Robert Wiechmann, M.D.

Education

• University of Minnesota School of Medicine

Residency

• General Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine

Fellowship

• Cardiac Transplantation and Heart Failure, University of Utah School of Medicine
• Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan

Certifications

• Surgery, American Board of Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
• Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow, Bronze Level

Memberships

• American College of Surgeons
• Doctors Mayo Society
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Society for Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery
• Wisconsin Medical Society

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

• Biopsies and surgical treatment of lung cancer
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Endoscopic vein and radial artery removal
• Endovascular and surgical repair of aortic aneurysm
• Minimally invasive valve surgery, including mitral valve repair/replacement and aortic valve replacement
• Off-pump (beating heart) coronary artery bypass
• Minimally invasive acid reflux/esophageal surgeries
• Maze surgery for atrial fibrillation
• Traditional coronary artery bypass
• Transmyocardial laser revascularization