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Present	Physician, Baystate Health ‐ Department of Surgery
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Medicine and Health Sciences

Fellow, American College of Surgeons (1995-present)
Fellow, American College of Cardiology (1997-present)

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Multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting (Siavash Saadat, Daniel Engelman and Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Practice Makes Perfect? Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes (Thomas Schwann, Siavash Saadat and Daniel Engelman) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Objectives: Older studies of coronary artery bypass (CABG) institutional case volumes and outcomes (V/O) reported conflicting results. We explored this association in the rapidly changing contemporary practice of American surgeons using the Society of Thoracic ...

Practice Makes Perfect? Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Objectives: Older studies of coronary artery bypass (CABG) institutional case volumes and outcomes (V/O) reported conflicting results. We explored this association in the rapidly changing contemporary practice of American surgeons using the Society of Thoracic ...

Expert systematic review on the choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2023)

The finalized document was endorsed by the EACTS Council and STS Executive Committee before being simultaneously published in the European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery (EJCTS) and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (The Annals) and the ...

Expert Systematic Review on the Choice of Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Expert systematic review on the choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Novel use of Technology to Enhance a Multimodal Approach to Pain Control After Cardiac Surgery (Thomas Schwann, Cheryl Crisafi and John Stiles) Research and Education Celebration 2023 - Nursing Research Posters (2023)

Long Term Outcomes and Anticoagulation in Mitral Valve Surgery - A Report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database (Thomas Schwann, Daniel Engelman and Anthony Rousou) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Background: Anticoagulation following bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement (BMVR) and repair (MVrep) is controversial. We explore outcomes among BMVR and MVrep patients in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (STS-ACSD) based on discharge ...

Incidence and Impact of a Single Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Analysis of the STS Database 2010-2019 (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2022)

Background: As adverse effects of blood transfusions are better understood, recommendations support single red blood cell transfusions (SRBCT). However, an isolated SRBCT across the entire index admission, suggests even the single unit may be avoidable. ...

Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Practice Patterns in the USA: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (Siavash Saadat, Daniel Engelman and Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2022)

Background: We aim to elucidate current national multi-arterial bypass grafting practice patterns and assess perioperative outcomes. Methods: Isolated primary non-emergent/non-salvage coronary artery bypass grafting patients with at least one internal thoracic artery and two or ...

Peri-operative Anemia and Transfusions and Late Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients (Thomas Schwann and Daniel Engelman) All Scholarly Works (2022)

Background: Peri-operative anemia and transfusions are associated with adverse operative outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Their individual association with long-term outcomes is unclear. Methods: CABG patients 65 and older in the Society of ...

Commentary: Gender and outcomes: It's complicated (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Mitral Surgery After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Background: Transcatheter edge-to-edge (TEER) mitral repair may be complicated by residual or recurrent mitral regurgitation. An increasing need for surgical reintervention has been reported, but operative outcomes are ill defined. Objectives: This study evaluated national ...

STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes, Quality, and Research (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Short-Term Outcomes Following Left-Sided Valvular Surgery: An Echocardiographic Study (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Background The prognostic value of echocardiographic evaluation of right ventricular (RV) function in patients undergoing left-sided valvular surgery has not been well described. The objective of this study is to determine the role of broad ...

Association of Both High and Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction With Increased Risk After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Background: While reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is a known risk factor for complications after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the relevance of higher LVEF values has not been established. Currently, most risk stratification ...

Commentary: Radial artery-Try it; you might like it, and your patients will love it (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Stress Biomarkers Do Not Correlate with Risk Factors for Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery (Daniel Engelman, Cheryl Crisafi, MSN, RN, CNL, Michael Germain, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Background: Urinary cell cycle arrest biomarkers (UB) insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-7 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2, provide early detection of kidney stress and elevations may predict cardiac surgery associated-acute kidney injury (CS-AKI). We sought to ...

Outcomes following revascularization with radial artery bypass grafts: Insights from the PREVENT-IV trial (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Background: The optimal role of radial artery grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains uncertain. The purpose of this study was to examine angiographic and clinical outcomes following CABG among patients who received a ...

Reply: A question versus the question (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Effect of Skeletonization of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries on Deep Sternal Wound Infections (Thomas Schwann and Daniel Engelman) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Background: Bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITA) coronary bypass grafting may improve long term outcomes but is associated with increased deep sternal wound infections (DSWI). We analyzed whether BITA skeletonization impacts DSWI and operative mortality (OM) ...

Commentary: To BIMA or Not to BIMA, That Should Be the Question, Rather Than How to BIMA (Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Commentary: A little is way too much: What we have learned about perioperative acute kidney injury (Daniel Engelman and Thomas Schwann) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Peri-operative Blood Transfusions are Not Benign (Thomas Schwann and Daniel Engelman) All Scholarly Works (2019)

Using urinary biomarkers to reduce acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery (Daniel Engelman, Cheryl Crisafi, MSN, RN, CNL, Michael Germain, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

BACKGROUND: Prediction of acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery is unreliable through the use of serum creatinine or urinary output alone. Cell cycle arrest urinary biomarkers insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) and tissue ...