Dr. Robert G. Kummerer, MD

Years In Practice

21

Gender

Male

Field of Medicine

• Cardiothoracic Surgery

Specialty

• Cardiac Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Clinical Interests

• Aortic Aneurysm
• Carotid Endarterectomy
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
• Femoral Bypass
• Lobectomy
• Valve Repair/Replacement
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)

Practice Information

Name

Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgical Associates, S.C.

Education and Training

Medical School

Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL

Internship

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center

Residency

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center

Fellowship

Pillsbury Fellowship 1995-1998

1986 - 1990

Rush Medical College

1982 - 1986

Marquette University

Board Certifications

• American Board of Surgery
  
  American Board of Thoracic Surgery
  
  American Board of Surgery, General Vascualr Surgery

Hospital Affiliations

• Advocate Condell Medical Center
  Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
  Advocate Christ Hospital

Professional Experience

2001 - Current

Surgeon - Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgical Associates, S.C.

1995 - 1998

Instructor, CardioVascular/Thoracic Surgery - Rush Medical College

1993 - 2002

Assistant Attending - Rush Presbyterian St. Luke;s Medical Center

1990 - 1995

Instructor in Surgery - Rush Medical College

Professional Societies and Committees

Memberships

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  
  Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  
  American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow
  
  American Medical Association

Selected Publications

• Kummerer RG, Staren ED, Northrop G, Blair AT, Patel SK, Economou SG: Modern Management of Adrenocortical Carcinomas. Contemporary Surgery, December 1992.
  
  Kummerer RG; Contributing Editor. "General Abdominal Unltrasound", Chapter in : Ultrasound for the Surgeon, Staren ED, Arregui ME, editors, Lippincott-Raven, 1997
  
  Baumann F, Kummer RG, Staren ED, Prinz RA: Intraoperative Ultrasound Localization of a Pancreatic Insulinoma. Submitted