Dr. James A. Caccitolo

Danny Pugh is a General Surgeon in Athens, Texas. Dr. Pugh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Advanced Bronchoscopy. His top areas of expertise are Cholecystitis, Choledocholithiasis, Hernia, Hernia Surgery, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Oscar Chastain is a Thoracic Surgeon and a Vascular Surgeon in Longview, Texas. Dr. Chastain is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Advanced Bronchoscopy. His top areas of expertise are Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Carotid Artery Disease, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Chastain is currently accepting new patients.

Dr David Jayakar received his medical degree with honors atMadras Medical College in Madras, India and immigrated tothe United States in 1991. Shortly thereafter, he completedhis surgical residency at SUNY-Downstate, NY. He thenonward completed his fellowship at the University ofArizona, Tucson. He began his practice at the University ofChicago and entered private practise since 2003.Dr Jayakar is certified by the American Board of ThoracicSurgery and General Surgery. He belongs to numerousmedical professional societies and is the recipient ofnumerous awards. Dr Jayakar has had various positions ofleadership in hospital programs. He has performed manyinnovative life saving surgical procedures that has benefitedmany patients.At University of Chicago he perfected Beating Heart surgeryand have trained many surgeons to perform the same. As aDirector at St Catherine Hospital, East Chicago he introducedHigh risk cardiac surgery, Beating heart bypass surgery, Minimally invasive Valve surgery andArrhythmia surgery. He performed the world’s first RF ablation on a beating heart using CobraAdhere to cure Atrial Fibrillation in the United States. He pioneered performing Nonsternotomy cardiac surgeries on a beating heart. He also introduced Beating heart valvesurgeries and is credited to have a large series of patients who have benefited from hisprocedures. He briefly worked at St Vincent's hospital and performed many Beating heartprocedures benefiting many patients and families.After successfully launching the program he relocated to Longview, Texas to start an adultcardiac surgical program specializing in minimally invasive cardiac, vascular and thoracicsurgery. Under his leadership the program grew 370 % over a span of 5 years and attractspatients from various cities and towns. He developed the “Second opinion program” andpatients who did not have options in other institutions travel to get a “Second opinion”.Repeatedly they have had good outcomes from surgical procedures and currently Dr Jayakarhas plans to expand his offices to nearby cities and state. To date, he has performed over 2000beating heart cardiothoracic surgeries. Many years he has achieved 0% mortality for bypasssurgeries. As one of the world’s leading experts in beating heart surgery, he is frequently aninvited speaker for various national, international scientific meetings. Dr Jayakar has traveledthe world offering his services and guidance to surgeons and institutions willing to engage inminimally invasive cardiac procedures and establishing world renowned cardiac surgicalprograms. The hospital under his leadership and collaboration with Cardiology has the largestseries of TAVI, Mitraclip TVARs and complex Endo AAA. Dr. Jayakar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Advanced Bronchoscopy. His top areas of expertise are Carotid Artery Disease, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Carotid Artery Surgery.