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Positions
Professor of Surgery
Cardiothoracic Transplantation & Circulatory Support
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Chief, Center for Cardiac Support
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Chief, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation
Texas Heart Institute
Program Director and Chief, Center for Cardiac Support
Texas Heart Institute
Director, Surgical Research, Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories
Texas Heart Institute
Address
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Hospital)6720 Bertner Ave.
Room: LUKE-2-114A
Mail Stop: BCM390
Houston, Texas 77030
United States
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Certifications
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Thoracic Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery
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General Surgery American Board of Surgery
Education
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Fellowship at Texas Heart Institute - Baylor College of Medicine
01/1976 - Houston, TX United StatesThoracic Surgery
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Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
01/1974 - Houston, TX United States -
Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
01/1968 - Houston, TX United StatesGeneral Surgery
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MD from Baylor College of Medicine
01/1967 - Houston, TX United States -
BS from University of Texas at Austin
01/1963 - Austin, TX United States
Professional Statement
For more than 30 years, Dr. O. H. Frazier has been a pioneer in the treatment of severe heart failure and in the fields of heart transplantation and artificial devices that may be used either to substitute for or assist the pumping action of the human heart. As a result of his work, the Texas Heart Institute has become one of the top transplantation and mechanical circulatory support programs in the world. Dr. Frazier has performed over 1,200 heart transplants and implanted more than 900 left ventricular assist devices, more than any other surgeon in the world.
Professional Achievements
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2009 Best of the Best
Medical Journal Houston -
Houston's Top Docs - Physicians Who May One Day Save Your Life”
Inside Houston -
The Country's Best Heart Doctors"
Good Housekeeping Magazine -
Wilhelm Scholê International Cosmopolis Award
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Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement
Texas Heart Institute -
America's Top Doctors
Castle Connolly -
Living Legend Award
World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons -
America's Top Doctors
Newsweek Magazine -
First Annual “Gift to Mankind” Award
American Organ Transplant Association -
Best Doctors in America
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The Best Medical Specialists in North America
Town & Country
Professional Interests
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Mechanical circulatory support
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Ventricular assist devices
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Heart transplantation
Websites
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Texas Man Pioneers Use of Beatless Heart, the Wave of the Future
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Dr. O. Howard Frazier Named William W. L. Glenn Lecturer and Award Recipient
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LVAD innovator O.H. ‘Bud’ Frazier Begins Bedside Teaching Rounds
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Five decades later, famed surgeon Bud Frazier continues quest for an artificial heart