Professor of Surgery, University Pennsylvania
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Michael A. Acker, MD
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Michael Acker is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He went to medical school at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He received 8 awards: "Philadelphia Magazine", "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Super Doctor", "Fellow (FACS)", "Top MD", "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare" and "Fellow (FACC)". Michael Acker is a published physician as well. He has 81 publications published. The latest was: 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Consensus Guidelines: Ischemic mitral valve regurgitation. Michael A. Acker accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- 2015 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Consensus Guidelines: Ischemic mitral Valve regurgitation.
- Minimally invasive mitral Valve surgery is associated with equivalent cost and shorter hospital stay when compared with traditional sternotomy.
- Preoperative Three-Dimensional Valve Analysis Predicts Recurrent Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation After Mitral Annuloplasty.
- Reduced continuous-flow left ventricular assist device speed does not decrease von Willebrand factor degradation.
- Transplantation of "high-risk" donor Hearts: Implications for infection.
- Comparison of Causes of Death After Heart Transplantation in Patients With Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions ≤35% Versus >35.
- Severe ischemic Mitral regurgitation: Repair or replace?
- Increasing Frequency of Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchanges in the United States.
- Inhibition of ADAMTS-13 by Doxycycline Reduces von Willebrand Factor Degradation During Supraphysiological Shear Stress: Therapeutic Implications for Left Ventricular ...
- Repair or replace for severe ischemic Mitral regurgitation: prospective randomized multicenter data.
- Preclinical Models for Translational Investigations of Left Ventricular Assist Device-Associated von Willebrand Factor Degradation.
- Costs associated with health care-associated infections in cardiac surgery.
- Pathologic von Willebrand factor degradation with a left ventricular assist device occurs via two distinct mechanisms: Mechanical demolition and enzymatic cleavage.
- Complex Wound Management in Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Patients: The Role of Aggressive Debridement and Vascularized Soft Tissue Coverage.
- Predicting recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral Valve repair for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation.
- Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
- Drive-line infections and sepsis in patients receiving the HVAD system as a left ventricular assist device.
- Extracorporeal life support as rescue strategy for out-of-hospital and emergency department cardiac arrest.
- Readmissions After Cardiac Surgery: Experience of the National Institutes of Health/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network.
- Stroke after Aortic Valve Surgery: Results from a Prospective Cohort.
- Abstract 48: An Internally Validated Risk Model of Deep Sternal Wound Infection (DSWI): A Review of 5,179 Patients Undergoing Index Median Sternotomy Procedures.
- Unexpected abrupt increase in left ventricular assist device thrombosis.
- Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) analysis of pump thrombosis in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.
- Mitral-Valve Repair versus Replacement for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
- The CURE-AF trial: A prospective, multicenter trial of irrigated radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of persistent Atrial fibrillation during concomitant cardiac...
- Percutaneous closure of an aortic pseudoAneurysm due to saphenous vein graft dehiscence with an amplatzer vascular plug.
- Regional Annular Geometry in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation: Implications for Annuloplasty Ring Selection.
- Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Can Be Performed With Optimal Outcomes in the Presence of Left Ventricular Dysfunction.
- Ventricular assist device implant in the elderly is associated with increased, but respectable risk: a multi-institutional study.
- HeartWare ventricular assist system for bridge to transplant: combined results of the bridge to transplant and continued access protocol trial.
- Predicting Right Ventricular Failure in the Modern, Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Era.
- Blood transfusion and infection after cardiac surgery.
- Minimally invasive approach provides at least equivalent results for surgical correction of Mitral regurgitation: A propensity-matched comparison.
- Rapid onset of fulminant myocarditis portends a favourable prognosis and the ability to bridge mechanical circulatory support to recovery.
- Clinical Statement on the Requirements for Surgeon Certification for Implantation of Durable Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs).
- Annuloplasty ring dehiscence in ischemic Mitral regurgitation.
- Statement regarding the pre and post market assessment of durable, implantable ventricular assist devices in the United States.
