- Dr. Richard M Briggs, MD
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Dr. Richard M Briggs, MD
Thoracic Surgery
- Tennessee, Knoxville
Overview
Dr. Richard M Briggs, MD works in Knoxville, Tennessee is a specialist in Thoracic Surgery and graduated Brook Army Med Center in 1979. Dr. Briggs is affiliated with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and practicing for 45 years
Specialties
- Thoracic Surgery
Conditions
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)• Cardiomyopathy
• Cholesterol Diseases
• Chronic Headache
• Clawtoe Correction Surgery
• Cognitive Assessment
• Coloboma of Iris
• Coronary Heart Disease, Susceptibility to, 6
• Cosmetic Facial Implant Surgery
• Cough Headache
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• Cranial Neurological Surgery
• Cranial Osteopathy
• CranioSacral Therapy (CST)
• Diverticulosis, Intestinal
• Endocarditis
• Hand Neuropathy
• Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
• Independent Forensic Evaluation
• Memory Disorders
• Nasal Surgery
• Nerve Destruction by Neurolytic Agent
• Neurological Muscle Weakness
• No-Needle, No-Scalpel Vasectomy
• Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Photosensitivity
• Pneumonia
• Progressive Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy
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Procedures
• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias• Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
• Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) or Excision of Infected Graft
• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
• Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy and Stent
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Decortication and Pleurectomy
• Heart Defect Repair
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• Impella Device
• Insertion of Epicardial Lead for Pacemaker or Cardioverter and-or Defibrillator
• Lobectomy, Open
• Lung Removal (Partial or Complete): Open, or Resection of Lung Tumor: Open
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Maze Procedure
• Non-Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy, and Stenting
• Pacemaker Insertion or Replacement
• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Thoracentesis
• Thoracoscopic Wedge Resection
• Tracheal Surgery
• Valve Repair or Replacement (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid, and Pulmonary)
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) or Thoracotomy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 45
State License
- Tennessee
Spoken Languages
- French
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Brook Army Med Center
San Antonio, TX, USA
Year completed: 1979
San Antonio, TX, USA
Year completed: 1979
Medical School
University Of Kentucky College Of Medicine
Lexington, KY, United States
Graduated: 1978
Lexington, KY, United States
Graduated: 1978
Awards
1 FACC
2 FACS
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Office Locations
Primary location
East Tennessee Cardiovascular
101 East Blount Avenue Suite 800
Tennessee (TN)
Knoxville
37920
Phone:(865) 632-5900
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 30 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Accepting New Patients
- No
Map & Directions
East Tennessee Cardiovascular, 101 East Blount Avenue Suite 800, Knoxville, Tennessee (TN), 37920
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
- CHAMPVA
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- GEHA
- Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- LocalPlus
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Medico
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- MVP Health Care
- National Elevator
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Network S
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- POMCO Group
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Wells Fargo Insurance
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