Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Faculty
The Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Fellowship faculty members are full-time Cedars-Sinai employees with academic appointments.

Michael Bowdish, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Core Faculty Member

Andrew Brownlee, MD
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery

Pedro Catarino, MD
Director, Aortic Surgery, Teaching Faculty Member

Wen Cheng, MD
Program Director

Joanna Chikwe, MD
Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Dominic Emerson, MD
Associate Program Director

Fardad Esmailian, MD
Transplant Fellowship Director, Core Faculty Member

Tyler Gunn, MD
Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program, Teaching Faculty Member

Richard W. Kim, MD
Director, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Associate Program Director

Dominick J. Megna, MD
Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program, Teaching Faculty Member

Harmik J. Soukiasian, MD
Director, Thoracic Surgery

Alfredo Trento, MD
Director Emeritus
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