Patrick M. McCarthy (surgeon)

Patrick M. McCarthy, MD is an cardiac surgeon and professor of surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

Biography

McCarthy, director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, has distinguished himself as both a clinician and researcher in the field of cardiac surgery. McCarthy is a professor of surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the chief of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In recognition of his continued, outstanding achievements, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine named McCarthy the first Heller-Sacks Professor of Surgery.

McCarthy has achieved national and international recognition in the fields of complex adult cardiac surgery including valve repair and replacement and atrial fibrillation. He has performed almost 10,000 heart operations, averaging 400 per year. He has authored or co-authored more than 350 papers and 50 book chapters. He is, or has been, on the editorial board of six medical journals and is an officer in numerous professional societies. He was one of the youngest surgeons ever to be elected into the prestigious American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (AATS). He has given over 500 lectures, has been visiting professor numerous times and has lectured on six continents.

Because of his expertise as an inventor, McCarthy is the medical faculty director of a unique course, NUvention, which combines Northwestern University medical, engineering, business and law school students and faculty to conceive and develop new medical products. McCarthy developed three valve repair rings in wide commercial use. He has more patents pending and projects underway to facilitate other valve operations, minimally invasive heart operations, and catheter-based approaches to valve disease.

McCarthy is a graduate of Notre Dame and Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his general and cardiac surgery training at the Mayo Clinic and completed a special heart and lung transplantation fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. He practiced at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation from 1990 until March 2004. Until March 11, 2004, McCarthy was the surgical director of the Kaufman Center for Heart Failure at the Cleveland Clinic. While there, he was the first occupant of the George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Chair.

In 2013, Dr. McCarthy was awarded the American Board of Cardiology Award of Excellence and Designation as Laureate of the American Board of Cardiology.

Education and postgraduate training

Fellowship, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Stanford University Medical Center; Stanford, California - 1988-1989

Fellowship, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic; Rochester, Minnesota (Research 1985-1986) - 1985-1988

Residency in General Surgery, Mayo Clinic; Rochester, Minnesota - 1980-1985

Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine; Maywood, Illinois (M.D.) - 1980

University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana (B.A.) - 1977

Hospital and faculty appointments

Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Heller-Sacks Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Chicago, Illinois - 2004–Present

Biomedical Engineering, Courtesy Appointment Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University; Chicago, Illinois - 2013–Present

Clinical Faculty Founder, NUvention Medical Innovation Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; Kellogg’s School of Management; Northwestern University School of Law; Chicago, Illinois - 2007 - 2012

Staff Surgeon, Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio - 1990 - 2004

George and Linda Kaufman Professor of Cardiac Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University - 2003 - 2004

Joint Staff Appointment, Transplant Center The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio - 2000 - 2004

Program Director, Heart Transplantation, Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio - 1998 - 2004

Co-Director, Cardiovascular Dynamics Laboratory The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio - 1997 - 2004

Surgical Director, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio - 1997 - 2004

Joint Staff Appointment, Department of Biomedical Engineering The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio - 1996 - 2004

Director, Cardiac Assist Device Program, Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio - 1990 - 2004

Publications

(Partial list of over 600) ^[1]

• McCarthy PM, Manjunath A, Kruse J, Andrei AC, Li Z, McGee EC Jr, Malaisrie SC, Lee R. Should paroxysmal atrial fibrillation be treated during cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jul 25 [Epub ahead of print]

• McCarthy PM, Malaisrie SC. Aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis/aortic insufficiency with advanced left ventricular dysfunction. In: Morgan JA, Yoshifumi N, eds. Atlas of surgical treatment of advanced heart failure. Humana Press, December 2012: (In Press).

• Malaisrie SC, Sales VL, Kubasiak J, McCarthy PM. Surgical perspective of aortic valve disease – The potential role of transcatheter valve technology. In: Navia JL, Al-Ruzzeh S, eds. Percutaneous valve technology: Present and future. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2012:217-240.

• McCarthy, PM, Sales VL. Tricuspid valve repair. In: Franco KL, Thourani VH, eds. Cardiothoracic surgery review. 1st edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012:264-271.

