Physician

Thoracic Surgery

Joseph Lamelas, MD works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He over the years received 4 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Top MD", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Super Doctor". Doctor Joseph Lamelas, MD is also a published physician. He has 31 publication published. The most recent publication is: [Purulent pneumococcal pericarditis]. Joseph Lamelas accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Hybrid Coronary Revascularization: A Systematic Review.
• Outcomes of Aortic Valve and Concomitant Ascending Aorta Replacement Performed via a Minimally Invasive Right Thoracotomy Approach.
• Hybrid Approach of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Followed by Minimally Invasive Valve Operations.
• Multiple Left Internal Mammary Artery-to-Pulmonary Artery Fistulae 15 Years after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
• Endovascular treatment of an Acute ascending aortic intramural hematoma.
• Outcomes of minimally invasive triple Valve surgery performed via a right anterior thoracotomy approach.
• Is a minimally invasive approach for resection of Benign cardiac masses superior to standard full sternotomy?
• Cardiac Angiofibroma: A Rare Primary Cardiac Tumor.
• Outcomes of reoperative Aortic valve replacement via right mini-thoracotomy versus median sternotomy.
• Minimally invasive transAortic edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve.
• Papillary muscle sling placement for functional mitral regurgitation during minimally invasive Valve surgery.
• Intra-Atrial placement of a mitral prosthesis in patients with severe mitral annular calcification.
• Minimally invasive valve surgery with bypass to the right Coronary artery.
• Outcomes of minimally invasive mitral Valve surgery in patients with an ejection fraction of 35% or less.
• Transventricular Edge-to-Edge Repair of the Mitral Valve During Surgical Ventricular Restoration: Review of the Literature.
• Clinical predictors of prosthesis-patient mismatch after Aortic valve replacement for Aortic stenosis.
• Minimally invasive transAortic repair of the mitral valve.
• Minimally invasive transAortic mitral valve repair during Aortic valve replacement.
• The obesity paradox in elderly obese patients undergoing Coronary artery bypass surgery.
• Outcomes of right minithoracotomy mitral Valve surgery in patients with previous sternotomy.
• Outcomes of a minimally invasive approach compared with median sternotomy for the excision of Benign cardiac masses.
• Outcomes of minimally invasive Valve surgery versus standard sternotomy in obese patients undergoing isolated Valve surgery.
• Outcomes of minimally invasive Valve surgery versus median sternotomy in patients age 75 years or greater.
• Recurrent asymptomatic right Atrial myxoma.
• Surgical options of ischemic Mitral regurgitation.
• Intra-Atrial placement of a mitral prosthesis in a patient with severe mitral annulus calcification: a case report.
• [Purulent pneumococcal pericarditis].
• [Lingual tuberculosis in an HIV-positive patient].
• Prevalence of deficits of complement components in patients with recurrent meningococcal infections.
• [Recurrent meningococcal sepsis associated with Congenital C8 deficiency: description of 2 families].

Procedures Preformed

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• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
• Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
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Conditions Treated

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• Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiac Surgery
• Critical Care Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Care HMO
• BlueDental Choice
• NetworkBlue
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• LocalPlus
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Coventry Health Care
• Employer Group Open Access HMO
• Employer Group PPO
• Emblem Health
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Preferred PPO
• Select HMO
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Neighborhood Health Partnership
• Options PPO

Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Top MD
• Fellow (FACS)
• Super Doctor

Education

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• SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
• Brooklyn Hospital Center
• Universidad Central del Este Facultad de Medicina

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1184613713
NPPES Provider LastName		LAMELAS
NPPES Provider FirstName		JOSEPH
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		331402800
NPPES Provider State		FL
Specialty Description		Cardiac Surgery
Total Claim Count		565.0
Distinct Opioid Count		2.0
Opioid Claim Count		36.0
Percent Opioid Claims		6.37

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1184613713
Last Name Of The Provider	LAMELAS
First Name Of The Provider	JOSEPH
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