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Scot H. Merrick, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Chief, Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Contact Information
Academic: 415-353-8890
Fax: 415-353-1312
BiographyEducation
- 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
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1986, renewed 1996
- American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1994
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery, renewed 1997
Clinical Expertise
- Acute Aortic Dissection Repair
- Aortic & Mitral Valve Replacement
- Arrhythmia Surgery
- Beating Heart Surgery-OBCAB
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG)
- Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Mitral Valve Repair & Replacement
- Myocardial Revascularization Surgery
- Thoracic Aortic Reconstruction
- Thoracic Aneurysm Repair
- Ventricular Aneurysm
Biography
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 has been on the UCSF faculty since 1987
and he is currently the Acting Chief of Cardiothoracic
Surgery.
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.
Active Clinical Trials
Selected Publications
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
