About Me

Cardiac Surgery Medical Director

Dr. James P. Greelish is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon with more than 20 years of experience who has performed over 4,000 heart and lung operations with excellent outcomes as evaluated by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. As Medical Director of Cardiac Surgery, his expertise includes complex coronary artery bypass surgery, valve surgery (aortic, mitral and tricuspid), minimally invasive procedures, off-pump bypass surgery, mitral valve repair, TAVR and VATS lobectomy. Dr. Greelish is a former Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University and Associate Clinical Professor at Columbia University in New York, with 33 peer-reviewed articles and ten book chapters to his credit. He also serves as a legal expert for the North Carolina Board of Medicine and in private litigation.

EDUCATION

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My Specialties

• Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
• Bypass Surgery
• Coronary Artery Surgery
• Heart Surgery
• Heart Valve Surgery
• Lung Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Reoperations
• Transaortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
• Cardiothoracic Surgery

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My Publications

• "A1 adenosine receptor antagonists block ischemia-reperfusion injury of the heart" The American Journal of Physiology, Volume 268, Issue 6, Part 1, 1995
• "Adenosine receptor mediated adhesion of endothelial progenitors to cardiac microvascular endothelial cells" Circulation Research, Volume 102, Issue 3, 2008
• "Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition or mineralocorticoid receptor blockade do not affect incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery" Critical Care Medicine, Volume 40, Issue 10, 2012
• "Argatroban in short term percutaneous ventricular assist subsequent to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia" The Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology, Volume 40, Issue 2, 2008
• "Atrial natriuretic factor concentrations during pregnancy and in the postpartum period" American Journal of Perinatology, Volume 9, Issue 4, 1992

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