson, L. Henry Edmunds, Benson B. Roe> ;American Journal of Surgery. 1970 Aug 1
18 citations
Prevention of prosthetic cardiac valve detachment.
Noel H. Fishman, John C. Hutchinson, Benson B. Roe> ;Surgery. 1970 May 1
22 citations
The importance of the pulmonary veins in systemic air embolism following open-heart surgery.
Noel H. Fishman, Erik S. Carlsson, Benson B. Roe> ;Surgery. 1969 Oct 1
64 citations
Postintubation Tracheal Stenosis
Noel H. Fishman, William K. Hamilton, Warren A. Hinchcliffe, Benson B. Roe> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1969 Jul 1
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