Overview
Walter Chitwood is a Thoracic Surgeon and a Vascular Surgeon in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Chitwood is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Ventricular Septal Defects, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Bypass Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 86 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
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.
East Carolina University
Leslie Nifong is a General Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Nifong is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Atrial Myxoma, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Nifong is currently accepting new patients.
Carolinaeast Physicians
Gregory Smaroff is a Thoracic Surgeon in New Bern, North Carolina. Dr. Smaroff is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Smaroff is currently accepting new patients.
East Carolina University
Walter Boyd is a General Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Boyd is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Regurgitation, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Boyd is currently accepting new patients.
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
- Advanced
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)Dr. Chitwood isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).
- Heart Bypass SurgeryDr. Chitwood isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Bypass Surgery.
- Mitral Valve RegurgitationDr. Chitwood isAdvanced. Learn about Mitral Valve Regurgitation.
- Experienced
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Chitwood isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Chitwood isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)Dr. Chitwood isExperienced. Learn about Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
- Mitral Valve ProlapseDr. Chitwood isExperienced. Learn about Mitral Valve Prolapse.
- Pacemaker ImplantationDr. Chitwood isExperienced. Learn about Pacemaker Implantation.
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)