
Overview
I'm proud to work at Duke as it has a tremendous hospital and tremendous people to work with. The quality of care here is excellent and really can’t be compared to anywhere else. That’s what keeps me here. We do more complex heart surgeries here than almost anyone else in the country. When you need heart surgery, you want it done by someone who does a lot of it. Our numbers are comparable to the top places in the country. We do complex surgery and we do it well. The thing about heart surgery is that we make people better. That’s what I really like – helping people who couldn’t breathe or couldn’t walk because their heart was failing, and we were able to make them better.
Dr. Gaca is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thrombophlebitis. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 97 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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- INDEMNITY
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- POS
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705
2100 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
2 Clinical Trials
Rex Hospital Inc.
Curtis Anderson is a Thoracic Surgeon in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Anderson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thrombophlebitis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Valve Repair.
Duke University Health System Inc
Many years ago, I came across a quote from Mahatma Gandhi that said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”. Since that time, those words have guided my professional life from the field I chose to how I care for my patients who experience discomfort from acid reflux, hiatal hernia and paraesophageal hernia. With every individual and their families, I make sure that they appreciate my understanding of how their health issues provide them with new stresses that may leave them confused and scared. As a result, I pride myself on reassuring my patients and making sure that by the time they leave their clinic visit they know that I have their best interests at heart. Personally, my wife and I are the proud parents of three boys. Consequently, I like to spend my free time making use of their unlimited energy by running them around at all the great parks in the local area. Dr. Klapper is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thrombophlebitis. His top areas of expertise are Fibrosing Mediastinitis, Esophageal Perforation, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Lung Transplant, and Thymectomy.
Rex Hospital Inc.
Clifton Reade is a Thoracic Surgeon in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Reade is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thrombophlebitis. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Gaca isDistinguished. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Advanced
- Aortic DissectionDr. Gaca isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Dissection.
- Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta
- Heart Bypass SurgeryDr. Gaca isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Bypass Surgery.
- Heart Valve RepairDr. Gaca isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Valve Repair.
- Pacemaker ImplantationDr. Gaca isAdvanced. Learn about Pacemaker Implantation.
- Thoracic Aortic AneurysmDr. Gaca isAdvanced. Learn about Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.
- Experienced
- Aneurysm RepairDr. Gaca isExperienced. Learn about Aneurysm Repair.
- Collapsed LungDr. Gaca isExperienced. Learn about Collapsed Lung.
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)Dr. Gaca isExperienced. Learn about Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
- HypothermiaDr. Gaca isExperienced. Learn about Hypothermia.
- NecrosisDr. Gaca isExperienced. Learn about Necrosis.