• MacIver RH, McGee EC Jr., McCarthy PM. Cardiac Transplantation for Ischemic Heart Disease. In: Barsness GW, Holmes DR, eds. Coronary Artery Disease: New Approaches without Traditional Revascularization. London: Springer-Verlag, 2012: 109-124.

• Ali BS, McCarthy PM, Rigolin VH. Mitral valve repair for myxomatous disease of the mitral valve. In: Lang RM, Goldstein SA, Kronzon I, Khandheria BK, eds. Dynamic echocardiography. St. Louis, MI: Sauders/Elsevier, 2011:142-144.

• Malaisrie SC, Lee R, McGee EC Jr., McCarthy PM. Median sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass. In: Soper NJ, Kaufman DB, eds. Northwestern handbook of surgical procedures. 2ndedition. Austin, TX: Landes Bioscience, 2011:283-287.

• McCarthy PM, Kruse J, Shalli S, Ilkanhoff L, Goldberger J, Kadish A, Arora R, Lee R. Where Dose AF Surgery Fail? Implications for Increasing AF Surgical Ablation Effectiveness. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010;139(4):860-7.

• McCarthy PM, Malaisrie SC. Mitral valve repair and replacement, including associated atrial fibrillation and tricuspid regurgitation. In: Otto CM, Bonow RO, eds. Valvular heart disease: a companion to Braunwald's heart disease. 3rd edition. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier, 2009:291-306.

• McGee EC Jr, McCarthy PM, Moazami N. Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support. In: Cohn LH, eds. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. 3rd edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2008:507-534.

• McCarthy PM. Surgical management of heart failure. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Braunwald E, eds, Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier, 2008: 665-684.

• McCarthy PM, Kruse J. Epicardial atrial fibrillation ablation. In: Natale A, Jalife J, eds. Atrial fibrillation: from bench to bedside. Totowa, NJ: Human Press, 2008:323-332.

• McCarthy PM, McGee EC, Rigolin VH, Zhao Q, Subačius H, Huskin AL, Underwood S, Kane BJ, Mikati I, Gang G, Bonow RO. Initial clinical experience with Myxo-ETlogix mitral valve repair ring. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2008;136(1):73-81.

• Fedak, P, McCarthy PM, Bonow RO. Evolving Concepts and Technologies in Mitral Valve Repair. Circulation, 2008:117:963-974

• McCarthy PM, Young JB, eds. Heart failure: A combined medical and surgical approach. Malden, MA: Blackwell Futura; 2007.

• Buda T, McCarthy PM. Perioperative care of the surgical patient with heart failure: from conventional cardiac surgery to mechanical circulatory support. In: McCarthy PM, Young JB, eds. Heart Failure: A Combined Medical and Surgical Approach. Malden, MA: Blackwell Futura; 2007:255-271.

• McCarthy PM. Valve surgery for patients with left ventricular dysfunction. In: McCarthy PM, Young JB, eds. Heart Failure: A Combined Medical and Surgical Approach. Malden, MA: Blackwell Futura; 2007:153-173.

• McCarthy PM, McGee EC Jr. Ventricular reconstruction and device therapies for cardiomyopathy patients. In: McCarthy PM, Young JB, eds. Heart Failure: A Combined Medical and Surgical Approach. Malden, MA: Blackwell Futura; 2007:174-191.

• McGee EC, Grady KL, McCarthy PM. Surgical Approaches to Patient with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure. In: Hosenpud JD, Greenberg BH, eds. Congestive Heart Failure. 3rd edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006: 752-765.

• Lee R, Hoercher KJ, McCarthy PM. Left ventricular reconstruction and the surgical treatment of the failing heart. In: Surgery of the Chest. 7th Edition. Sellke FW, del Nido PJ, and Swanson SJ (eds). Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, 2005, pp 1685–1709.

• Gillinov AM, McCarthy PM. Surgical Ablation Therapy I: Maze Procedure. In: Innovative Management of Atrial Fibrillation. Schwartzman D and Zenati M (eds). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2005, pp 131–137.

• O’Neill J, McCarthy PM. Surgical Treatment and Approaches. In: The Year In Heart Failure, Volume I. Clinical Publishing, Oxford, 2005, pp 101–122.

