Vaughn A. Starnes
- Hastings Distinguished Professor and Chairman
- Surgeon-in-Chief, Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital
- H. Russell Smith Foundation Chair for Cardiovascular Thoracic Research
- Executive Director, Cardiovascular Thoracic Institute
- Director, The Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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Expertise
- adult and pediatric hearttransplantation
- adult and pediatric heart and lungtransplantation
- cardiothoracic surgery
- cardiovascular surgery
- congenital heart defects
- heart surgery in children and newborns
Additional Information
- Recipient, Presidential Medallion, USC, 2008
- President, Western Thoracic Surgical Association, 2003
- Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
- Listed in latest edition of The Best Doctors in America: Pacific Region
- Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
- Director, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, University Hospital
- Director, Heart Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles