Brian Solomon Email & Phone Number

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Cardiothoracic surgeon at St Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT. I cover all aspects of cardiac and thoracic surgery, including coronary revascularization, minimally invasive valve surgery, mitral valve repair, TAVR and mitraclip, and thoracic oncology. I provide minimally invasive and robotic approaches to these procedures, whenever possible. I also take part in teaching medical students of Quinnipiac University.

Cardiothoracic surgeon at CVT Surgical Center in Baton Rouge, LA, operating at Our Lady of The Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge General Hospital, and Ochsner Clinic. I also take part in teaching medical students and residents from LSU.

New York, Ny

Cardiac and thoracic operative experience and critical care management at New York University Langone Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital, and Manhattan Veterans Affairs HospitalAlso included research and development in the fields of surgical simulation development, virtual reality laparoscopic and robotic surgery, and engineering of advanced cardiac imaging modalities.

New York, Ny

General surgery operative experience at New York University Langone Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital, and Manhattan Veterans Affairs Hospital. Experience includes trauma, abdominal, colorectal, vascular, endocrine, and breast surgery in addition to critical care management.

New York, Ny

Working to develop new devices to optimize medical and surgical outcomes for cardiac, abdominal, and weight loss surgery.

• Led 12 medical students in designing a new method of teaching anatomy through careful prosection, photography, filming, and development of an online web utility for anatomy education• Incorporated and collated original anatomy photographs, videos of dissection, videos of surgical approaches, radiographs, and figures into a site designed to educate students in anatomy• Developed a series of 4 digital video disks which compiled the videos filmed for the UCHC Anatomy Web Portal currently distributed to all first year medical and dental students• Sponsored by grants from Kaiser Permanente and UConn School of Medicine• Currently integrated into the anatomy curriculum of UConn School of Medicine

Served as a member of the national board of the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation, assisting in the organization of programs to implement emergency medical care on college campuses throughout 14 states

Performed research in molecular engineering of hemoglobin in an attempt to engineer a universal source of artificial blood. Research performed in the lab of Dr. John S. Olson. Source of Honors Research Thesis

Worked with Dr. Michael DeBakey and Dr. Alan Lumsden as a surgical undergraduate intern at Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Interned in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery assisting in surgery, attending rounds, assisting in the surgical clinic, attending conferences and lectures, and assisting in patient care

Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

Integrated fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery with specialty year focusing on minimally invasive cardiac surgery and robotic-assisted.

General Surgery Residency Program

Internship, Residency, and Chief Residency in General Surgery

M.D, Medicine

2008 Departmental Honors in Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Cardiology, and Critical Care Selective thesis: A retrospective analysis.

Bachelor Degree, Biochemistry And Biomolecular Engineering

Activities and Societies: President of Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honor SocietyMagna Cum Laude

Education record