Domenico Calcaterra, MD, PhD
Get to know Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr. Domenico Calcaterra, who serves patients in Florida.
Dr. Calcaterra is a highly respected and experienced cardiothoracic surgeon, featuring over two decades of experience in his field. He specializes in all facets of his specialty, including aortic surgery and endovascular aortic repair, cardiac valve surgery, off-pump coronary bypass surgery, bloodless heart surgery, and minimally invasive cardiac operations. He has a five-star rating with US News & World Report.
At present, he lends his skills , to Venice Regional Hospital, Blake Medical Center and Manatee Memorial Hospital, in South Florida. His day-to-day responsibilities include performing cardiac surgery operations, monitoring surgical patients, and overseeing patients in the intensive care unit. He also assess patients, informs them of their diagnostic results and conditions, and does follow-up visits.
Additionally, he serves as an Associate Professor of Surgery at Florida Atlantic University, on the Board of Physicians at the American Health Council, and as a Founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Miami Scientific Italian Community.
Prior to his current endeavours, Dr. Calcaterra served as an Assistant Professor / Director of the Aortic Surgery Program at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (2008-2012), an Assistant Professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine (2012-2014), the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Hennepin Medical Center (2015-1017), on staff within Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute – Abbott Northwestern Hospital (2015 – 2019), and as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School (2016-2019).
Holding fellowship status, he is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He is also a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
With a passionate interest in physiology and cardiovascular pathologies, Dr. Calcaterra chose to be in the medical field to satisfy his fascination with the elegance and ingenuity of cardiac surgery. His education began at the School of Medicine of the Sapienza University of Rome in Italy, where he pursued his medical degree, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1992. He completed his residency in general surgery within the same institution in 1997, after which he began working on a research project involving the implications of dialysis on a surgical patient.
In 1999, he moved to the United States where he accepted a research fellowship at the Colon and Rectal Clinic located at the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida. Following that position, he became a Clinical Fellow of Advanced GI Surgery at Brown University. At that time, Dr. Calcaterra completed the work on the research project he began while he was still attending the University of Rome and he discussed his Ph.D. thesis in the year 2000. He returned to the Orlando Regional Medical Center as a resident in general surgery in July of 2000. His residency would continue at the Hospital of Saint Raphael, Yale-New Haven Hospital in 2001.
Four years later, Dr. Calcaterra would accept a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Miami and would resume in that role until 2007. Following that position, he completed a fellowship for surgery of the aorta and aortic valve at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas before accepting his first academic position at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
Determined to enhance his patients’ quality of life, he is board-certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS). The ABTS is an American surgical organization devoted to surgery of the chest.
Furthermore, he is board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery, an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.
The author of numerous publications in prominent medical journals, Dr. Calcaterra has presented his work as an invited speaker at important internationally recognized meetings such as the Centennial National Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery in 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgery in 2018 and 2020, the annual meeting of the European Association for Cardiothoracic surgeons in 2019, and the Annual Meeting of the American College of Cardiology in 2018 and 2020.
Dr. Calcaterra is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Miami Scientific Italian Community (Miami AIC).
He is also known as a mentor and educator who has written several revered curriculum development pieces for many medical professionals that are well-respected in the healthcare industry, and has trained dozens of medical students and residents in the specialties of general surgery and cardiac surgery.
In holding such a rich background in medicine, Dr. Calcaterra credits his accomplishments to his passion for surgery. He is thankful to have been brought up with strong moral values. He is also grateful for his own sense of hard work and dedication.
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in the surgical treatment of organs inside the thorax. Cardiothoracic surgeons are medical doctors who specialize in surgical procedures inside the thorax, which may involve the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. Alongside performing surgery, they also diagnose and treat diseases of these organs.
Several awards have been presented to Dr. Calcaterra for his brilliance in the field of cardiac surgery and cardiology. The awards he has received for his work include: the Ettore Ruggeri Award by the Italian Society of Surgery in 1993 & the Trauma Award by the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons in 2003. He was also named “Fellow of the Year” by the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 2006 and 2007 & awarded Minnesota’s “Best Doctor Award” in 2016 through 2019. Dr. Calcaterra received the Top Doctor Award in 2020, and 2021.
Committed to continue his research and work within the field of cardiothoracic surgery, his goal is to improve the quality of care he gives his patients each day, as seeing them endure a safe and speedy recovery is the most important part of his profession.
Outside of work, Dr. Calcaterra enjoys time with his family, his wife and their two children. He enjoys also playing soccer, running, and skiing. He also appreciates visiting art museums and listening to opera.
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