• Medical School:  Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Turkey
• Plastic Surgery Residency:  Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Turkey

Dr. Raygor joins our surgical faculty in the Department of Neurological Surgery as Assistant Professor with a specialty in open cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery. His areas of clinical expertise include ischemic stroke, moyamoya disease, carotid stenosis, intracranial atherosclerotic disease, cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, cavernous malformations, intracerebral hemorrhage, and other neurovascular disorders of the brain and spine.

Research
Dr. Raygor's research interests focus on metabolic and genomic analyses of ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disorders utilizing state of the art techniques including endovascular biopsy as well as novel imaging techniques and clinical outcomes research for neurovascular diseases.

Education
Dr. Raygor received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College where he graduated magna cum laude with highest honors. He received his medical degree from University of California, San Francisco. He completed his neurosurgery residency at University of California, San Francisco and his endovascular neurosurgery fellowship at the University at Buffalo.

• Bachelor of Science, Biology - Marshall University, Huntington, WV 1990-1994
• Doctor of Medicine - West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 1994-1998
• General Surgery Residency - Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH    1998-2003
• Fellowship - Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2003-2004

Dr. Lima joined our surgical faculty in the Department of Cardiac Surgery from Dallas, Texas, where he was the Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support for Medical City Healthcare and one of the National Physician Directors for Cardiothoracic Surgery with HCA Healthcare. His efforts led to the development of early identification tools for patients with cardiogenic shock across HCA Healthcare, as well as the first successful DCD (donation after circulatory death) heart transplant program in the state of Texas. Dr. Lima was previously at Northwell Health in New York as the inaugural Surgical Director for the first and only heart transplant program on Long Island.

With nearly 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Lima has extensively investigated clinical outcomes related to heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support, including left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECM). Beyond research, Dr. Lima is most passionate about clinical care and treats patients with heart failure, cardiac valve and coronary heart disease.

Education:

• Executive MBA in Health Care Management, Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas, Dallas, TX 2024
• M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 2002
• B.A., Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1998

Post Graduate Training:

• Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 2009-20012
• General Surgery Residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 2002-2009

Clinical Interests:

• Heart Transplant
• Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Cardiac Valve Disease
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/TAVR
• Aortic Aneurysms

Contact:

Department of Cardiac Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Medical Center East
1215 21st Ave, South, Suite 5025
Nashville TN 37232

Phone (615) 343-9195