Robert Stewart, MD
Additional Locations
Pediatric Institute
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Directions
- Desk:
- 216.445.5015
- Fax:
- 216.445.3692
Treatment & Services
- Aorta Center
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- David Reimplantation Operation
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and CT Surgery
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- Fontan Conversion
- Fontan Revision
- Heart Surgery
- Heart Surgery for Marfan Syndrome
- Heart Transplant
- Heart Valve Surgery
- Organ Transplant
- Pectus Carinatum Repair / Reconstruction
- Pediatric Heart Surgery
- Repair of Complex Congenital Heart Disease
- Resection of Congenital Vascular Lesions
- Tracheal Resection
- Transposition of Great Arteries Repair
- Tricuspid Valve Repair
- Tricuspid Valve Replacement
- Valve Sparing Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot
Specialty in Diseases & Conditions
- Atrial Septal Defects
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Congenital Disorders of the Heart
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital Valve Disease
- Heart Failure
- Myxomas
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
- Pulmonary Valve Disease
- Pulmonic Regurgitation
- Pulmonic Stenosis
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Tricuspid Valve Disease
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View All PlansAbout Robert Stewart, MD
Robert D. Stewart, MD, holds joint appointments with Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital. He is a staff member in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery within the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. He is Interim Chair of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, as well as Surgical Director of Congenital Heart Transplantation.
Dr. Stewart is board certified in general surgery, congenital heart surgery, and thoracic surgery. He completed his undergraduate degree in human biology at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California and he earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. Dr. Stewart also holds a master’s of public health from Harvard University School of Public Health in Boston. His post-graduate training includes a general surgery internship and residency at Deaconess Hospital in Boston; a cardiothoracic surgery research fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston; a cardiovascular-thoracic surgery residency at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago; and a congenital cardiovascular-thoracic surgery fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Dr. Stewart is a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, American College of Cardiology, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and the Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society. He has been a guest reviewer for Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Chest, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and Congenital Heart Surgery.
Dr. Stewart has published a number of research articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as having contributed abstracts and presentations at a number of professional association meetings.
His specialty interests include complex neonatal congenital heart surgery, Norwood procedure, heart transplantation, adult congenital heart surgery, Tetralogy of Fallot, surgery for single ventricle hearts, mechanical assist devices for heart failure and arrhythmia surgery.
Education & Professional Highlights
Appointed
2009
Education & Fellowships
Fellowship - Children's Memorial Hospital
Congenital Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery
Chicago,
IL USA
2004
Fellowship - Children's Memorial Hospital
Congenital Heart Surgery
Chicago,
IL USA
2003
Residency - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
General Surgery
Boston,
MA USA
2001
Graduate School - Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston,
MA USA
1998
Medical Education - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
MD
Chicago,
IL USA
1993
Undergraduate - Stanford University
Stanford,
CA USA
1989
Certifications
- Thoracic Surgery - Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Specialty Interests
Fontan procedure, Norwood Procedure, heart transplant, Berlin Heart (LVAD), Tetralogy of Fallot, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery, arterial switch procedure, ross procedure, transposition of the great vessels
Research & Publications
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