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Dr. Paul C. Kerr, DO, FACS, FCCP

Thoracic Surgeon

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6439 Garners Ferry Road Columbia SC, 29209
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Paul C. Kerr, DO, FACS, FCCP, is a cardiothoracic surgeon who diagnoses and treats patients at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina, where he serves as Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU). The William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a level 1C teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, education, and research. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, he specializes in surgical procedures inside the thorax, which may involve the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. Dr. Kerr’s professional journey spans thirty years as a general surgeon, including twenty-eight ears as a cardiothoracic surgeon. His areas of expertise include adult cardiac surgery, general thoracic surgery, surgical critical care/cardiac surgery critical care, and resident education. Prior to his current endeavors, he has served as Chief Clinical Associate of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic (1999 - 2000) and Chief of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the University of Missouri (2001 - 2003). Dr. Kerr has also worked as Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Associate Program Director of Thoracic Surgery at the University of New York at Buffalo, as well as Chief Cardiac Surgery Services at Kaleida Health Care in Buffalo, NY.

Education and Training

Western University of Health Sciences Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine 1986

Board Certification

American Board of Thoracic Surgery; Thoracic Surgery

American Board of Surgery; General Surgery

Provider Details

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Areas of expertise and specialization

Cardiac surgery, general thoracic surgery, surgical critical care/cardiac surgery critical care, and resident education

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Former Chief Clinical Associate of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Cleveland Clinic 1999 - 2000
  • Former Chief of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery University of Missouri 2001 - 2003

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Surgeons - Fellow  
  • College of Chest Physicians - Fellow  

Dr. Paul C. Kerr, DO, FACS, FCCP's Practice location

William Jennings Bryan Dorn Vets Affairs Med Ctr

6439 Garners Ferry Road -
Columbia, SC 29209
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William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center

6439 Garners Ferry Rd -
Columbia, SC 29209
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University of South Carolina/WJB Dorn VA Medical

500 Gills Creek Pkwy #604 -
Columbia, SC 29209
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Get to know Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr. Paul C. Kerr, who serves patients in Columbia, South Carolina. 

Dr. Kerr is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon who is affiliated with the William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. 

The William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a level 1C teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, education, and research. Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, cardiology, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care.

Among his professional roles, Dr. Kerr served as Chief Clinical Associate of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic from 1999 until 2000. He also served as Chief of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the University of Missouri from 2001 until 2003. 

Pertaining to his educational background, he earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California in 1986. He then went on to complete a residency in general surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hospitals in 1991. This was followed by a residency in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1989, and a residency in thoracic surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 1993. 

In 1994, Dr. Kerr became board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery, an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge. A year later, he became board-certified in thoracic surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, a American surgical organization devoted to surgery of the chest. 

In order to stay up to date in his field, the doctor remains a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians (FCCP). In 2016, he became board-certified in surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery. 

Cardiothoracic surgery (also known as thoracic surgery) is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thorax (the chest)—generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease) and lungs (lung disease). A cardiothoracic surgeon is a specialist who operates on the heart, lungs, and other thoracic (chest) organs.

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