Paul C. Kerr, DO, FACS, FCCP, is a Leading Cardiothoracic Surgeon with the William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, SC

Paul C. Kerr, DO, FACS, FCCP, is a well-versed cardiothoracic surgeon who diagnoses and treats patients at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina, where he serves as Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU). The William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a level 1C teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, education, and research. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, he specializes in surgical procedures inside the thorax, which may involve the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. Dr. Kerr’s professional journey spans thirty years as a general surgeon, including twenty-eight ears as a cardiothoracic surgeon. His areas of expertise include adult cardiac surgery, general thoracic surgery, surgical critical care/cardiac surgery critical care, and resident education. Prior to his current endeavors, he has served as Chief Clinical Associate of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic (1999 – 2000) and Chief of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at the University of Missouri (2001 – 2003). Dr. Kerr has also worked as Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Associate Program Director of Thoracic Surgery at the University of New York at Buffalo, as well as Chief Cardiac Surgery Services at Kaleida Health Care in Buffalo, NY. For more information about Paul C. Kerr, DO, please visit https://www.va.gov/find-locations/facility/vha_544.

Paul C. Kerr, DO, FACS, FCCP, attended the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, and received his Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 1986. Furthermore, he conducted his general surgery residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1986-1991), including a surgical oncology residency at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (1988-1989). Subsequently, he completed his training in thoracic surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (1991-1993). In addition, he completed a surgical critical care fellowship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN (2005-2006), as well as a cardiac surgery fellowship at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, TN (2012-2013). Dr. Kerr received board certification in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery (1994, recertified 2016), board certification in thoracic surgery from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (1995) and board certification in surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery (2016).  Dr. Kerr is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians (FCCP). For more information about Paul C. Kerr, DO, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/3019102-Paul-Kerr-Trauma-Surgeon.