Dr. Keith Eric Sommers MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
509 S Armenia Ave Suite 200 Tampa FL, 33609Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Keith Sommers is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Tampa, FL. Dr. Sommers specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Sommers typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Northwestern Uniiversity 1986
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Surgical alternatives for the palliation of heart failure: a prospectus.
- Bedside modified Clagett procedure for empyema after pulmonary resection.
- Routine evaluation for aspiration after thoracotomy for pulmonary resection.
- A novel stentless mitral valve.
- Clinical efficacy and predictive molecular markers of neoadjuvant gemcitabine and pemetrexed in resectable non-small cell lung cancer.
- Relationship between tumor size and survival among patients with resection of multiple synchronous lung cancers.
- Increased age is an independent risk factor for radiographic aspiration and
- Colonic hiatal herniation after transhiatal esophagogastrectomy.
- Robotic lobectomy: flattening the learning curve.
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