Cardiac Surgery Care
We provide a complete range of specialized heart surgeries to treat your unique cardiac needs.
Cardiac Surgery Care
We provide a complete range of specialized heart surgeries to treat your unique cardiac needs.
Telehealth appointments are available.
Transfusion-Free Surgery
Learn about our specialized transfusion-free surgical care services and procedures.
Find out moreState-of-the-Art Heart Surgery for Adults and Children
When you need heart surgery, you want care from a team with experience. Our USC Cardiac Surgery Program experts perform more than 3,000 heart surgeries every year. We are one of the largest programs in the western United States.
We provide a full range of heart surgery options for adults and children. We offer minimally invasive procedures and complex aortic operations and heart transplants. Working together with specialists from cardiology, vascular surgery, anesthesia and critical care, we create a treatment plan just for you.
Transfusion-Free Surgery
Learn about our specialized transfusion-free surgical care services and procedures.
Find out moreWhy Choose Us for Cardiac Surgery
We accept complex cases not treatable elsewhere.
Our minimally invasive options help you avoid open-heart surgery, so you heal faster and with less pain.
Our cardiothoracic surgeons have conducted more than 15,000 open-heart surgeries.
We are recognized as one of the best cardiology, heart and vascular surgery programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
You can connect with your care team via in-office appointments, phone calls and video visits.
Our Team
Craig Baker, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
Mark Barr, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery
Jonathan Cash, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation
John Chen, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Surgery
John Cleveland, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Fernando Fleischman, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Disease, Cardiac Transplant…
Cynthia Herrington, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Ming Lu Huang, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Serge Kobsa, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Advanced Heart…
Raymond Lee, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension
Demetrios Mallios, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
Sanjeet Patel, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Disease, Heart Valve Repair,…
Matthew Powers, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation
Jonathan Praeger, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Heart…
Vaughn Starnes, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
Winfield Wells, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Luke Wiggins, MD
Medical Specialties
Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Nidal Alkafarna, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Surgery
Amanda Bui, NP-C
Medical Specialties
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
Irene Chen, NP-C
Medical Specialties
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery
Sophia Lam, NP-C
Medical Specialties
Aortic Disease, Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery
Keeley Reitnouer, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Corinne Rosenberg, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Physician Assistant, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Robert Sachs, PA
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Surgery
Perlie Tam, NP-C
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner
Cherilyn Tarallo, NP-C
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner
Kimberly Tran, NP-C
Medical Specialties
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
Gui Xu, NP-C
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner
The Strongest Link
Patient Story
I went from someone telling me I had a good chance of dying to Dr. Fleischman saying ‘I got this.’
The Strongest Link
Patient Story
I went from someone telling me I had a good chance of dying to Dr. Fleischman saying ‘I got this.’
Our Locations
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