Dr. Richard Prager, MD

• Cardiothoracic Surgery

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• University Of Michigan Hospitals

  Fellowship Hospital, 1978

• University Of Michigan Hospitals

  Residency Hospital, 1976

• University Of Michigan Hospitals

  Internship Hospital, 1972

• State University Of New York Downstate Health Sciences University College Of Medicine

  Medical School, 1971

• Organizational Contributors to the Variation in Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practices in Cardiac Surgery: Survey Results from the State of Michigan, 2018-05-31

• REPORT FROM THE STS NATIONAL DATABASE WORK FORCE Clarifying the Definition of Operative Mortality, 2013-11-05

• Transcatheter vs. Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Episode Payments and Relationship to Case Volume, 2018-09-01

• Prevalence and Determinants of Glycemic Abnormalities in Cardiac Surgery Patients without a History of Diabetes: A Prospective Study, 2015-08-11

• Evaluating The Impact of Pneumonia Prevention Recommendations Following Cardiac Surgery, 2020-02-06

• Effect of Sex on Nadir Hematocrit and Rates of Acute Kidney Injury in Coronary Artery Bypass, 2019-03-29

• Greater Volume of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution May Aid in Reducing Blood Transfusions After Cardiac Surgery, 2015-07-21

• Impact Of Medicaid Expansion On Cardiac Surgery Volume And Outcomes, 2017-05-26

• Determinants of Value in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Brescia CABG value, 2020-11-12

• A Pre-operative Risk Model for Post-operative Pneumonia following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, 2016-06-01

• Establishment and Implementation of Evidence-Based Opioid Prescribing Guidelines in Cardiac Surgery, 2020-12-04

• Longitudinal Functional Recovery after Geriatric Cardiac Surgery, 2014-10-31

• The Association Between Medicaid Expansion and Cardiovascular Interventions: The Michigan Experience, 2018-03-06

• Center-level Variation in Infection Rates after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, 2014-07-01

• Diabetes and Stress Hyperglycemia in the Intensive Care Unit: Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery, 2016-10-24

• Analyzing "Failure to Rescue:” is this an opportunity for outcome improvement in cardiac surgery?, 2013-04-30

• Gait speed is a preoperative indicator of post-operative events following elective proximal aortic surgery, 2020-05-23