Dr. Hamilton earned his Medical Degree at the University of Nevada in 1997 where he received the Dean’s Scholar award. He completed a residency in general surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2004. During his training, Dr. Hamilton spent two years as an NIH-sponsored research fellow in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery’s Research laboratory where his work focused on pulmonary and myocardial metabolism and organ preservation for transplantation. He then completed a residency in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery also at UT Southwestern in 2007. Board certified in both General and Thoracic Surgery Dr. Hamilton comes to us having spent the past four years performing adult cardiac, non-cardiac thoracic and peripheral vascular surgery in a busy private practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Hamilton’s clinical interests include off-pump coronary revascularization, open and endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms, less-invasive surgery for lung cancer, interventional bronchoscopy, and surgery for valvular heart disease.
Board Certifications
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American Board of Surgery
Education
MD, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1997
Postgraduate training
Fellowship – Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2004-2007
Residency – Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1998-2004
Clinical interests
Adult Cardiac Surgery
General Thoracic Surgery
Publications
Peltz M, Hamilton TT, Adams GA, Jessen ME, Chao RY, He TT, Meyer DM. Effects of Increased Oxidative Metabolism on Lung Preservation for Transplantation American College of Surgeons – North Texas Chapter: 2003 Feb.
Hamilton TT. Increasing Oxidative Metabolism During Storage does not Harm Lung Function Cardiothoracic Transplantation 2003: An International Update: 2003 Feb.
Hamilton TT, He TT, Chao RY, Adams GA, Jessen ME. Mechanism of Fatty Acid Oxidation Suppression During Cardioplegic Arrest 75th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association: 2002 Nov.
Hamilton TT, Jessen ME, HE TT, Chao RY, Adams GA, Meyer DM. Increasing Oxidative Metabolism During Preservation of Pulmonary Allografts Surgical Forum of the 2002 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons: 2002 Oct.
Hamilton TT, Jessen ME, Chao RY, He T-T, Meyer DM. Oxygen availablility and glucose oxidation during lung preservation for transplantation Proceedings of the 10th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: 2002 May.
Hamilton TT,Jessen ME, Chao RY, Adams LD, Meyer DM. The effect of flow rate on substrate metabolism in the isolated perfused lung model Proceedings of the 10th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: 2002 May.
Hamilton TT, Jessen ME, Chao RY, Adams LD, Meyer DM. The Effect of flow rate on substrate metabolism in the isolate perfused lung model. Proceedings of the 10th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: 2002 May.
Ring WS, DiMaio JM, Jessen ME, Kaiser PA, Meyer DM, Moncrief CL, Wait MA, Hamilton TT, Hutcheson KA, Karandikar N, Baldwin BJ, Boehrer JD, Horn VP, Yancy CW. Steroid withdrawal improves late survival after heart transplantation: 10 year follow-up 22nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 2002 Apr.
Hamilton TT,Quin JA, Huber LM, Meyer DM, Wait MA, DiMAio JM, Ring WS, Jessen ME. Do heart transplant recipients that avoid blood transfusion fare better? 22nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 2002 Apr.
Hamilton TT, Chao RY, Merritt M, Adams L, Jessen ME. Potassium cardioplegia (PC) eliminates the substrate oxidation effects of mitochondrial KATP (mKTAP) channel manipulation 74th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association: 2001 Nov.
Hamilton TT, Jessen ME. PULSECO: Accurate monitoring of cardiac output from the arterial waveform 74th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association: The 8th Annual Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Meeting; 2001 Nov.
Hamilton TT, Jessen ME, Chao RY, Adams LD, Meyer DM. Effects of Perfusion condition on oxidative metabolism: A caveat for studies using isloated perfused lungs Surgical Forum of the 2001 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons: 2001 Oct.
Hamilton TT, Chao RY, Merritt M, Adams L. Jessen, ME. The substrate oxidation effects of potassium cardioplegia (PC) are not mediated by mitochondrial KATP (mKATP) channels. Scientific Conference on Molecular, Integrative, and Clinical Approaches to Myocardial Ischemia: 2001 Aug.
Hamilton TT, Meyer PE, Tauriainen MP, Chao RY, Jessen ME. Myocardial substrate oxidation during cardioplegic arrest with potassium chloride or tetrodotoxin. Proceedings of the 9th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: 2001 Apr.
Hamilton TT, Meyer PE, Tauriainen MP, Chao RY, Jessen ME. Myocardial substrate use during arrest with potassium chloride or tetrodotoxin. 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons; 2001 Feb.
Hamilton TT, Jessen ME, Chao RY, Adams LD, Meyer DM. Effects of Perfusion conditions on oxidative metabolism: A caveat for studies using isolated perfused lungs 2001. (Surg Forum; vol. 52).
Hamilton TT,Voss CJ, Bjerke HS. Appendiceal Diverticulum: A case Report and review of the literature 1995. (J Invest Med; vol. 43:1, no. 1).
Hamilton TT, Rege RV. Laparoscopic Surgery, Principles and Procedures, 2nd edition In: Peptic Ulcer Disease. 2004.
Awards
American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma: Region VI.: Outstanding Clinical Paper, Resident Paper Competition, 2004
Dean’s Scholar Award: University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1997
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1996
NIH-supported Summer Research Fellow: University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1995
Professional societies
Fellow, America College of Surgeons
Southern Thoracic Surgery Association
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Bexar County Medical Society
Comal County Medical Society
Clark County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
American Medical Association