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Physician Information

Ronald K. Grooters, M.D.

Specialties

Undergraduate

  • Iowa State University

Medical

  • University of Iowa College of Medicine

Internship

  • Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan-General Surgery

Residency

  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center

Fellowship(s)

  • University of Missouri Hospitals, Cardiac-Vascular Surgery

Board Certification(s)

  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Hospital(s)

  • Iowa Methodist Medical Center
  • Mercy Medical Center
  • Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Directions 

1440 Pleasant Street, Suite 200

Clinical Interests 

Dispersion Aortic Cannula

Health Presentations 

Heart Valve Surgery

Heart - Front View

Heart - Inside View

Health Links 

TMR: Transmyocardial Revascularization

Heart Bypass Surgery

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Open Heart Surgery - Overview

Atrial Septal Defect

Congenital Heart Defect Corrective Surgery

Myocarditis

Congenital Heart Disease

Lung Cancer

Published Articles 

Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons Offer New Laser Treatment

Transmyocardial Revascularization Update

What is so Special About Dispersion Cannula?

Web Resources 

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons: Echocardiographic Comparison of the Standard End-Hole Cannula, the Soft-Flow Cannula, and the Dispersion Cannula During Perfusion Into the Aortic Arch

Texas Heart Journal: Assessment of Perfusion toward the Aortic Valve: Using the New Dispersion Aortic Cannula during Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Patient Education