Meet the Cardiac Surgery Expert Team
The team of medical professionals that specialize in cardiac surgery at the Smidt Heart Institute are the leaders across the nation in quality of care and superior patient outcomes. They treat a board spectrum of heart conditions from simple cases to complex cases for high-risk patients, such as those with low ejection fraction and multiple previous operations.
The Irina and George Schaeffer Distinguished Chair, Cardiac Surgery
Chair, Cardiac Surgery
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
LOCATIONS
Smidt Heart Institute
Director, Aortic Surgery
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic,
Surgery Transplant Surgery
SUBSPECIALTY
Lung Transplant
LOCATIONS
Smidt Heart Institute
Professor, Surgery
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
SUBSPECIALTY
Lung Transplant
LOCATIONS
Smidt Heart Institute
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery ACGME Fellowship Program
Associate Surgical Director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Surgical Co-Director, Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
LOCATIONS
Smidt Heart Institute
Surgical Director, Heart Transplant
Professor, Surgery
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
Director of Cardiac Surgery, Torrance Memorial Medical Center
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
Director
Surgical Director, Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
LOCATIONS
Smidt Heart Institute
Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
Surgical Co-Director, Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
SUBSPECIALTY
Lung Transplant
LOCATIONS
Smidt Heart Institute
Director, Robotic & Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor, Surgery
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
SUBSPECIALTY
Lung Transplant
LOCATIONS
Smidt Heart Institute
Vice Chair of Outreach & Business Development, Cardiac Surgery
Director Emeritus, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor, Surgery
SPECIALTY
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
LOCATIONS
Smidt Heart Institute
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