Address:
Caromont Heart
2555 Court Dr STE 200, Gastonia 28054
(704) 671-7670 (Phone)
Procedures:
Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Replacement, Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography), Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs), Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy and Stent, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery, Heart Surgery, Heart Valve Replacement, Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Mitral Valve Repair, Mitral Valve Surgery, Valve Repair or Replacement (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid, and Pulmonary)
Conditions:
Cerebral Artery Thrombosis, Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction)
Certifications:
General Surgery, Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, 2004, Thoracic Surgery
Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1992, cum laude - Wake Forest Medical School, 1992, Jonathan E. Rhoads Research Award, 1998, National Research Service Award (NRSA), 1996, Interrelationship between atrial natriuretic factor concentrations and acute volume expansion in pregnant and nonpregnant women. Hatjis CG, Kofinas AD, Greelish JP, Swain M, Rose JC, 1990, Greelish, JP, Eagle SS, Zhao, DX, Deegan RJ, Crenshaw MH, Balaguer JM, Ahmad RM, Byrne JG. Management of new-onset mitral regurgitation with intraoperative angiography and intraoperative percutaneous coronary intervention. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 Jan;131(1):239-240., Greelish JP, Su LT, Lankford EB, Stedman HH. Stable restoration of the sarcoglycan complex in dystrophic muscle perfused with histamine and a recombinant adeno-associated viral vector. Nature Medicine 1999;Apr;5(4):439-443, Greelish JP, Friedberg JS: Secondary pulmonary malignancy. Surgical Clinics of North America 2000; Apr;80(2); 633-657., Hatjis CG, Kofinas, Greelish JP, Swain M, Rose JC: Atrial natriuretic factor concentrations during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. A J Perinatology 1992;Jul;9(4):275-278., 1992, 4. Haecker SE, Stedman HH, Balice-Gordon RJ, Smith DB, Greelish JP, Mitchell MA, Wells A, Sweeney HL, Wilson JM: In vivo expression of full length human dystrophin from adenoviral vectors deleted of all viral genes. Human Gene Therapy 1996;Oct1;7(15):1907-1914., Neely CF, DiPierro FV, Kong M, Greelish JP, Gardner TJ. A1 adenosine receptor antagonists block ischemia-reperfusion injury of the heart. Circulation, 1996;Nov1;94 (supp 9):II376-380., Greelish, JP, Ailiwadi M, Balaguer JM, Ahmad RM, Zhao DX, Petracek MR, Byrne JG. Combined percutaneous coronary intervention and valve surgery. Curr Opin Cardiol 2006 Mar;21(2):113-117., Pretorius M, Donahue BS, Yu C, Greelish JP, Roden DM, Brown NJ. Plasminogen activator
inhibitor-1 as a predictor of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiopulmonary bypass. Circulation 2007 Sept 11;116(11 Suppl):I1-7., Greelish JP, Cohn LH, Leacche M, Mitchell M, Karavas A, Fox J, Byrne JG, Aranki SF, Couper GS. Minimally invasive mitral valve repair suggests earlier operations for mitral valve disease. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 2003;Aug;126(2):365-371, Atrial natriuretic factor maternal and fetal concentrations in severe preeclampsia.Hatjis CG, Greelish JP, Kofinas AD, Stroud A, Hashimoto K, Rose JC, 1989, James P. Greelish, MD profile, CaroMont Health: Raising the Bar for Regional Cardiac Care, Jan 2011
Hospitals:
Caromont Heart
2555 Court Dr STE 200, Gastonia 28054
Gaston Memorial Hospital
2525 Court Dr, Gastonia 28053
Philosophy:
Mutidisciplinary team assessment of patients to arrive at the best patient care decisions.
Secondary Specialties:
General Surgery
Education:
Medical School
Wake Forest University School Of Medicine
Graduated: 1992
The University Of Pennsylvania
Graduated: 1993
Harvard Medical School (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Graduated: 2002
Graduated: 1999
Graduated: 2000