WilliamH.RisherMD

Thoracic Surgery • New Orleans, LA

Aortic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Associate Professor, Surgery, LSU School of Medicine New Orleans

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Office
1542 Tulane Ave
Bldg E
New Orleans, LA 70121
Phone+1 504-568-4752
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Education & Training

Ochsner Clinic FoundationFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1990 - 1992
Ochsner Clinic FoundationResidency, Surgery, 1985 - 1990
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

SC State Medical License 2022 - 2025
LA State Medical License 1985 - 2024
ND State Medical License 2021 - 2022
FL State Medical License 2018 - 2020
PA State Medical License 2002 - 2010
GA State Medical License 2008 - 2010
NY State Medical License 1992 - 2002
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

12 citations
A proposed model for a comprehensive virtual subinternship in vascular surgery.
Shivik Patel, Amit Chawla, Marie Unruh, London Guidry, Amadis Brooke, Alykhan M. Lalani, Joyce J. Kim, William Risher, Nicholas Zea, Bruce Torrance, Tapash K. Palit, T...> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2021 Jun 25
Internal Carotid Artery Agenesis in a Trauma Patient with Ipsilateral Neck GSWs
Armand A. Jacques, Kelli L. Summers, Merritt W. Brown, William Risher> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2021 Apr 6
1 citations
Unusual complication of late presentation deceleration aortic injury.
William Risher, Samuel Stevenson, Raman Danrad, Edmund K. Kerut, Robert Batson, Ritu Bhalla, Richard S. Vander Heide, Larry H. Hollier> ;Echocardiography. 2021 Mar 16
1 citations
LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME: PERIOPERATIVE ANESTHESIA CONSIDERATIONS.
Judy G. Johnson, Jacob P Bray, William H Risher, Alan D. Kaye> ;Middle East Journal of Anaesthesiology. 2016 Jun 1
4 citations
Risk factors for human heartworm infections (dirofilariasis) in the South.
James H. Diaz, William Risher> ;The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 2015 Mar 1
1 citations
Combined Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization: Ascending Aorta To Carotid Bypass
Shelly C Lall, Jeffery M Rhodes, William H. Risher> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2003 Sep 1
30 citations
Leukocyte-Reduced Transfusions in Cardiac Surgery Results of an Implementation Trial
Neil Blumberg, Joanna M. Heal, J. Cowles, George L. Hicks, William H. Risher, Prem K. Samuel, Scott A. Kirkley> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2002 Sep 1
51 citations
Association of ABO-mismatched platelet transfusions with morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery.
Neil Blumberg, Joanna M. Heal, George L. Hicks, William H. Risher> ;Transfusion. 2001 Jun 1
7 citations
CLINICAL DECISION MAKING AND OPERATIVE APPROACHES TO THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS
Roy Greenberg, William H. Risher> ;The Surgical Clinics of North America. 1998 Oct 1
13 citations
Non-barbiturate, drug-induced reversible loss of brainstem reflexes
Irene H. Richard, Michelle LaPointe, Paul M. Wax, William H. Risher> ;Neurology. 1998 Aug 1
8 citations
Nontraumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta: chest radiographic features of an often unrecognized condition.
Patrick J. Fultz, D Melville, A Ekanej, Gerald Holzwasser, Susan L. Voci, John C. Wandtke, William H. Risher, S Stewart> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 1998 Aug 1
23 citations
Lack of Lung Hemorrhage in Humans After Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography with Ultrasound Exposure Conditions Similar to Those Causing Lung Hemorrhage in...
Richard S. Meltzer, Rishi Adsumelli, William H. Risher, George L. Hicks, David H. Stern, Pratima Shah, Jacek A. Wojtczak, Stewart J. Lustik, T. E. J. Gayeski, Janine R...> ;Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 1998 Jan 1
2 citations
Nonhemorrhagic cardiac tamponade after penetrating chest trauma.
Craig R. Narins, Michael J. Cunningham, Joseph M. Delehanty, William H. Risher, DeoVrat Singh> ;American Heart Journal. 1996 Jul 1
2 citations
Giant right coronary artery aneurysm with fistulous connection to the coronary sinus: diagnosis and management.
Nicolas W. Shammas, Gerald W. Murphy, William H. Risher, Janine R. Shapiro, Sean E. Latouf, Richard M. Pomerantz> ;Clinical Cardiology. 1996 Jan 1
5 citations
Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of persistent left superior vena cava: retrograde administration of cardioplegia during cardiac surgery.
William A. Roberts, William H. Risher, Karl Q. Schwarz> ;Anesthesiology. 1994 Sep 1
3 citations
Neisseria gonorrhoeae mycotic ascending aortic aneurysm
William H. Risher, P. Michael McFadden> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1994 Mar 1
11 citations
Cardiac transplantation after donor mitral valve commissurotomy
William H. Risher, John L. Ochsner, Clifford H. Van Meter> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1994 Jan 1
15 citations
Thoracoscopic resection of pericardium for symptomatic congenital pericardial defect.
William H. Risher, Andrew P. Rees, John L. Ochsner, P. Michael McFadden> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1993 Dec 1
2 citations
Partial congenital defect of the left pericardium: Angiographic diagnosis and treatment by thoracoscopic pericardiectomy: Case report
A. P. Rees, William H. Risher, P. M. McFadden, S. R. Ramee, Christopher J. White> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1993 Mar 1
32 citations
Celiac artery aneurysm.
William H. Risher, Larry H. Hollier, John S. Bolton, John L. Ochsner> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 1991 Jul 1
5 citations
Intraperitoneal hemorrhage from injury to the gastroepiploic artery: a complication of endoscopic retrograde sphincterotomy.
William H. Risher, James W. Smith> ;Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 1990 Jul 1
45 citations
Congenital bronchoesophageal fistula
William H. Risher, Robert M. Arensman, John L. Ochsner> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1990 Mar 1
Louisiana the sportsman's paradise: fishing lure of the esophagus.
William H. Risher, Robert M. Arensman, K W Falterman> ;The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 1990 Feb 1
22 citations
Urachal abnormalities in adults: the Ochsner experience.
William H. Risher, Armando Sardi, John S. Bolton> ;Southern Medical Journal. 1990 Jan 1
Pulmonary dirofilariasis. The largest single-institution experience.
Risher, W. H., Crocker, E. F., Beckman, E. N., Blalock, J. B., Ochsner, J. L.> ;J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1989 Feb
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