Patrick McCarthy MD

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Executive Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute; Vice President, Northwestern Medical Group; Heller-Sacks Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University

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676 N Saint Clair StSuite 730Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-664-3278
Fax+1 312-695-2461

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1988 - 1989
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 1985 - 1988
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Surgery, 1980 - 1985
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1989 - Present
IL State Medical License 2004 - 2026
OH State Medical License 1990 - 2006
MN State Medical License 1981 - 1988
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Clinical Trials

Evaluation of the Cardioblate Closure Device in Facilitating Occlusion of the Left Atrial Appendage Start of enrollment: 2009 Mar 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Medtronic Reveal XT Study Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2
Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation (The COAPT Trial) and COAPT CAS Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
ABLATE Post Approval Study - Synergy Ablation Lesions for Non-Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Surgical Treatment of Aortic Stenosis With a Next Generation, Rapid Deployment Surgical Aortic Valve Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 26
Completed
Not Applicable
TranScatheter Aortic Valve RepLacement System US Feasibility Trial Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Unknown status
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
The left atrial appendage exclusion for prophylactic stroke reduction (LEAAPS) trial: Rationale and design.
Richard P Whitlock, Patrick M McCarthy, Marc W Gerdisch, Basel Ramlawi, John H Alexander
American Heart Journal. 2025-06-01
Deep learning based automated left atrial segmentation and flow quantification of real time phase contrast MRI in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Justin Baraboo, Amanda DiCarlo, Haben Berhane, Daming Shen, Rod Passman
The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2025-04-29
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Future Prospects and Ethical Issues.
Parisa Rashidi, Arman Kilic, Adrienne Kline, Tom Liu, Patrick M McCarthy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-04-23

Press Mentions

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Celebrates 20 Years of Saving LivesFebruary 14th, 2025
Landmark Gift Creates Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Heart HospitalFebruary 14th, 2022
Advanced Cardiac Care Now Available Through the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine McHenry HospitalOctober 20th, 2021
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