Eric Quintana, MD
Dr. Quintana joined our surgical faculty as Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery after completing the Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His areas of clinical expertise include coronary heart disease, cardiac valve disease, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and arrhythmias ablation.
Research
Dr. Quintana’s research focuses on surgical education and simulation. Included among his recent publications in numerous peer-reviewed journals are: “Acute Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Blunt Traumatic Aortic Valve Injury”, Trauma Case Reports 2024, “Thoraco-abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion: How I Teach It,” Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2024, and “Early Outcomes of Multivisceral Transplant Using Hepatitis C-Positive Donors,” Annuals of Thoracic Surgery 2021.
See Dr. Quintana’s publications on PubMed.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
Dr. Quintana is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery since 2022. He is an active member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Surgeons. Notably, he was awarded the New Mexico Nurse Excellence Award in Emergency Nursing in 2010, and the Jonathan C. Nesbitt Award for Outstanding Resident Performance at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2024.
Education
Dr. Quintana earned his bachelor and medical degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He completed his internship and residency in General Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Prior to graduating medical school in 2017, he worked as a nurse for 19 years including working near fulltime in medical school. He worked in various areas of nursing including ICU, emergency nursing, administration, and as a clinical instructor in the BSN Nursing program. He held 6 national nursing board certifications prior to leaving nursing.
Contact
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Vanderbilt Medical Center East
1215 21st Ave, South, Suite 5025
Nashville TN 37232
Patient Appointments and Clinic
Vanderbilt Heart
1215 21st Avenue South
5th Floor
Nashville, TN 37232
Appointment: (615) 322-2318