• John Braxton MD

  • Physician - Cardiovascular Surgery


    • Weston - Cardiovascular Surgery
    • 1000 North Oak Ave. MMC-WES Marshfield, WI 54449

Education

2003:
MBA, Physician Executive Business Administration, University of Tennessee
1997 to 1997:
Administrative Chief Resident - Adult Cardiac Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven
1996 to 1996:
Resident Cardiothoracic Surgery - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Rotation, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven
1996 to 1996:
Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident - Adult Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Veterans Administration HealthCare System, West Haven
1995 to 1995:
Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident - Thoracic Surgery Rotation, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital/St. Raphael's Hospital, New Haven
1993 to 1995:
Winchester Scholar of Cardiovascular, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven
1992 to 1993:
Cardiovascular Surgery Fellow, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven
1989 to 1990:
General Surgery Chief Resident, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington
1986 to 1989:
General Surgery Resident, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington
1984 to 1985:
General Surgery Intern, Howard University Hospital, Washington
1984:
MD, Howard University, Washington
1982:
BS, Zoology, Howard University, Washington

Work Experience

2011 to Present:
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield
2011 to Present:
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Ministry St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield
2011 to Present:
Medical Director - Valve Clinic, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield
2000 to Present:
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington
1997 to 2010:
Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Maine Heart Surgical Associates, Portland
1997 to 2010:
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Maine Medical Center/Mercy Hospital, Portland
1999 to 2003:
Medical Director of Cardiac Surgery Recovery Unit, Maine Medical Center, Portland
1997 to 1999:
Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery of Maine, Portland
1996 to 1997:
Instructor of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven
1994 to 1996:
Reserve Army Officer, United States Army, Combat Support Hospital, Hartford
1991 to 1992:
Staff General Surgeon, Assistant Chief General Surgery, United States Army, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco
1990 to 1991:
Staff General Surgeon, United States Army, Weed Army Community Hospital, National Training Center, Fort Irwin
1985 to 1986:
General Medical Officer, United States Army, Dunham Army Health Clinic, Army War College, Carlisle

Board Certifications

2002 to Present:
Surgery (1991), Recertified
2006 to Present:
Thoracic Surgery (1998), Recertified
2007 to Present:
Critical Care Medicine (1993), Recertified

Professional Societies

American College of Surgeons-Fellow
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
New England Surgical Society
American College of Cardiology-Fellow

Select Publications

  • Dacey L, Liu J, Braxton JH, Weintraub R, DeSimone J, Charlesworth D,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2002 August). Long-term survival of dialysis patients after coronary bypass grafting. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 74(2):458-62; discussion 462-3.
    PubMed ID: 12173829
  • Dacey L, DeSimone J, Braxton JH, Leavitt B, Lahey S, Klemperer J,...O'Connor G. (2003 September). Preoperative white blood cell count and mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 76(3):760-4.
    PubMed ID: 12963194
  • Likosky D, Leavitt B, Marrin C, Malenka D, Reeves A, Weintraub R,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2003 August). Intra- and postoperative predictors of stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 76(2):428-34; discussion 435.
    PubMed ID: 12902078
  • Braxton JH, Marrin C, McGrath P, Morton J, Norotsky M, Charlesworth D,...O'Connor G. (2004). 10-year follow-up of patients with and without mediastinitis. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 16(1):70-6.
    PubMed ID: 15366690
  • Leavitt B, Sheppard L, Maloney C, Clough R, Braxton JH, Charlesworth D,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2004 September). Effect of diabetes and associated conditions on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. CIRCULATION. 110(11 Suppl 1):II41-4.
    PubMed ID: 15364836
  • Brown J, Cochran R, Dacey L, Ross C, Kunzelman K, Dunton R,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2006 July). Perioperative increases in serum creatinine are predictive of increased 90-day mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. CIRCULATION. 114(1 Suppl):I409-13.
    PubMed ID: 16820609
  • Brown J, Cochran R, Mackenzie T, Furnary A, Kunzelman K, Ross C,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2008 July). Long-term survival after cardiac surgery is predicted by estimated glomerular filtration rate. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 86(1):4-11.
    PubMed ID: 18573389
  • Groom R, Quinn R, Lennon P, Donegan D, Braxton JH, Kramer R,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2009 May). Detection and elimination of microemboli related to cardiopulmonary bypass. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2(3):191-8.
    PubMed ID: 20031837
  • Kramer R, Oberg-Higgins P, Russo L, Braxton JH. (2009). Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis syndrome managed with plasmapheresis. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 8(4):439-41.
  • Dacey L, Braxton JH, Likosky D, Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2009 November). Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 361(19):1908; author reply 1909-10.
    PubMed ID: 19911437
  • Brown J, Mackenzie T, Dacey L, Leavitt B, Braxton JH, Westbrook B,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2010 December). Using biomarkers to improve the preoperative prediction of death in coronary artery bypass graft patients. J Extra Corpor Technol. 42(4):293-300.
    PubMed ID: 21313927
  • Kramer R, Quinn R, Groom R, Braxton JH, Malenka D, Kellett M,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2010 November). Same admission cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery: is there an increased incidence of acute kidney injury? ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 90(5):1418-23; discussion 1423-4.
    PubMed ID: 20971232
  • Dacey L, Braxton JH, Kramer R, Schmoker J, Charlesworth D, Helm R,...Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. (2011 January). Long-term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting after coronary artery bypass grafting. CIRCULATION. 123(2):147-53.
    PubMed ID: 21200010
  • Kanth R, Braxton JH, McCauley CS. (2013 April). Hemodynamic optimization in high-risk mitral valve repairs as a key component in surgical readiness. WMJ. 112(2):69-73.
    PubMed ID: 23758018