- Statement Regarding the Pre and Post Market Assessment of Durable, Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices in the United States: Executive Summary: Endorsed by The Soci...
- Statement Regarding the Pre and Post Market Assessment of Durable, Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices in the United States: Endorsed by The Society of Thoracic Sur...
- Statement Regarding the Pre and Post Market Assessment of Durable, Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices in the United States: Executive Summary.
- The influence of saddle-shaped annuloplasty on leaflet curvature in patients with ischaemic Mitral regurgitation.
- Diastolic ventricular support with cardiac support devices: an alternative approach to prevent adverse ventricular remodeling.
- Constrictive pericarditis presenting as a late complication of epicardial ventricular tachycardia ablation.
- Human myxomatous mitral Valve prolapse: Role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 in valvular interstitial cell activation.
- Analysis of Osteopontin Levels for the Identification of Asymptomatic Patients With Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.
- Optimal surgical management of severe ischemic Mitral regurgitation: To repair or to replace?
- Saddle-Shape Annuloplasty Increases Mitral Leaflet Coaptation After Repair for Flail Posterior Leaflet.
- Beneficial effects of the CorCap cardiac support device: Five-year results from the Acorn Trial.
- Surgical Ablation of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.
- Designing comparative effectiveness trials of surgical ablation for Atrial fibrillation: Experience of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network.
- The next decade in mechanical assist: advances that will help the patient and the doctor.
- Mitral valve repair in Heart failure: Five-year follow-up from the mitral valve replacement stratum of the Acorn randomized trial.
- Limb ischemia during femoral cannulation for cardioPulmonary support.
- Mitral valve surgery in advanced Heart failure.
- Pulsatile left ventricular assist devices: what is the role in the modern era?
- INTERMACS: interval analysis of registry data.
- Early planned institution of biventricular mechanical circulatory support results in improved outcomes compared with delayed conversion of a left ventricular assist de...
- Risk score derived from pre-operative data analysis predicts the need for biventricular mechanical circulatory support.
- Should moderate or greater mitral regurgitation be repaired in all patients with LVEF <30%? Mitral valve repair in patients with advanced Heart failure and severe f...
- Acute myocardial infarction requiring mechanical bridge to transplantation in a patient with undiagnosed anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome.
- Ventricular assist devices: introduction.
- The surgical treatment of end-stage Heart failure.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Rib perforation from a right ventricular pacemaker lead.
- Integrity of the cerebral blood-flow response to hyperoxia after cardioPulmonary bypass.
- Prone positioning to treat Acute severe pulmonary edema in the post-cardiac surgical patient: a case report.
- Cardiac support device modifies left ventricular geometry and Myocardial structure after Myocardial infarction.
- Emergent mechanical support in the community: improvement with early transplant center referral.
- Infarct size reduction and attenuation of global left ventricular remodeling with the CorCap cardiac support device following Acute myocardial infarction in sheep.
- Clinical results with the Acorn cardiac restraint device with and without mitral Valve surgery.
- Surgical therapies for Heart failure.
- Diaphragmatic hernias associated with ventricular assist devices and Heart transplantation.
- Perioperative changes in cerebral blood flow after cardiac surgery: influence of anemia and aging.
- Passive ventricular constraint to improve left ventricular function and mechanics in an ovine model of Heart failure secondary to acute myocardial infarction.
- Global surgical experience with the Acorn cardiac support device.
- Ventricular constraint using the acorn cardiac support device reduces myocardial akinetic area in an ovine model of Acute infarction.
- Left ventricular assist device for right side assistance in patients with transposition.
- Propofol.
- CD3 monitoring of antithymocyte globulin therapy in thoracic organ transplantation.
- Successful explantation of a ventricular assist device following fulminant influenza type A-associated myocarditis.
- Surgical management of Heart failure: an overview.
Schools
Brown Medical School
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
- Top MD
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Hospital
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -
Pennsylvania Hospital -
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1568494870 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | ACKER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MICHAEL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 19104 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiac Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 147.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1568494870 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ACKER |
| First Name Of The Provider | MICHAEL |
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