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A portrait of Stewart M. Long III

Stewart M. Long III, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Education, training, and certifications

  • Emory University Health Systems (Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery) 2004-2007
  • The University of Virginia Hospitals (Resident, General Surgery) 1997-2004
  • Medical College of Georgia (MD) 1997
  • Washington and Lee University (BA) 1993
  • The American Board of Thoracic Surgery 2008
  • The American Board of Surgery 2005

Formal and supervisory teaching

  • 3rd Year Medical Student Core Surgery Clerkship -University of Virginia School of Medicine Lecturer, Endocrine System (2000-2001)
  • Surgical Techniques Course Instructor-University of Virginia School of Medicine (1999-2001)
  • Anatomy Teaching Assistant-University of Virginia School of Medicine (1999-2001)

Practice

  • NorthStarr Cardiothoracic Surgery, Anchorage, Alaska (2022-present)
  • Asheville Heart, Asheville, North Carolina (2020-2022)
  • The International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, Montana (2007-2020)

Special skills

  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Thoracic Surgery/VATS procedures
  • Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement
  • Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Selected honors

  • Alpha Omega Alpha 1996 Medical College of Georgia – 1996
  • Faculty Sponsored Scholarship – 1993-1997
  • School of Medicine Alumni Scholarship – 1993-1997
  • Phi Beta Kappa – 1992
  • Phi Eta Sigma – 1990

Active society memberships

  • STS (2009- Present)
  • ACS (2013- Present)

Publications and presentations

  • 45 Peer Reviewed Publications