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John Armitage, MD - NorthStarr Cardiothoracic Surgery
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John Armitage, MD

  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Education/Training/Certification:
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Division of Communicable Disease and Immunology, BS
  • University of Tennessee, Center for Health Sciences, MD
  • Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, General Surgical Intern Department of Surgery
  • Brown University, General Surgical Resident, Department of Surgery
  • Hospitals of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Cardiothoracic Surgical Residency
  • The American Board of Surgery (1985)
  • The American Board of Thoracic Surgery (1988-current)
Practice:
  • NorthStarr Cardiothoracic Surgery (2020-current)
  • McKenzie Willamette Medical Center (2011-2019)
  • MCV Hospitals, MCV/VCU, Richmond, VA (1995-2010)
  • Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA (1994-2010)
  • St. Francis General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (1988- 1992)
  • Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (1988-1994)
  • Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (1988-1994)
  • Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (1988-1994)
  • Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (1988-1994)
  • Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (1987-1994)
  • North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC (1986-1987)
Special Skills:
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Mitral Valve Repair
  • Mitral Valve Replacement
  • Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Thoracic Aortic Repair
  • Pediatric Cardiac Repair in the Adult
Active Society memberships:
  • Candidate Fellow, American College of Surgeons 1984
  • International Society for Cardiac Transplantation 1984
  • American Society for Artificial Internal Organs – SAIO 1989
  • American Society of Transplant Surgeons 1990
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons 1991
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons 1991
  • American Association for Thoracic Surgery 1993
  • Fredericksburg Area Medical Society 1994
  • Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons 1996
  • Life Member, National Registry of Who’s Who 1997
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Cardiology 2009
  • American Academy of Cardiology 2009
  • Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 2009
  • Western Thoracic Surgical Association 2013

To schedule an appointment or for more information Call: (907) 917-2200