Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon Christopher Genco joins Beebe Healthcare

Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon Christopher M Genco, MD, has joined Beebe Healthcare and is seeing patients at the Beebe Cardiac Surgery offices on Savannah Road in Lewes.

Genco moved from the Michigan Cardiovascular Institute where he practiced for over 24 years in the Saginaw-Midland-Bay City, Mich. area. Genco was one of the top five busiest surgeons in Michigan, performing between 200 and 350 open heart surgeries per year as well as numerous vascular and thoracic cases. He has performed well over 5,000 open heart procedures in his career. He was also instrumental in starting the first transcatheter aortic valve replacement programs in mid-Michigan.

Genco completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame in 1980, and earned his medical degree from SUNY Stony Brook, N.Y. He completed his general surgery residency at SUNY Stony Brook and by 1992 completed his cardiothoracic fellowship in Boston at Tufts New England Medical Center. In 2008 he received additional training in endovascular surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.

While in Michigan, Genco participated in numerous clinical research projects and published articles in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of American College of Cardiology and the Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery. He is a past president of the Saginaw County Medical Society.

Board certified in thoracic surgery, Genco is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Surgery and the American College of Phlebology.

Genco’s scope of practice includes all forms of adult cardiac and thoracic surgeries including aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery, lung resections for lung cancer, carotid endarterectomies as well as abdominal and thoracic aneurysm repairs.

He is very excited to bring his knowledge and expertise to Beebe's Cardiac Surgical program and to the local Beebe Healthcare community.

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