Overview
Brian Lima is a Thoracic Surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Lima is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Saddle Pulmonary Embolism, Mediastinitis, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 98 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 47 articles in the study of Heart Transplant.
Insurance
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Locations
1215 21st Ave S Ste 5025, Nashville, TN 37232
1026 A Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
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
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Vanderbilt Heart
Ashish Shah is a Thoracic Surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Shah is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Endocarditis, Constrictive Pericarditis, Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.
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Swaroop Bommareddi is a Thoracic Surgeon in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Bommareddi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Stenosis, Heart Transplant, and Lithotripsy.
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
- Heart TransplantDr. Lima isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Advanced
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Lima isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- Experienced
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- EmbolectomyDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Embolectomy.
- GastrostomyDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- Heart Bypass SurgeryDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Heart Bypass Surgery.
- Heart Valve RepairDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Heart Valve Repair.