Top Doctor Award
Palm Beach County 2020, 2021
Minnesota’s Best Doctor Award
Received in 2016 and 2017
Fellow of the Year
Miller School of Medicine in 2006 and 2007
Trauma Award
The American College of Surgeons in 2003
Ettore Ruggeri Award
by the Italian Society of Surgery in 1993
Several awards have been presented to Dr. Calcaterra for his brilliance in the Cardiology field. The awards he has received for his work include the Ettore Ruggeri Award which was granted by the Italian Society of Surgery in 1993 and The Trauma Award which was given to him by the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons in 2003. He was also named “Fellow of the Year” by the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in 2006 and 2007. He was also given Minnesota’s Best Doctor Award, which he received in 2016 and 2017. His clinical achievements include the Initiation and Development of V-V and V-A ECMO Program with an 80 to 90 % survival rate at Hennepin Medical Center starting in 2015 and the development of an Aortic Program with Complex Aortic Surgery and Endovascular Procedures at the University of Iowa in 2008.
To continue the advances made in Cardiovascular Surgery and Care, Dr. Calcaterra has joined several medical societies compiled of surgeons and medical professionals within the field of Cardiology; in hopes that their collaboration will bring updated procedures and treatments to their patients at an accelerated pace. Dr. Calcaterra was the Founding Member of the Miami Scientific Italian Community which was established in 2016. He is also an affiliate of the Society of Thoracic Surgery, the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is also associated with the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgery Society, the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management, and the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the Transfusion Medicine Committee at the Abbott Northwestern Hospital, the International Hemostatic Expert Panel of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management, and the Peripheral Vascular Disease Committee of the American College of Cardiology from April 2013 to April 2016. He was also an invited panelist for the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery’s Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain (2016) and an invited moderator and panelist for the 31st European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery’s Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria (2017).
He hopes to continue his research and work within the medical field. His goal is to improve the quality of care he gives his patients each day, as seeing them endure a safe and speedy recovery is the most important part of his profession.
When he is not in the operating room, Dr. Calcaterra enjoys playing soccer, running, and skiing. He also appreciates visiting art museums and listening to Opera.