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cardiovascular & thoracic specialists
Bon Secours Cardiovascular & Thoracic Specialists is part of the Bon Secours Heart & Vascular Institute, a program that provides coordinated, personalized general and interventional cardiac care to residents of Hampton Roads. Bon Secours has continually responded to the growing need for cardiac care in this region — providing screenings and wellness programs as well as sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic services. We strive to provide the highest quality cardiac care to our patients and streamline the process for referring doctors to make it easy, friendly and efficient.
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Specialists
Heart & Vascular Institute, 2nd Floor
3636 High Street
Portsmouth, Virginia 23707
(757) 398-2222
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Our Physicians:
Robert F Dunton, MD, FACS Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Dunton is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon. Prior to joining Bon Secours, he had been a cardiothoracic surgeon at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Concord, N.H. since 2001. He has served as the medical coordinator of the Concord Hospital Open Heart Program and as an assistant professor of surgery at Dartmouth Medical School. He has been involved in academic activities at Northeastern University Perfusion Training Program and research activities for the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group.
Dr. Dunton received a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and his medical degree from Albany Medical College in Albany, N.Y. He did a general surgery internship and residency at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., where he received the Upjohn Outstanding Intern Award. He was a senior resident in cardiac surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. Dr. Dunton has also earned a Master's degree in Bioethics from the Union Graduate College and the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY.
He has co-authored and published numerous articles and has presented papers to many surgical societies. He has been a member of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia since 2004. Dr. Dunton is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Chest Surgeons and a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Kevin G Shortt, MD Cardiothoracic Surgery and General Surgery
Dr. Kevin Shortt earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark. He completed his residency in thoracic surgery at The Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. In addition, he completed a research fellowship in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Surgery in Worcester. Dr. Shortt is board-certified in thoracic surgery and is specially trained in minimally invasive surgical techniques. He is a certified Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) instructor and has conducted numerous seminars for general surgery residents and given presentations on a variety of cardiovascular topics.
