Nicholas Smedira, MD

Appointed
1994

Education & Fellowships

Graduate School - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
2017

Fellowship - University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Cardiothoracic Surgery
San Francisco, CA
1994

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cleveland, OH
1994

Medical Education - University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Cardiothoracic Surgery
San Francisco, CA
1992

Residency - University of California San Francisco Medical Center
General Surgery
San Francisco, CA
1991

Internship - University of California San Francisco Medical Center
General Surgery
San Francisco, CA
1985

Medical Education - University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, NY
1984

Undergraduate - University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
1980

Additional Training

• Executive management course
• Professional development course
• Six Sigma
  
  
  
   

Professional Highlights

• Polly and W. Neil Rossborough Term Chair in Cardiac Transplantation
• Nursing-Physician Excellence Florence Nightingale Award, Cleveland Clinic  
• Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Certifications

• Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Specialty Interests

Heart transplantation, heart-lung transplant, ventricular assist device, ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), heart failure surgery, heart valve surgery, off-pump bypass surgery, myectomy, surgery for thoracic aortic aneurysm

Awards & Honors

• 2007 –  Present Polly and W. Neil Rossborough Term Chair in Heart Transplantation Research
• 2002 – 2014 Best Doctors, Cleveland Magazine
• 2007 Innovator Award, Cleveland Clinic
• 2004 Teacher of the Year, Cleveland Clinic, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
• 2003 Nursing-Physician Excellence Florence Nightingale Award, Cleveland Clinic

Innovations & Patents

• Syncardia Cardiowest Total Artificial Heart

Memberships

• Editorial Board, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Western Thoracic Surgical Association 
• Cytosorbents, Inc., Medical Advisory Board
• Fellow, American College of Cardiology
• Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
• Membership Committee, American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
• Fellow, American Heart Association
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Cardiac Transplantation Surgeon and Representative, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Heart Failure and Transplant
• Committee of the American College of Cardiology
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
• LifeBanc Medical Advisory Committee
• Surgical Representative, Ohio-American College of Cardiology
• Writing Committee, ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic  Cardiomyopathy

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