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Scot H. Merrick, M.D.

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Cardiac Surgery »  Faculty »  Scot H. Merrick, M.D.

Scot H. Merrick, M.D.

Helen and Charles Schwab Distinguished Professor
Chief, Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

Contact Information

Clinical: 415-353-1606
Academic: 415-353-8890
Fax: 415-353-1312

Education

  • 1976-80, University of Washington School of Medicine, M.D.

Residencies

  • 1980-81, University of California, San Francisco, Intern, Surgery
  • 1981-84, University of California, San Francisco, Resident, Surgery
  • 1984-85, University of California, San Francisco, Chief Resident, Surgery
  • 1985-87, University of California, San Francisco, Chief Resident, Thoracic Surgery

Fellowships

Postdoctoral Training

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery, 1986, renewed 1996
  • American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1994
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery, renewed 1997

Program Affiliations

Clinical Expertise

  • Acute Aortic Dissection Repair
  • Aortic Valve Repair & Replacement
  • Arrhythmias
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Beating Heart Surgery (OBCAB)
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Heart Valve Disease
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
  • Mitral Valve Repair & Replacement
  • Myocardial Revascularization Surgery
  • Thoracic Aneurysm Repair
  • Thoracic Aortic Reconstruction
  • Ventricular Aneurysm

Research Interests

Biography

Scot H. Merrick, M.D. is the UCSF Helen and Charles Schwab Distinguished Professor and Chief of the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Dr. Merrick received his M.D. with Honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine and completed his General Surgery and Cardiothoracic residencies at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Merrick is certified by the American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery and American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care. His special interest is in surgery of the mitral valve and he is one of the leading experts in homograft mitral valve replacement and mitral valve repair.

Dr. Merrick is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Surgeons. He is an active member of the Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Western Thoracic Surgical Society, Naffziger Surgical Society, San Francisco Surgical Society, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Club Mitrale, Bay Area Thoracic Surgeons and the American Heart Association. In addition, Dr. Merrick has served on the Emergency Cardiac Care Committee of the American College of Cardiology and on the program committee of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association. Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Merrick was named to the list of U.S. News "America's Top Doctors," a distinction reserved for the top 1% of physicians in the nation for a given specialty.

Selected Publications

  1. Lambert AS, Miller JP, Merrick SH, Schiller NB, Foster E, Muhiudeen-Russell I, Cahalan MK. Improved evaluation of the location and mechanism of mitral valve regurgitation with a systematic transesophageal echocardiography examination. Anesth Analg. 88: 1205-12, Jun/1999.
  2. Khan JH, Foster EA, Intinarelli GM, Merrick SH. Maze procedure and homograft replacement of a rheumatic mitral valve. J Heart Valve Dis. 8: 630-1, Nov/1999.
  3. Kerwin WF, Botvinick EH, O'Connell JW, Merrick SH, DeMarco T, Chatterjee K, Scheibly K, Saxon LA. Ventricular contraction abnormalities in dilated cardiomyopathy: effect of biventricular pacing to correct interventricular dyssynchrony. J Am Coll Cardiol. 35: 1221-7, Apr/2000.
  4. Schneider DB, Clary-Macy C, Challa S, Sasse KC, Merrick SH, Hawkins R, Caputo G, Jablons D. Positron emission tomography with f18-fluorodeoxyglucose in the staging and preoperative evaluation of malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 120: 128-33, Jul/2000.
  5. Stratmann G, Russell IA, Merrick SH. Use of recombinant factor VIIa as a rescue treatment for intractable bleeding following repeat aortic arch repair. Ann Thorac Surg. 76: 2094-7, Dec/2003.
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In the News

  • Twenty-Five Department of Surgery Faculty Named to U.S. News “Top Doctors” List

    U.S. News - Mar 01, 2012

    In its most recent survey, U.S. News in collaboration with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. listed twenty-five (25) surgeons in the UCSF Department of Surgery, nearly one-third (1/3) of the clinical faculty, on the list of U.S. News "Top Doctors". The list, compiled from the opinion of colleagues, denotes the top 10% of physicians within a region practicing a given specialty. Fifteen of the 25 department surgeons were also named by their peers to the list of America's Top Doctors (ATD), a distinction reserved for the top 1% of physicians in the nation for that specialty. The listings are published online at U.S. News. The group rankings are intended to guide patients in selecting a doctor and physicians in making specialty referrals.

    Full List of UCSF Dept. of Surgery Faculty Designated U.S. News "Top Doctors"
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