Specialty:

• Congenital Heart Surgery; Valvular Heart

Years in Practice: 12

Licenses:

• Massachusetts (active), 1995

• Illinois (active), 2000

• New York State (active), 2009

Board Certification:

• American Board of Surgery, 1996
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2000- 2009
• Board Certified in Thoracic and Congenital Heart Surgery

Special Honors and Distinctions:

• Former Director, Congenital Heart Center, The University of Chicago
• Former Director, Heart Valve Center, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

Education:

• M.D.Ludwig-Mazimilians-University, Munich, Germany, Apr/1989

Post-Doctoral Training:

• Internship and Residency, General Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern University Hospital and German Heart Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, July1989- June1991

• Residency, General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, July1991- June1993

• Residency, General Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, July1993- June1995

• Research Fellowship, Laboratoire de Chirurgie Experimentale, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital Marie-Lannelongue, Paris-Sud University, Paris, France, July1995-June1996

• Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Jan1996- Dec1998

Academic Appointments:

• Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Jan1999- Dec1999
• Clinical Associate, The University of Chicago, Feb2000- June2002
• Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, July 2002- May 2005
• Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, July 2005- Dec 2009
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Jan 2010-Present

Hospital or Affiliated Institution Appointments:

• Assistant Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery, The Children’s Hospital, Boston, Jan1999- Dec 1999
• Director, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, The University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, Jan 2000-May 2005
• Senior Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital,BostonMay 2005- Dec 2009
• Consultant Staff, Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston,Jan2010- Present
• Chief, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York- Presbyterian and Cornell-Weill Campus,Jan 2010- Present