Richard P. Embrey, MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Surgery

Department:
Surgery

Division:
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Mailing Address:
201 South Main Street, Suite 3200 Danville, VA 24541

Telephone:
434-791-3009

Office Telephone:
434-791-3009

Fax:
434-791-3228

Training:
MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Maryland), 1983

Fellowship:
Cardiac Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1990-1991

Residency:
General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1983-1988
Thoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1988-1990

Clinical Interests:
Adult acquired and congenital heart defects, including coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects

Research Interests:
My current research interests are in using game theory to develop models of physician behavior and how information asymmetry and uncertainty contribute to health care costs.

Publications:
Embrey R. Cardiac trauma. Thorac Surg Clin. 2007 Feb;17(1):87-93, vii.

Roy MC, Herwaldt LA, Embrey R, Kuhns K, Wenzel RP, Perl TM. Does the Centers for Disease Control's NNIS system risk index stratify patients undergoing cardiothoracic operations by their risk of surgical-site infection? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Mar;21(3):186-90.

Danetz JS, Donofrio MT, Embrey RP. Multiple left-sided cardiac lesions in one of Noonan's original patients. Cardiol Young. 1999 Nov;9(6):610-2.

Danetz JS, Clemo HF, Davies RD, Embrey RP, Damiano RJ Jr, Baumgarten CM. Age-related effects of St Thomas' Hospital cardioplegic solution on isolated cardiomyocyte cell volume. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1999 Sep;118(3):467-76.

Herwaldt LA, Swartzendruber SK, Edmond MB, Embrey RP, Wilkerson KR, Wenzel RP, Perl TM. The epidemiology of hemorrhage related to cardiothoracic operations. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Jan;19(1):9-16.

Embrey RP, Brooks LA, Dellsperger KC. Mechanism of coronary microvascular responses to metabolic stimulation. Cardiovasc Res. 1997 Jul;35(1):148-57.

Embrey RP. Relief of aortic obstruction in (S,L,L) hearts with rudimentary right ventricle and restrictive bulboventricular foramen. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1996 Apr;111(4):904.

Delius RE, Embrey RP, Behrendt DM. Late development of functional subvalvar stenosis after repair of truncus arteriosus. Pediatr Cardiol. 1996 Nov-Dec;17(6):393-5.

Jamali IN, McKay CR, Embrey RP, Galvin JR. Electron beam computed tomography: use in pulmonary embolectomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995 Jun;59(6):1577-9.

Embrey RP, Geist LJ. Influenza A pneumonitis following treatment of acute cardiac allograft rejection with murine monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody (OKT3). Chest. 1995 Nov;108(5):1456-9.

Simonson TM, Yuh WT, Hindman BJ, Embrey RP, Halloran JI, Behrendt DM. Contrast MR of the brain after high-perfusion cardiopulmonary bypass. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1994 Jan;15(1):3-7.

Lindower P, Embrey R, Vandenberg B. Echocardiographic diagnosis of mechanical complications in acute myocardial infarction. Clin Intensive Care. 1993;4(6):276-83.

L'Ecuyer TJ, Embrey RP. Closure of hemodynamically insignificant ventricular septal defect after infective endocarditis. Am J Cardiol. 1993 Nov 1;72(14):1093-4.

Embrey RP. Modified Cabrol's technique for composite replacement of the aortic valve and ascending aorta. J Card Surg. 1993 Sep;8(5):562-6.