Co-Director, Center for Comprehensive Cardiovascular Care at SLU Hospital
Vice Chair, Surgery
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency (General Surgery): Rush University in Chicago
Residency (Cardiothoracic Surgery): Washington University in St. Louis
Fellowship (Adult Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation): Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Graduate School: Washington University in St. Louis
General Surgery (recertified in 2012)
Thoracic Surgery (recertified in 2012)
Atrial Fibrillation
Valve Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Hybrid Approaches
The Best Doctors in America, 2007 – present
St. Louis Business Journal's "40 Under 40," 2005
Cardiac Transplant Research Database Young Investigator's Award, 2002
Associate Editor for Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2012 – present
Reviewer, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2010 – present
Reviewer, Innovations, 2009 – present
Member, SESATS 10 (Self-Education/Self-Assessment in Thoracic Surgery), 2008 – present
Reviewer, The American Journal of Cardiology, 2004 – present
