RobertL.HookerJr.MD
Thoracic Surgery • Tucson, AZAdult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Cardiovascular Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery Jack G. Copeland Endowed Chair University of Arizona Department of Surgery
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Office
1501 N Campbell Ave
Room #4302A
Tucson, AZ 85724Phone+1 520-626-7806Fax+1 520-626-4042- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Robert Hooker is a thoracic surgeon in Oklahoma City, OK and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Tampa General Hospital and INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and has been in practice 30 years. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery, aortic surgery, and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in adult general thoracic surgery, aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, adult cardiac surgery, and valvular surgery.
Education & Training
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1995 - 1997- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Vascular Surgery, 1994 - 1995
University of ChicagoResidency, Surgery, 1991 - 1994
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1987 - 1991
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1994 - Present
FL State Medical License 2011 - 2026
AZ State Medical License 2021 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1997 - 2025
OK State Medical License 2019 - 2023
NY State Medical License 1988 - 2015
IL State Medical License 1991 - 2002- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Magna® Mitral Pericardial Bioprostheses Post-Approval Study Protocol Start of enrollment: 2007 Aug 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to advanced heart failure therapies.Deepak Acharya, Nabin Manandhar-Shrestha, Marzia Leacche, Indranee Rajapreyar, Preethi William, Toshinobu Kazui, Robert Hooker, Joseph Tonna, Stefan Jovinge, Renzo Loy...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2023 Aug 1
- Contemporary utilization of the axillary artery in cardiac surgery.Michael P Rogers, Anthony J DeSantis, Kristina Gemayel, Swaroop R Bommareddi, Manuel Caceres Polo, Robert L Hooker> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022 Dec 1
- 1 citationsAortic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.Manuel Caceres Polo, Dylan Thibault, Oliver K Jawitz, Brittany A Zwischenberger, Sean M O'Brien, Vinod H Thourani, Jeffrey P Jacobs, Robert L Hooker> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Dec 1
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Hospital Affiliations
INTEGRIS Baptist Medical CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma
Banner - University Medical Center TucsonTucson, Arizona
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