Highly Skilled Surgeons at the Heart Center at Rideout

Patrick K. Griffith, M.D.

Patrick K. Griffith, M.D., leads the cardiac surgical team at The Heart Center at Rideout Memorial Hospital. Dr. Griffith has over 16 years of cardiac surgery experience. Dr. Griffith is Board Certified by The American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and by the American Board of Thoracic Surgeons in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. His board certification qualifies him to perform transplants, coronary by-pass and valve operations, including complex mitral valve repairs, pediatric heart surgeries, thoracic and vascular surgery and carotid endarterectomies. Also Electrophysiologic Surgery - including the Cox-Maze procedure and pain control operations with Transmyocardial Revascularization. He is now in the process of establishing a minimally invasive valve program.

Baron D. Harper, M.D.

Baron D. Harper, M.D. recently joined the cardiothoracic surgical team at the Heart Center at Rideout Memorial Hospital. Dr. Harper has been in practice for 15 years and is Board Certified by The American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and by the American Board of Thoracic Surgeons in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. His board certification qualifies him to perform coronary bypass and complex valve repairs and replacement, vascular surgery and carotid endarterectomies. Also Electrophysiologic Surgery - including the Cox-Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation and pain control operations with Transmyocardial Revascularization. He also performs resection of lung tumors and minimally invasive lung surgery. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American College of Chest Physicians.