Dr. Tom Theruvath, MD, FACS

Expert Publications

• Endothelial nitric oxide synthase protects transplanted mouse livers against storage/reperfusion injury: Role of vasodilatory and innate immunity pathways.
• NIM811, a mitochondrial permeability transition inhibitor, prevents mitochondrial depolarization in small-for-size rat liver grafts.
• Detachable cuffs for sutureless microvascular anastomosis.
• Minocycline and N-methyl-4-isoleucine cyclosporin (NIM811) mitigate storage/reperfusion injury after rat liver transplantation through suppression of the mitochondrial permeability transition.
• Rodent models of partial hepatectomies.
• Ischemic preconditioning prevents free radical production and mitochondrial depolarization in small-for-size rat liver grafts.
• Activation of the oxygen-sensing signal cascade prevents mitochondrial injury after mouse liver ischemia-reperfusion.
• NIM811 (N-methyl-4-isoleucine cyclosporine), a mitochondrial permeability transition inhibitor, attenuates cholestatic liver injury but not fibrosis in mice.
• Cyclosporine in acute myocardial infarction.
• Mitochondrial calcium and the permeability transition in cell death.
• Inhibition of transforming growth factor-beta/Smad signaling improves regeneration of small-for-size rat liver grafts.
• Preoperative transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for extrahepatic surgery in cirrhosis.
• Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas: how much preoperative evaluation is needed?
• Operative intervention for diagnosis and management of autoimmune sclerosing pancreatitis confined to the pancreatic tail.
• Matrix metalloproteinases and descending aortic aneurysms: parity, disparity, and switch.

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Get to know Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr. Tom Theruvath, who serves patients in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr. Theruvath is a highly-experienced cardiothoracic surgeon whose specialties include cardiothoracic surgery, endovascular surgery, and thoracic surgery. He serves as Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute. 

Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute is home to some of the most renowned board-certified surgeons specializing in cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery in Charlotte, North Carolina. They work to understand the unique cardiothoracic and vascular needs of their patients, helping them navigate treatment options to determine the best course of action. 

Professionally, Dr. Theruvath is also on active medical staff at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, and Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center.

As for his academic career, he earned his medical degree from Hannover Medical School in Germany in 2000. Upon relocating to the United States, he went on to serve his research fellowship and his residency in thoracic surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2008 and 2015, respectively. 

A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the doctor is board-certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, which is an American surgical organization devoted to surgery of the chest. He is fluent in both English and German.

Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in the surgical treatment of organs inside the thorax. Cardiothoracic surgeons are medical doctors who specialize in surgical procedures inside the thorax, which may involve the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. Alongside performing surgery, they also diagnose and treat diseases of these organs. 

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