Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Richard F. Heitmiller II, MD
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Dr. Richard F. Heitmiller II is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a top medical university. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has a rank of 3 in research and a 29 in primary care He has 3 awards "Fellow (FACS)", "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". Richard F. Heitmiller II is a published MD as well. He has 91 publications published. The latest was: Myasthenia gravis: clinical features, pathogenesis, evaluation, and medical management. Dr. Richard F. Heitmiller II accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- The First 100 Years of American College of Surgeons Presidential Addresses.
- Surgical relief work in Haiti: a practical resident learning experience.
- Recurrence after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery for Esophageal cancer: does the pattern of recurrence differ for patients with complete response and those with...
- Apprenticeships: preserving the commitment in surgical education.
- Intramural Esophageal dissection with perforation.
- Union Memorial Hospital: an insight to the origin of community-based surgical training.
- Imaging delta- and mu-opioid receptors by PET in Lung carcinoma patients.
- Delayed diagnosis and elevated mortality in an urban population with HIV and lung Cancer: implications for patient care.
- Phase II, parallel-design study of preoperative combined modality therapy and the matrix metalloprotease (mmp) inhibitor prinomastat in patients with Esophageal adenoc...
- Esophageal conduit necrosis.
- Epidermal growth factor receptor, p53 mutation, and pathological response predict survival in patients with locally advanced Esophageal cancer treated with preoperativ...
- Prognostic importance of promoter hypermethylation of multiple genes in Esophageal adenocarcinoma.
- Tracheal release maneuvers.
- Barrett's esophagus with high grade dysplasia: surgical results and long-term outcome--an update.
- Postesophagectomy morbidity, mortality, and length of hospital stay after preoperative chemoradiation therapy.
- Polypoid Esophageal adenocarcinoma--a clinicopathological variant of Esophageal cancer?
- Molecular assessment of lymph nodes in patients with resected stage I non-small cell lung Cancer: preliminary results of a prospective study.
- Mediastinal abscess due to passage of a broncholith.
- Course guidelines for minimally invasive cardiac surgery. STS/AATS Ad Hoc Committee on New Technology Assessment. American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
- Thoracic incisions.
- Surgical solutions for Esophageal dysphagia.
- Control of alkaline reflux esophagitis after total gastrectomy by a percutaneous jejunostomy tube.
- IntraPulmonary foreign body simulating Pulmonary AVM: CT findings.
- Acute myocardial ischemia during thoracotomy in a patient with previous coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Myasthenia gravis: clinical features, pathogenesis, evaluation, and medical management.
- Policy statement: minimally invasive Coronary artery bypass surgery. STS/AATS Ad Hoc Committee on New Technology Assessment. American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
- Mucoepidermoid lung Tumors.
- Percutaneous replacement jejunostomy.
- The serratus sling: a simplified serratus-sparing technique.
- Transient diminished airway protection after transhiatal esophagectomy.
- Esophageal motility in an adult with a congenital H-type tracheoEsophageal fistula.
- The left thoracoabdominal incision.
- Results of standard left thoracoabdominal esophagogastrectomy.
- CardioPulmonary bypass as an adjunct to Pulmonary surgery.
- Epidemiology, diagnosis, and staging of Esophageal cancer.
- Strategies to reduce Pulmonary complications after transhiatal esophagectomy.
- Duodenobronchial fistula.
- Long-segment substernal jejunal Esophageal replacement with internal mammary vascular augmentation.
- Thoracoscopy for pleural space Disease.
- Double-blind randomized evaluation of intercostal nerve blocks as an adjuvant to subarachnoid administered morphine for post-thoracotomy analgesia.
- Percutaneous jejunostomy replacement in patients who have undergone esophagectomy.
- Atypical extralobar sequestration: CT-pathological correlation.
- Impact of gastric tube diameter on upper Mediastinal anatomy after transhiatal esophagectomy.
- Transthoracic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) after esophagectomy and gastric pull-up.
- Transient Esophageal obstruction in a young man: an intramural Esophageal hematoma?
- Esophagectomy for benign Disease: trends in surgical results and management.
- Transhiatal herniation of colon after esophagectomy and gastric pull-up.
- Prognostic significance of massive bronchogenic tumor embolus.
- Split pectoralis major muscle flap reconstruction after clavicular-manubrial resection.
- Cervical esophago-Esophageal anastomosis.
- Intramural Esophageal dissection.
- Intensive care unit physician staffing is associated with decreased length of stay, hospital cost, and complications after Esophageal resection.
- Evaluation of the postsurgical esophagus after partial esophagogastrectomy for Esophageal cancer. Normal postoperative appearance and complications.
- Lung cancer and the left internal mammary Artery graft.
- SubAcute ischemia of the colon esophageal interposition.
- Prevalence of aspiration and laryngeal penetration in patients with unilateral vocal fold motion impairment.
- Mediastinal seroma after esophagogastrectomy.
- Phase II evaluation of preoperative chemoradiation and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for squamous cell and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
- Pulmonary artery Aneurysm in a pregnant woman.
- Cervical esophagogastric anastomosis: results following esophagectomy for carcinoma.
- Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia. An indication for prophylactic esophagectomy.
- Surgical repair of redundant intra-thoracic stomach after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy.
- Trial of a novel synthetic sealant in preventing air leaks after Lung resection.
- Complex gastrointestinal surgery: impact of provider experience on clinical and economic outcomes.
- Multiplanar display of spiral CT data of the pulmonary hila in patients with lung Cancer. Preliminary observations.
- Standardized clinical care pathways for major thoracic cases reduce hospital costs.
- Solitary Pulmonary lymphangioma.
- Simplified, standardized technique for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis.
- As originally published in 1994: Simplified, standardized technique for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis. Updated in 2000.
- The utility of the pectoralis myocutaneous flap in the management of select cervical Esophageal anastomotic complications.
- Spontaneous anterior thoracic Lung hernias.
- Comparison of prevalence and resection rates in patients with Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.
- Hospital volume is related to clinical and economic outcomes of Esophageal resection in Maryland.
- Does cell type influence post-esophagectomy survival in patients with Esophageal cancer?
- Clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of high-grade dysplasia and early adenocarcinoma in short- versus long-segment Barrett esophagus.
- Relationship of the long thoracic nerve to the scapular tip: an aid to prevention of proximal nerve injury.
- Intensive chemoradiation followed by esophagectomy for squamous cell and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
- Multimodality therapy for Esophageal cancer.
- The role of laparoscopy in preoperative staging of Esophageal cancer.
- Neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery for resectable Esophageal cancer.
- Serial analysis of gene expression in non-small cell lung Cancer.
- Percutaneous replacement jejunostomy after esophagogastrectomy.
- Mature survival results with preoperative cisplatin, protracted infusion 5-fluorouracil, and 44-Gy radiotherapy for Esophageal cancer.
- Esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma in patients 45 years of age and younger.
- Extralobar Pulmonary hamartoma.
- Intrathoracic manifestation of cervical anastomotic leaks.
- Resection of apical lung Tumors in high-risk patients using partial sternotomy.
- Neurectomy for treatment of intercostal neuralgia.
- Invited commentary. A method for circular stapled esophagogastric anastomosis.
- Prophylactic esophagectomy in Barrett esophagus with high-grade dysplasia.
Schools
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mass Genl Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
- Decortication and Pleurectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
- Top MD
- Super Doctor
Education
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Massachusetts General Hospital -
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hospital
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MedStar Union Memorial Hospital -
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
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