Dr. Stasik is a Midwest native and earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2001.  He stayed at the University of Michigan for Medical School and received his MD degree in 2005.  He then completed his general surgery residency training at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and his cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas.  He completed an additional fellowship in aortic and endovascular surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before returning to the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.  After 5 years as an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the cardiothoracic surgery residency training program, as well as serving as Surgical Director of the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program and director of the South Texas Aortic Center, he left to join Cape Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, a Saint Francis Medical Partner, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  There he specializes in cardiothoracic surgery techniques, including all aspects of cardiac and thoracic surgery.  Of particular interest are aortic valve replacement and repair, TAVR, surgical revascularization for coronary artery disease (CABG surgery), aortic aneurysm surgery, and surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation.  He also performs minimally invasive lung resections (VATS) for cancer and other diseases of the lungs.