Douglas R. Smego

Douglas R. Smego, MD

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Surgery

Divisions: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Academic Office Information

douglas.smego@hsc.utah.edu

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery (Sub: General Surgery)
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery)
  • American Board of Forensic Medicine

Education History

Undergraduate University of Notre Dame
 BS
Doctoral Training New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
 MD
Internship/Residency New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
 Resident
Fellowship University of Louisville School of Medicine
 Fellow
Fellowship Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Carr TG, Kazarian KK, Smego DR, Barone JE (1991). Radionuclide cholescintigraphy in patients with suspected biliary tract obstruction. Am Surg, 57(10), 673-5.
  2. Daye SS, Barone JE, Lincer RM, Blabey RC, Smego DR (1993). Pfannenstiel syndrome. Am Surg, 59(7), 459-60.
  3. Stear TJ, Shersher D, Kim GJ, Smego DR (2016). Valvular Cytomegalovirus Endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg, 102(2), e105-7.
  4. Parry MF, Smego DA, Digiovanni MA (1988). Hepatobiliary kinetics and excretion of ciprofloxacin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 32(7), 982-5.
  5. Conforti FP, Smego DR, Kazarian K (1987). Halloween appendicitis: pin perforation of the appendix. Connecticut medicine, 51(8), 507.
  6. White WA, Smego DR, Barone J (1992). Arterial substitution in lower extremity trauma: autogenous vein vs polytetrafluoroethylene. Connecticut medicine, 56(10), 525-8.
  7. Smego DR, Richardson JD, Flint L (1985). Determinants of outcome in pancreatic trauma. The Journal of trauma, 25(8), 771-6.
  8. Smego DR, Smego RA J (1986). Hydatid cyst: preoperative sterilization with mebendazole. Southern medical journal, 79(7), 900-1.
  9. Goldstein DJ, Smego D, Michler R (2006). Surgical aspects of congestive heart failure. Heart failure reviews, 11(2), 171-92.
  10. Nwakanma L, Poonyagariyagorn HK, Bello R, Khoynezhad A, Smego D, Plestis K (2006). Early and late results of combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass versus isolated coronary artery bypass. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 5(2), 159-65.
  11. Khoynezhad A, Bello R, Smego DR, Nwakanma L, Plestis K (2005). Improved outcome after repair of descending and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms using modern adjuncts. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 4(6), 574-6.
  12. Nash J, Yon JR, Kaminsky M, Smego D, Bokhari F, Wall MJ J (2017). Gunshot wound to the chest with retained projectile in intraventricular septum. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 82(1), 221-223.
  13. Gelhard S, O'Brien L, Vincenti S, Smego DR, Hobbs R, Varghese TK Jr, Selzman CH, Pereira S (2024). Disparities in Gender and Diversity Representation Among Surgical Subspecialties: Are we Losing Momentum?. The Journal of surgical research, 293, 413-419.
  14. Smego D (2022). Invited Commentary on: Evaluation of aorto-pulmonary window using virtual dissection of MD-computed CTA database. Journal of cardiac surgery, 37(12), 4485-4486.