Dr. Robert Stewart
PERSONAL:
OFFICE:30 River Park Place West #260
Fresno, California 93720
559-441-1777
EDUCATION:
- University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 1972
- Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois 1975
GENERAL EDUCATIONAL TRAINING:
- Family Practice Residency 1975 - 1976 U.C.S.F. Fresno
- General Surgery 1976 - 1980 U.C.S.F Fresno
- Thoracic Surgery 1984 - 1986 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 1981 to Present
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
- University of California
- San Francisco, California
SOCIETIES:
- Association of Veteran's Administration Surgeons
- Fresno-Surgical Society
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Fresno Madera Medical Society
- John Alexander Society
- Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
LICENSURE:
- California
- Michigan
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
- National Boards, Diploma
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- Recertification of American Board of Thoracic Surgery
COMMITTEES:
- Nutrition Support Team Chairman
Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Fresno, California - Tumor Board
Past Chairman
Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Fresno, California - Transfusion Therapy Committee
Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Fresno, California - Critical Care Committee
Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Fresno, California - Medical Records Committee
Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Fresno, California - Operating Room Committee
Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Fresno, California - Ventricular Assist Device, Sub-Committee
Post Chair-Person
Saint. Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California - Cardiovascular Committee
Fresno Community Hospital
Fresno, California - Critical Care Committee
Saint. Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California - Respiratory Care Committee
Saint. Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California - Chairperson, Cardiovascular Department
Valley Children's Hospital - Chairman, Cardiac Surgery Division
Saint. Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California - Co-Chairman of Cardiac Surgery Case Conference
Saint. Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California - Member of Steering Committee
Saint. Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California - Medical Director of Cardiac Surgery Unit
Saint. Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California - Research Project During Residency: Clinical Application of the Left Ventricular Assist Device
and Retrograd Cardioplegia - Medical Director of CSU
Saint. Agnes Medical Center - Division of Cardiac Surgery Chairperson
Saint. Agnes Medical Center - Surgical Supervisory Committee
Saint. Agnes Medical Center - Critical Care Committee
Saint. Agnes Medical Center
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENT:
- Valley Cardiac Surgery Medical Group
Partner 2004 - Present - Valley Cardiac Surgery Medical Corporation
1991 - Present
Physician, Cardiothoracic Surgeon - Central California Faculty Medical Group
1986 - 1991
Private Practice in Pediatric
and Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery - Staff Surgeon, Veteran's Administration
1980 – 1984
Fresno, California Instructor of Residents and Students in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Functioned as Vascular and General Thoracic Surgeon; Established Vascular Surgery Clinic and Education Program in Vascular Surgery for Senior Residents - Saint. Agnes Medical Center
1986 – Present
Fresno, California 93720
Privileges in Cardiothoracic Surgery - Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center
1986 – Present
Fresno, California 93715
Privileges in Cardiothoracic Surgery - Central California Children's Hospital
1986 – Present
Madera, California 93638
Privileges in Cardiothoracic Surgery - University Medical Center
1986 – Present
Fresno, California 93702
Privileges in Cardiothoracic Surgery - Veteran's Administration Medical Center
1986 – Present
Fresno, California 93726
Privileges in Thoracic Surgery - Fresno Heart Hospital
2003 – Present
Privileges in Cardiothoracic Surgery - Dominican Hospital
2005 – Present
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Privileges in Thoracic Surgery - Active participant in the Resident Medical Education Program U.C.S.F. (Fresno)
Director of Cardiac Surgery Rotation for Residents
Central California Children's Hospital and Saint. Agnes Medical Center
LECTURES:
- "Gastric Carcinoma at Fresno Veteran's Medical Center, A 30 Year Review"
- "Esophageal Carcinoma" Grand Rounds Presentation
- "Aortic Dissection" Grand Rounds Presentation
- "Transmyocardial Revascularization "Current Cardiac Surgery Update, St. Agnes Hospital
- Off Pump CABG , Presented at AORN Meeting, Saint, Agnes Hospital
- Cardiac Surgery Update, Presented at Cardiac Symposium at Saint Agnes Medical Center
PUBLICATIONS:
- "Triple Synchronous Genitourinary Malignancies"; Wentworth; Head: Stewart. A case report published in the Journal of UROLOGY in 1982. 2
- "Radical Excision and Multi modality therapy of pulmonary artery sarcoma"; Head HD; Stewart RD; et al, published in Ann Thoracic Surgery 1992;53:332-4;
- "A Study of Forty-Nine Consecutive Whipple Resections for Perimpullary Adenocarcinoma"; Sung J; Stewart, RD etal, published in AmJ Surg.] 997;1 74:6-10
HONORS:
- Peck Award-Medical School Award given for Scholarship and Community Service
- Central California Children's Hospital Award- given for outstanding contributions and dedication to Central California Children