Bethesda Health, Inc. is proud to announce the addition of Vitaly Piluiko, M.D., cardiothoracic surgeon. Dr. Piluiko joins Bethesda Hospital’s Medical Staff and will practice at Bethesda Heart Hospital.Fully trained as a CV Surgeon, he moved to the United States in 1991 after being invited to serve as a Visiting Physician on the Transplant Service at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, TX. He was also awarded the Intermedics Research Fellowship, where, under the direction of renowned heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley, he performed research on ventricular assist devices and transmyocardial laser revascularization. Upon completion of his Research Fellowship, Dr. Piluiko went on to complete his General and Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.
Most recently, Dr. Piluiko served as an Assistant Professor at Loyola University and surgeon in private practice in Chicago.
