Specialty:
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Practice Location:
1600 Coit Road
Suite 309
Dallas, Texas 75075

James R. Edgerton is a Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon who joined the CSANT physician group in 1998. His primary practice is at our Medical Center of Plano location.

Dr. Edgerton received his M.D. Degree from the University of Illinois. He then completed a six-year General Surgery Residency at the University of Florida where he took time out to work full time in the Basic Cardiac Research Laboratory. Dr. Edgerton completed his Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. Edgerton came to Dallas from Southeast Wisconsin where he was the Founder and President of Great Lakes Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates. He served as Medical Director of Cardiac Surgery at Saint Mary's Medical Center in Racine and as the Surgical Director of the Debakey Heart Institute of Wisconsin in Kenosha.

Dr. Edgerton is recognized as the first surgeon in Wisconsin to perform minimal access heart surgery and the first surgeon in Wisconsin to perform mulit-vessel grafting on the beating heart. He is recognized nationally for his efforts in advancing research and quality care. In 1994, Dr. Edgerton was presented with Wisconsin's Distinguished Citizen Award for high quality cost effective health care. He is a frequent speaker on topics such as heart healthy living, women and heart disease, and minimally invasive surgery. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Examiners and is a Full Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American College of Cardiology.