Name Patrick McCarthy Role Surgeon | ||
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Education Loyola University Chicago | ||
Patrick M. McCarthy, MD is a cardiac surgeon, executive director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine, the first Heller-Sacks Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering. Through his work with the School of Engineering, McCarthy serves as a Farley Fellow.
Contents
- Education and post graduate work
- Early Work and Cleveland Clinic
- Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Expands West
- MC3 Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring
- IMR ETlogix Annuloplasty Ring
- D EtLogix Ring
- McCarthy Full Sternotomy Retractor and Mini Sternotomy Retractor
- References
Education and post graduate work
McCarthy obtained his undergraduate degree at University of Notre Dame, then attended Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine for his medical degree. He completed a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at Mayo Clinic, and a fellowship in cardiovascular transplantation at Stanford University.
McCarthy has authored or co-authored more than 425 papers and 60 book chapters. He is, or has been, on the editorial board of eight medical journals and is an officer in numerous professional societies. He has performed over 11,000 heart operations, averaging 400 per year. His clinical interests include heart valve repair and replacement, mitral valve repair, atrial fibrillation surgery, maze procedure, aortic aneurysm repair, coronary bypass surgery, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/myectomy and minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
McCarthy is one of four brothers who graduated from Lake Forest Academy. A 1973 graduate, McCarthy now serves on the Board of Trustees for the school.
Early Work and Cleveland Clinic
McCarthy joined the Mayo Clinic in 1980. After eight years at the Mayo Clinic, McCarthy worked at Stanford University Medical Center for 18 months before joining the Cleveland Clinic in 1990, where he was the surgical director of the George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure and the program director of the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support programs. McCarthy was at Cleveland Clinic for 14 years.
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
In 2004, McCarthy moved back to Chicago and joined the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as the first Heller-Sakes Professor of Surgery. He then led the new Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute as its executive director when it was created with a $10MM donation from billionaire philanthropist Neil Bluhm, who personally recruited McCarthy. The Institute has received about $60 million in donations, and about one-third have come from Bluhm. In 2017, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute as one of the top ten cardiology and heart surgery programs in the nation.
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Expands West
In February 2017, a $2.5 million financial gift was given to support the expansion of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute's cardiovascular services to other hospitals of the Northwestern Medicine system: Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Illinois; Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, Illinois; and Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. The $2.5 million donation will be used to replicate the processes used and the care given at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in these west locations.
MC3 Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring
McCarthy is the inventor of the Edwards’ MC3 Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring, the first 3-dimensional tricuspid-specific ring to treat tricuspid regurgitation. A 2016 study comparing a flexible band and the rigid MC3 ring found that MC3 3D ring annuloplasty might be more effective for tricuspid ring annuloplasty in FTR in mid-term postoperative periods when compared to the flexible band.
IMR ETlogix Annuloplasty Ring
Heart valve repair (annuloplasty) rings and bands were designed for symmetric dilatation of the heart valve. They are used to treat ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR), a type of mitral valve disease. McCarthy developed the Edwards' IMR ETlogix Ring through collaboration with other specialists in the field of heart valve repair, including Alain Carpentier, PhD, and David H. Adams, MD. The IMR ETlogix annuloplasty ring is the first remodeling ring specifically designed to treat asymmetric leaflet tethering and annular dilatation. Surgical repair of IMR with the IMR ETlogix Ring provided excellent early results with effective reduction of mitral regurgitation.
D-EtLogix Ring
McCarthy is the inventor of the Edwards’ D-EtLogix Ring, formally known as the Myxo ETlogix ring. The D-EtLogix Ring is a modification of an earlier device, the Geoform ring, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA policy permits minor modifications without regulatory approval.
Two patients brought a lawsuit against McCarthy, accusing him of experimenting with the ring on them without their knowledge, and concealing evidence of complications. The malpractice charge was misreported in some media as "human experimentation"; the alleged experimentation was addressed and settled by the FDA. One patient dropped their suit and the other patient brought their suit to trial. The jury decided that the charges brought by the patient had no merit.
McCarthy Full Sternotomy Retractor and Mini Sternotomy Retractor
Dr. McCarthy designed the McCarthy Full Sternotomy Retractor and the McCarthy Mini Sternotomy Retractor in conjunction with Kapp Surgical Instruments. These self-retaining retractors were designed to provide exposure for a variety of valve operations, Maze procedures and other intra-cardiac procedures. The McCarthy retractors include a removable lift attachment that improves exposure for these valve procedures.