Welcome to Elias R. Quintos, MD, FACS,
Dr. Elias R. Quintos is a Heart Surgeon with over thirty years of experience specializing in Heart, Lung and Chest Surgery. Dr. Quintos is committed to providing meticulous and approachable personal care to all of his patients. Operations include coronary bypass surgery using conventional and beating heart technique, heart valve repair, heart valve replacement, operations for aneurysms of the thoracic aorta, atrial fibrillation surgery, and minimally invasive lung and chest operations.

 

​Specializing In:

 

Coronary Bypass Surgery -

 

Conventional with the heart-lung machine

 

Beating Heart procedures for select patients since 1999 (Less transfusion, less chance of stroke, shorter hospital stay)

 

Heart Valve Repair and Replacement

 

Aneurysms of the Thoracic Aorta

 

Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

 

Lung and Chest Operations - Minimally Invasive and Standard - Video and Robotic Assisted

 

Carotid Surgery

 

 

​Education &Experience

 

Tulane Medical School Graduate - 1982

 

Early hands-on experience as primary surgeon since general surgery

residency - first heart operation in 1985

 

98-99% operative survival

 

Certified by 2 Boards:

American Board of Thoracic Surgery & American Board of Surgery

 

America's Top Surgeons Search

Engine since 2006

 

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

 

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

 

​View Dr. Elias Quintos MD in US News & World Report and Doximity and performing robotic lobectomy and robotic wedge biopsy. US News and World ReportDoximity  Robotic lobectomy Robotic wedge biopsy

 

​Contact Information

 

 

For questions and for new and

follow-up appointments:

 

Phone: (941) 916-0878

Fax:     (941) 916-9277

Cell:    (941) 916-0878

 

Email: QuintosMD@comcast.net

 

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