Dr. Todd Shuman graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1983.
Dr. Shuman has three offices in South Carolina where he specializes in Critical Care Medicine, Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. Learn more.
Dr. Shuman works with sixteen doctors including Dr. George Douglass and Dr. Lars Runquist.
Critical care specialists like Dr. Shuman provide life-saving care for patients in critical condition. Patients are usually cared for in within intensive care units (ICUs), and may receive life and organ support. Dr. Shuman may also work to stabilize patients and perform time-sensitive, potentially life-saving procedures.
Heart and cardiovascular illnesses, such as ischemic, rheumatic, valvular, or congenital heart disease, endocarditis and atherosclerosis, affect a significant percentage of the society. Dr. Todd Shuman is a cardiac surgeon focusing on the surgical healing of these frequent heart problems in Walterboro, SC. He may perform procedures including heart transplant surgery, coronary artery bypass, surgical implantation of defibrillators and pacemakers, or heart valve repair.
As a general surgeon in South Carolina, Dr. Shuman performs a range of of surgeries and operations, usually focusing on areas and organs of the abdomen and their related organs. Dr. Shuman may utilize invasive or minimally-invasive surgical techniques, with the latter reducing recovery time and stress on the patient's body.
Following rigorous and lengthy training, thoracic surgeons are uniquely qualified to perform complex surgeries on the chest, or thorax as it is sometimes called. Their focus is usually on the lungs, esophagus, and other areas of the chest, and may also include the heart. As such, Dr. Shuman may see patients in South Carolina for a wide range of surgeries, for example removing cancer causing tumors from the esophagus and chest wall, or even a lung transplant.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
MD • 1983
Please Note: The information displayed below is sourced from the 2014 Medicare Physician and Other Supplier National Provider Identifier (NPI) Aggregate Report. It's important to remember that the statistics below are not inclusive of all patients treated by Dr. Shuman, but only those who participate in Medicare.