Dr. Curtis Bergquist

• Current Position: Cardiothoracic Surgeon
• Affiliation: St. Charles Health System
• Practice Locations:

  • Bend Heart and Lung Center, 2500 NE Neff Road, Bend, OR 97701

  • Redmond Heart and Lung Center, 655 NW Jackpine Avenue, Redmond, OR 97756

• Research Focus: Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Notable Publications:

  • "Late outcomes of strategic arch resection in acute type A aortic dissection" – The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019

  • "Bilateral internal thoracic artery use: Closing the knowledge gap" – The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2018

  • "Medicare's Acute Care Episode Demonstration: Effects of Bundled Payments on Costs and Quality of Surgical Care" – Health Services Research, 2018

Dr. Curtis Bergquist grew up in Beaverton, OR and then attended college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he studied music. During medical school at OHSU he did clerkships throughout the state including two rotations in Central Oregon. After completing medical school, he moved to Ann Arbor for his integrated cardiothoracic residency at the University of Michigan.

His surgical interests include complex mitral valve repair, coronary revascularization, catheter-based valve therapy and minimally invasive thoracic surgery.