For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
Varun Puri, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery - certified
Surgery (General) - certified
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Siteman Cancer Center
St. Louis Children's Hospital
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
Saint Peters, MO 63376
636.916.7123
4921 Parkview Place Suite 8B
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.362.6044
Education
Internship: Creighton University Omaha
Residency: Creighton University Omaha
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna HMO/Open Access |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna Medicare HMO |
Aetna Medicare Open Access (HMO/POS |
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Aetna Medicare PPO |
Aetna POS/PPO/Choice |
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Aetna PPO |
Anthem BCBS Blue Access Choice PPO |
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Anthem BCBS Blue Access PPO |
Anthem BCBS Blue Preferred HMO/POS |
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BCBS of IL HMO |
BCBS of IL PPO |
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Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
Best Doctors Inc |
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Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
Cigna PPO |
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Community Health Network PPO |
Coventry Advantra HMO - Medicare |
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Coventry ASO |
Coventry Gold Advantage- Medicare |
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Coventry HMO/POS |
Coventry PPO |
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Essence Standard/Enhanced |
First Health |
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Great-West HMO/POS |
Great-West Open Access |
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Great-West PPO |
Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
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HealthCare USA MC+ |
Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
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Healthlink PPO |
HFN Inc. PPO |
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Home State-MC+ |
Humana Gold Choice PFFS - Medicare |
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Humana Gold Plus HMO - Medicare |
Humana POS-Medicare |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
HumanaChoice PPO-Medicare |
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Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
Medicare |
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Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
Mercy Health Plan PPO |
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MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
MultiPlan PPO |
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Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
Private Health Care Systems PPO |
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Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
Tricare/Triwest Standard/ Extra PPO |
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Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
United HC MCARE Complete Choice PPO |
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United HC MCARE Complete HMO |
United HC MCARE CompleteEssen. HMO |
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United HC MCARE Dual Complete |
United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
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United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
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USA Managed Care Org |
Verify insurance with office |
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Worker's Compensation |
Treatment of malignant pleural effusion: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Puri V, Pyrdeck TL, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Colditz GA, Patterson GA, Meyers BF.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Aug;94(2):374-80. Epub 2012 May 10.
- PMID:
- 22579398
- [PubMed - in process]
Crabtree TD, Puri V, Bell JM, Bontumasi N, Patterson GA, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Meyers BF.
J Am Coll Surg. 2012 May;214(5):816-21.e2. Epub 2012 Mar 28.
- PMID:
- 22464659
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Puri V, Zoole JB, Musick J, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Crabtree TD, Patterson GA, Meyers BF.
Innovations (Phila). 2011 Jul;6(4):257-61.
- PMID:
- 22437985
- [PubMed - in process]
Treatment for pathologic stage I lung cancer--are models reliable?
Puri V, Crabtree TD, Meyers BF.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Feb 1;82(2):522; author reply 523. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 22244284
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Puri V, Crabtree TD, Kymes S, Gregory M, Bell J, Bradley JD, Robinson C, Patterson GA, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Meyers BF.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Feb;143(2):428-36. Epub 2011 Dec 9.
- PMID:
- 22169443
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Diaphragmatic defect complicating peritoneal dialysis.
Puri V, Orellana FA, Singer GG, Wald MS.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Oct;92(4):1527. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 21958814
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Single-lung transplantation in the setting of aborted bilateral lung transplantation.
Puri V, Guthrie T, Scavuzzo M, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF.
J Transplant. 2011;2011:535649. Epub 2011 Jun 7.
- PMID:
- 21766006
- [PubMed]
Impact of anastomotic techniques on airway complications after lung transplant.
van Berkel V, Guthrie TJ, Puri V, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Patterson GA, Meyers BF.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jul;92(1):316-20; discussion 320-1.
- PMID:
- 21718863
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Retrograde jejunogastric decompression after esophagectomy is superior to nasogastric drainage.
Puri V, Hu Y, Guthrie T, Crabtree TD, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Patterson GA, Meyers BF.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Aug;92(2):499-503. Epub 2011 Jun 24.
- PMID:
- 21704297
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Crabtree TD, Yacoub WN, Puri V, Azar R, Zoole JB, Patterson GA, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Meyers BF.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May;91(5):1509-15; discussion 1515-6. Epub 2011 Mar 24.
- PMID:
- 21435632
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Fungal osteomyelitis masquerading as a chest wall tumor.
Puri V, Johnson SM, Munfakh NA.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jan;91(1):304. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 21172544
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Sternoclavicular joint infection: a comparison of two surgical approaches.
Puri V, Meyers BF, Kreisel D, Patterson GA, Crabtree TD, Battafarano RJ, Krupnick AS.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jan;91(1):257-61.
- PMID:
- 21172525
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Short- and long-term outcomes of 1000 adult lung transplant recipients at a single center.
Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Puri V, Guthrie TJ, Trulock EP, Meyers BF, Patterson GA.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jan;141(1):215-22. Epub 2010 Nov 19.
- PMID:
- 21093882
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric lung transplantation.
Puri V, Epstein D, Raithel SC, Gandhi SK, Sweet SC, Faro A, Huddleston CB.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Aug;140(2):427-32. Epub 2010 Jun 9.
- PMID:
- 20538306
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Anatomic distortion of the right coronary artery as a complication of lung transplantation.
Melby SJ, Larue SJ, Lasala JM, Pal N, Lakshminarasimhachar A, Trulock EP, Kreisel D, Pasque MK, Puri V, Patterson GA, Krupnick AS.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jun;89(6):2000-1.
- PMID:
- 20494065
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Tumor location is not an independent prognostic factor in early stage non-small cell lung cancer.
Puri V, Garg N, Engelhardt EE, Kreisel D, Crabtree TD, Meyers BF, Patterson GA, Krupnick AS.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Apr;89(4):1053-9.
- PMID:
- 20338306
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Lung transplantation and donation after cardiac death: a single center experience.
Puri V, Scavuzzo M, Guthrie T, Hachem R, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Patterson GA, Meyers BF.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Nov;88(5):1609-14; discussion 1614-5.
- PMID:
- 19853120
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Puri V, Meyers BF.
Thorac Surg Clin. 2009 Feb;19(1):7-15. Review.
- PMID:
- 19288816
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Narotam PK, Puri V, Roberts JM, Taylon C, Vora Y, Nathoo N.
J Neurosurg. 2008 Dec;109(6):1065-74.
- PMID:
- 19035721
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Adult lung transplantation: technical considerations.
Puri V, Patterson GA.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Summer;20(2):152-64. Review.
- PMID:
- 18707650
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
