Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery Geisinger Community Medical Center

Thoracic Surgery

Russell Stahl works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He attended NYU School of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Russell Stahl is also published. He has 5 publications published. The lastest publication: "Lack of Effectiveness of Sodium Bicarbonate in Preventing Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.' He accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Lack of Effectiveness of Sodium Bicarbonate in Preventing Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
• Benefits and risks of aprotinin use during cardiac surgery.
• Aprotinin use in cardiac surgery patients at low risk for requiring blood transfusion.
• Risk of worsening renal function with nesiritide following cardiac surgery.

Schools

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• New York University School Of Medicine

• Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania

Procedures Preformed

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• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
• Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
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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
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Capital Blue Cross
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• Coventry Health America PPO
• GHI PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Community Blue PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Priority Health
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare
• Universal American

Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• University of Pennsylvania Health System
• NYU School of Medicine

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1760478242
NPPES Provider LastName		STAHL
NPPES Provider FirstName		RUSSELL
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		185092803
NPPES Provider State		PA
Specialty Description		Thoracic Surgery
Total Claim Count		218.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		18.0
Percent Opioid Claims		8.26

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1760478242
Last Name Of The Provider	STAHL
First Name Of The Provider	RUSSELL
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