Professor of Thoracic Surgery, USC School of Medicine
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Vaughn A. Starnes, MD
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Vaughn A. Starnes, MD is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. She went to medical school at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine is a top medical college. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has a rank of 22 in research and a 2 in primary care She received 7 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:Southern California", "Fellow (FACS)", "Most Compassionate Doctor", "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". Vaughn Starnes is a published physician. She has 46 papers published. The most current publication "Reduced pleural drainage, length of stay, and readmissions using a modified Fontan management protocol." She accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Reduced pleural drainage, length of stay, and readmissions using a modified Fontan management protocol.
- A comparison of aortic valve replacement via an anterior right minithoracotomy with standard sternotomy: a propensity score analysis of 492 patientsâ€Â
- Heart repair and regeneration: Recent insights from zebrafish studies.
- A novel reconstruction of the left superior vena cava.
- Breast Implants and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: A Case Series.
- PDGF signaling is required for epicardial function and blood vessel formation in regenerating zebrafish hearts.
- Reducing the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome with the introduction of an enteral feed protocol.
- Ascending aortitis and aortic valve endocarditis in an infant.
- Obstruction of lateral tunnel fontan by an adjustable occluder device.
- Differential branch pulmonary artery growth after the Norwood procedure with right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit versus modified Blalock-Taussig shunt in hypoplas...
- A novel surgical approach to left main coronary artery giant aneurysm thrombosis in a child with a history of Kawasaki disease.
- Right ventricular exclusion procedure with total cavopulmonary connection: an alternative operative approach in adults with severe Ebstein anomaly.
- Hemidiaphragm plication after repair of congenital heart defects in children: quantitative return of diaphragm function over time.
- Fate of the right ventricle after fenestrated right ventricular exclusion for severe neonatal Ebstein anomaly.
- Stage I palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: Norwood versus Sano modification.
- A novel approach to the surgical correction of scimitar syndrome.
- Current surgical therapy for Ebstein anomaly in neonates.
- Perioperative cyclooxygenase 2 inhibition to reduce tumor cell adhesion and metastatic potential of circulating tumor cells in non-small cell lung cancer.
- Tolerance induction by lentiviral gene therapy with a nonmyeloablative regimen.
- Mesenteric blood flow velocities in the newborn with single-ventricle physiology: modified Blalock-Taussig shunt versus right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit.
- Pleural space problems after living lobar transplantation.
- Transforming growth factor-beta/interleukin-2-induced regulatory CD4+ T cells prolong cardiac allograft survival in rats.
- Dimethyl celecoxib as a novel non-cyclooxygenase 2 therapy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
- Evaluation of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition in an orthotopic murine model of lung cancer for dose-dependent effect.
- Presidential address: an evolving discipline.
- The Ross procedure is an ideal aortic valve replacement operation for the teen patient.
- Previous thoracic surgery does not increase peri-operative mortality in pediatric heart-lung transplant recipients.
- Use of lentiviral vectors to induce long-term tolerance to gal(+) heart grafts.
- Neochordal repair of the posterior mitral leaflet.
- Potential role for antiangiogenic proteins in the myocardial infarction repair process.
- A decade of living lobar lung transplantation: recipient outcomes.
- Lobar transplantation.
- Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition decreases primary and metastatic tumor burden in a murine model of orthotopic lung adenocarcinoma.
- Evidence for recipient derived fibroblast recruitment and activation during the development of chronic cardiac allograft rejection.
- Living lobar transplantation.
- Migration of mesenchymal stem cells to heart allografts during chronic rejection.
- Hyperinflation resulting in hemodynamic collapse following living donor lobar transplantation.
- Vascular endothelial cell apoptosis induced by anti-donor non-MHC antibodies: a possible injury pathway contributing to chronic allograft rejection.
- Homograft conduit failure in infants is not due to somatic outgrowth.
- Pediatric recipients of living donor lobar lung transplants: postoperative care.
- Clinical findings and lung pathology in children with cystic fibrosis.
- The utility of preoperative routine carotid artery duplex scanning in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement.
- Perforating Barrett's ulcer resulting in a life-threatening esophagobronchial fistula.
- Dyspnea lusoria: compression of the pulmonary artery by a Kommerell's diverticulum.
- Exercise Hemodynamics and Quality of Life after Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis in the Elderly Using the Hancock II Bioprosthesis.
Doctors Specialties
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Top Doctors:LA Area
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- Fellow (FACS)
- Most Compassionate Doctor
- Top MD
- Super Doctor
Education
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Stanford University -
Vanderbilt University -
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Hospital
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Huntington Memorial Hospital -
Keck Hospital of USC -
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1346269024 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | STARNES | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | VAUGHN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 900335330 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiac Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 48.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1346269024 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | STARNES |
| First Name Of The Provider | VAUGHN |
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