Dr. Stasik earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Michigan. He trained in General Surgery at the University of Florida, followed by a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed additional fellowship training at the University of Pennsylvania, where he learned advanced open and endovascular surgical options for the treatment of aortic diseases. He is an adult cardiac surgeon with an interest in surgery of the aorta, including thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). He also specializes in the surgical management of atrial fibrillation (AFIB) and the left atrial appendage, including new minimally invasive approaches for the maze procedure.
Board Certifications
American Board of Thoarcic Surgery
American Board of Surgery
Education
Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, with Distinction in Research, 2005
Postgraduate Training
Fellowship – Aortic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Residency – Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 2010 – 2012
Residency – General Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2005 – 2010
Research Interests
Cardiovascular surgery outcomes
Surgical education
Clinical Interests
Aortic valve disease
Aortic root replacement
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
Aortic aneurysms
Aortic dissections
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)
Coronary artery disease
Atrial fibrillation (AFIB)
Cox-Maze operation
Video-assisted totally thoracoscopic maze operation (VATS Maze/TT-Maze)
Left atrial appendage management
Pacemaker lead management, including laser lead extraction
Publications
Stasik CN, Berceli SA, Nelson PR, Lee WA, Ozaki, CK. Functional outcome after redo below-knee amputation World J Surg 2008;32(8):1823-1826.
Grobmyer SR, Stasik CN, Draganov P, Hemming AW, Dixon LR, Vogel SB, Hochwads SN. Contemporary results with ampullectomy for 29 “benign” neoplasms of the ampulla. J American College Surgery 2008; 206(3):466-471.
Stasik CN, Gelehrter S, Goldberg CS, Bove EL, Devaney EJ, Ohye RG. Current outcomes and risk factors for the Norwood procedure J Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery 2006; 131(2):412-417.
Stasik CN, Giordano TJ, Gauger PG. Ganglioneuroma manifesting as an incidental adrenal mass in an adult with Turner’s syndrome Endocrine Practice 2005; 11(6):382-384.
Hall DA, Vander Kooi CW, Stasik CN, Stevens SY, Zuiderweg ER, Matthews RG. Mapping the interactions between flavodoxin and its physiologic partners flavodixin reductase and cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase Proc National Academy Sciences USA 2001; 98(17):9521-9526.
Honors & Awards
Top Doctors: Rising Stars, Texas Monthly magazine, July, 2015
S.A. Doctors: Best of 2015, San Antonio Scene magazine, December, 2014
Alley-Sheridan Scholarship, Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education, 2014
Edward R. Woodward Surgical Resident’s Award, 2010
Administrative Chief Resident, University of Florida Department of Surgery, 2010
Academic Achievement Award, University of Florida Department of Surgery, 2010
Phi Kappa Phi, 2001
Phi Beta Kappa, 2000
James B. Angell Scholar, 2000
Golden Key National Honor Society, 2000
Professional Societies
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
American College of Surgeons