The 20 Best Heart Bypass Surgery Doctors Near Me

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Carmelo A. Milano
Distinguished in Heart Bypass Surgery

Dr. Carmelo A. Milano

General Surgery | Transplant Surgery
Duke Health
Duke Heart Transplant Clinic - Clinic 2F/2G
40 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
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36 Years of Experience
Distinguished in Heart Bypass Surgery
Duke Health
Duke Heart Transplant Clinic - Clinic 2F/2G
40 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
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Overview

Carmelo Milano is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Milano has been practicing medicine for over 36 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Tricuspid Regurgitation, Constrictive Pericarditis, Heart Tumor, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 285 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 18 articles in the study of Heart Bypass Surgery.

Graduate Institution
University Of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine (Illinois), 1990
Specialties
General Surgery
Transplant Surgery
Licenses
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) in NC
Board Certifications
American Board Of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery
American Board Of Surgery, General Surgery
Fellowships
Molecular Cardiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Cardiac Transplant, Papworth Hospital (England)
Hospital Affiliations
Duke University Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Italian
Gender
Male

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Piedmont
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UnitedHealthcare
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Locations

Duke Heart Transplant Clinic - Clinic 2F/2G
40 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
Call: 919-681-1300

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Milano has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Heart Bypass Surgery

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.

4 Clinical Trials

Antiplatelet Removal and HemocompatIbility EventS With the HeartMate 3 Pump IDE Study
Antiplatelet Removal and HemocompatIbility EventS With the HeartMate 3 Pump IDE Study
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: March 27, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
International Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of The Portable Organ Care System (OCS™) Heart For Preserving and Assessing Expanded Criteria Donor Hearts for Transplantation (EXPAND Heart Trial)
International Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of The Portable Organ Care System (OCS™) Heart For Preserving and Assessing Expanded Criteria Donor Hearts for Transplantation (EXPAND Heart Trial)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: January 17, 2025
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Multi-Center Study of MagLev Technology in Patients Undergoing MCS Therapy With HeartMate 3™ Continued Access Protocol: Post-Approval Continued Follow-up
Multi-Center Study of MagLev Technology in Patients Undergoing MCS Therapy With HeartMate 3™ Continued Access Protocol: Post-Approval Continued Follow-up
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: June 27, 2022
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Safety & Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells on Myocardial Function in LVAD Recipients
Safety & Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells on Myocardial Function in LVAD Recipients
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: November 26, 2019
Intervention Type: Biological, Drug
Study Phase: Phase 2
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285 Total Publications

From Zero to Zero Sum: Heart Offers in the Donation After Circulatory Death Era.
From Zero to Zero Sum: Heart Offers in the Donation After Circulatory Death Era.
Journal: JACC. Heart failure
Published: September 07, 2025
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Areas of Expertise

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  • Elite
  • Heart Transplant
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  • Heart Bypass Surgery
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    Distinguished
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  • Lung Transplant
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  • Tricuspid Regurgitation
    Dr. Milano is
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  • Aortic Regurgitation
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  • Cardiogenic Shock
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  • Constrictive Pericarditis
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  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
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  • Heart Tumor
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  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
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  • Experienced
  • Aortic Valve Replacement
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  • Aortic Valve Stenosis
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  • Arterial Embolism
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  • Atrial Myxoma
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  • Breast Cancer
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  • Cardiac Tamponade
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