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EDUCATION, TRAINING, & RESEARCH
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
The James Kirklin Visiting Professorship (established 2013)
2013
Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD
Otto Gago, MD Professor of Surgery
University of Michigan Medical School
Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Director, Center for Circulatory Support
2014
O.H. (Bud) Frazier, MD, PhD
Chief, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation
Program Director and Chief, Center for Cardiac Support
Director of Cardiovascular Surgery Research
Texas Heart Institute
Chief of Transplant Service CHI St. Luke’s Health –
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
2015
Christo I. Tchervenkov, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Division Head, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery,
Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Center
Professor of Surgery, McGill University
Toby Dobell Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Executive Director and Founding President
World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
The Charles Breaux Visiting Professorship (established 2014)
Endowed Chairs
The UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery features the following endowed chairs:
John W. Kirklin Endowed Chair – Held by James K. Kirklin, MD
James H. Estes Family Endowed Chair for Lung Cancer Research – Held by Robert Cerfolio, MD
UAB Cardiovascular Surgical Research Chair – Held by James F. George, MD
The Albert D. Pacifico Endowed Chair – Vacant
The James K. Kirklin Endowed Chair – Vacant
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