Thomas Arthur Edgerton MD

Cardiovascular Surgery

Regional Medical Officer, Alignment Healthcare

155 Memorial DrPinehurst, NCPinehurst, NC 28374
Phone+1 910-715-8194

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Education & Training

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 1987 - 1989
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1987
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 1981

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Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1982 - 2025
SC State Medical License 1992 - 2013
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification athenaClinicals, athenahealth, Inc., 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification athenaClinicals, athenahealth, Inc., 2014, 2016-2017
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

17 citations
Surgical revascularization of acute (1 hour) coronary occlusion: blood versus crystalloid cardioplegia.
Jakob Vinten-Johansen, T. Arthur Edgerton, Kimberley J. Hansen, Paul Carroll, Stephen A. Mills
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1986-09-01
11 citations
Ticlopidine versus aspirin and dipyridamole: influence on platelet deposition and three-month patency of polytetrafluoroethylene grafts.
Kimberley J. Hansen, Harold R. Howe, T. Arthur Edgerton, Kirk B. Faust, Neal D. Kon
Journal of Vascular Surgery. 1986-08-01
31 citations
Immediate functional recovery and avoidance of reperfusion injury with surgical revascularization of short-term coronary occlusion.
Jakob Vinten-Johansen, T A Edgerton, H R Howe, P. A. Gayheart, Stephen A. Mills
Circulation. 1985-08-01