• McCarthy, PM, Hoercher KJ, Lee R. Coronary Revascularization, Mitral Valve Repair, Left Ventricular Remodeling, Procedures and Devices. In: Dec GW, Disalvo T, Hajjar RJ, Semigran MJ, eds. Heart Failure: A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment. Monticello, NY: Marcel Dekker; 2005:467-486.

• McCarthy PM. Left ventricular reconstruction for ischemic cardiomyopathy. In: Operative Cardiac Surgery. 5th Edition. Gardner TJ and Spray T (eds). Arnold Publishers, 2004, pp 405–416.

• Gillinov AM, McCarthy PM. Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: the Cox-Maze procedure. In: Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds). Mosby, Inc., Philadelphia, 2004, pp 541–543.

• Quader MA, Hoercher KJ, White R, McCarthy PM. Left ventricular volume reduction. In: Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Yang SC and Cameron DE (eds). Mosby, Inc., Philadelphia, 2004, pp 690–691.

• Lee R, Quader MA, Hoercher KJ, McCarthy PM. Left ventricular volume reduction surgery for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. In: Surgical Management of Congestive Heart Failure. Fang JC and Couper GS (eds). Humana Press, Totowa, 2004 pp 191–202.

• McCarthy PM, Moazami N. Temporary Circulatory Support. In: Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. 2nd Edition. Cohn LH and Edmunds LH (eds). McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003, 495-520.

• Gordon SM, McCarthy PM. Implantable left ventricular assist device infections. In: Advanced Therapy of Cardiac Surgery, 2nd edition. Franco & Verrier (eds). 2003, 546-554.

• Starling RC, McCarthy PM, Yamani MH. Surgical treatment of chronic congestive heart failure. In: Mann Heart Failure, a companion to Braunwald’s heart disease, 1st edition. Saunders (Elsevier) 2003, pp. 717–736.

• McCarthy PM, Hoercher KJ. Surgical alternatives for the failing heart. In: Harrison’s Advances in Cardiology. McGraw Hill (eds). 2002, pp 522–530.

• Hoercher KJ, Gonzalez-Stawinski GV, Taylor DO, Young JB, McCarthy PM, Starling RC. Cardiac Transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic. In: Clinical Transplants 2003. Cecka JM and Terasaki PI (eds). UCLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Los Angeles, 2003, pp 267–274.

• Hoercher K, McCarthy P, Young JB. Cardiac transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In: Clinical Transplants, Cecka and Terasaki (eds). UCLA Immunogenetics Center, Los Angeles, 2000, pp 239–248.

• Yamani MJ, McCarthy PM, Starling RC. Surgical treatment of chronic congestive heart failure. In: Congestive Heart Failure, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Comprehensive Approach to Management. 2nd Edition. Hospenpud JD, Greenberg BH (eds). Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 2000, pp 767–784.

• Kaplon RJ, McCarthy PM. Mechanical support for patients with acute coronary syndromes. In: Evidence-based Management of the Acute Coronary Syndrome. Pifarre R, Scanlon PJ (eds). Hanley & Belfus, Inc. 2000, pp 407–415.

• Smith J, McCarthy PM, Sarris G, Stinson EB, Reitz BA, eds. The Stanford manual of cardiopulmonary transplantation. Armonk, NY: Futura Publishing Company, Inc.; 1996.

• Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005:605-616.

The Myxo ring

The Myxo ring, developed jointly with Edwards Lifesciences, has been used in treating myxomatous degeneration of the heart valves. It is a modification of an earlier device approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but was never specifically approved by them. FDA policy permits minor modifications without regulatory approval. According to an article published by The Wall Street Journal, the device was voluntarily withdrawn from the market by Edwards Lifesciences in October 2008 and was approved by the FDA six months later.^[2] He and others were alleged in a lawsuit by two patients of experimenting with the ring on them without their knowledge, and concealing evidence of complications. One case was dismissed. The controversy over the device was one of the examples that led to stricter FDA regulation of medical devices,^[3][4]

References

External links

• Official web page at Northwestern
• See patient testimonials for Patrick M. McCarthy MD - heart surgeon.