- Dr. Richard Gitter, MD
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Dr. Richard Gitter, MD
Thoracic Surgery - Iowa, Sioux City
Overview
Dr. Richard Gitter, MD works in Sioux City, Iowa is a specialist in Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery and graduated Tulane University School Of Medicine in 1992. Dr. Gitter is affiliated with Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City and practicing for 31 years
Specialties
- Thoracic Surgery
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)• Cardiomyopathy
• Cholesterol Diseases
• Clawtoe Correction Surgery
• Cognitive Assessment
• Coloboma of Iris
• Coronary Heart Disease, Susceptibility to, 6
• Cosmetic Facial Implant Surgery
• Cranial Neurological Surgery
• CranioSacral Therapy (CST)
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• Diverticulosis, Intestinal
• Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
• Independent Forensic Evaluation
• Memory Disorders
• Nerve Destruction by Neurolytic Agent
• Neurological Muscle Weakness
• Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Photosensitivity
• Progressive Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy
• Spinal Spacer Procedure
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
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Procedures
• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
• Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) or Excision of Infected Graft
• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Decortication and Pleurectomy
• Heart Defect Repair
• Maze Procedure
• Non-Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy, and Stenting
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• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
• Resection of Cardiac Tumor
• Thoracentesis
• Tracheal Surgery
• Valve Repair or Replacement (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid, and Pulmonary)
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) or Thoracotomy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 31
State License
- Iowa
Education & Training
Medical School
Tulane University School Of Medicine
New Orleans, LA, United States
Graduated: 1992
New Orleans, LA, United States
Graduated: 1992
Fellowship Hospital
University Of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Year completed: 1999
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Year completed: 1999
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Office Locations
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Office Address
801 5th Street
Iowa (IA)
Sioux City
51101
Phone:PopularNearby
Accepting New Patients
- No
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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