(631) 444-1820
- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
- Administrative/ Clinical Title:
- Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
THOMAS BILFINGER MD, ScD
For Appointments:
(631) 444-1820
BYPASS SURGERY, HEART (CABG)
CARDIAC DISEASES
CARDIAC SURGERY
CARDIOTHORACIC
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
ESOPHAGEAL
HEART BYPASS (CABG)
HEART DEFECTS
LUNG CANCER
THORACIC
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
ANTHEM
APA PARTNERS
BEECH STREET
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
DEVON HEALTH
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
FIRST HEALTH
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
HEALTH NET
HEALTHFIRST
HEALTHNET FEDERAL SERVICES (TRICARE)
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
NO FAULT
OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN
UNITED HEALTHCARE
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKMANS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- University of Zurich, Switzerland (1978)
- Residency:
- General Surgery, University of Chicago, IL
General Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, IL
- Fellowship:
-
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, TX
Academic & Other
- Teaching Activity:
- Surgery
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 1989
- Clinical Practice Began:
- 1978
- Languages:
- French, German, Italian
Locations
-
SURGERY
37 RESEARCH WAY,
EAST SETAUKET,
NY 11733-3465.
Ph.: 631-444-4545
Fax: 631-444-4539
-
SURGERY
3 EDMUND D PELLEGRINO RD,
STONY BROOK,
NY 11794-9450.
Ph.: 631-638-1000
Selected Publications
Bilfinger TV. Coronary artery bypasss tapling: does it reduce the immune response?Mod Aspects Immunobiol 2000; 1: 119-20.
Bilfinger TV. Fasttracksurgery. Costbenefits(con). ActaAnaesthScand 1999; 43(Suppl114):37.
Bilfinger TV. Morphine, stressandimmunity. ActaAnaesthScand 1999; 43(Suppl114):19-20.
Bilfinger TV .Role of morphine in blood pressure modulation: influence of nitric oxide.ActaPharmacolSin 1999; 20: 458-9.
Bilfinger TV,FimianiC, Stefano GB. Morphine
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