John Stulak, MD

Professor

  • Chair, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery


Education

  • MD, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  • General Surgery Residency, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN
  • Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Residency, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN
  • Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Stulak’s clinical focus includes: management of coronary artery disease, especially coronary artery bypass grafting with multiple arterial revascularization and redo coronary artery bypass surgery, management of patients with valvular heart disease, expertise with specific training in surgical treatment of advanced heart failure including high-risk conventional corrective heart surgery, mechanical circulatory assistance, and heart transplant, special interest in surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation and evolving techniques of alternate energy sources, as well as lesion sets, and management of patients with chronic relapsing or constrictive pericarditis, including preoperative hemodynamic optimization prior to surgical resection.