Bradley Marino, MD, MBA

Bradley S. Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE, MBA is the Ronald and Helen Ross Distinguished Chair of Pediatric Cardiology and Chair of the Department of Heart, Vascular, & Thoracic and the Division Chair of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Children’s. He also serves on the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital Executive Committee as a Vice-Chief for the Children’s Institute and the Chair of the Children’s Institute Strategic Advisory Council. In addition, he serves as the Executive Co-Director of the Neurodevelopmental Support Program at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Dr. Marino was a Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Marino was the creator and Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Innovation in the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (Lurie Children’s) and the NICU-Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program serving the long-term neurodevelopmental needs of these high-risk pediatric populations. While at Lurie Children’s he served as the Director of the Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit and Director of Inpatient Cardiology. At Northwestern University he served on the steering committee for the Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences (DevSci) and as the Co-Director of the DevSci Neurodevelopmental Core. At Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, he served on the Clinical Research Council, and as a member of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute Internal Advisory Committee and the NUCATS Institute KL2 Executive Committee.

Dr. Marino earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and a Master’s degree in Public Policy in Health Care Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He completed his pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a combined fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. While at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Marino completed a Master’s of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He completed a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Healthcare Management at the University of Texas-Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management. 

Dr. Marino is an internationally recognized pediatric cardiovascular outcomes researcher. Dr. Marino’s research interests have focused on the impact of surgical and intensive care unit factors on mortality and morbidity, as well as the impact of neurodevelopmental, psychosocial, and physical morbidities on quality of life, functional status, and behavioral and emotional outcomes in the high-risk complex congenital heart disease population. He is also pursuing novel investigations on the impact of neurodevelopmental health and cardiovascular health in the young. Dr. Marino’s scientific work has been supported through more than 2 dozen grants as a Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator from the National Institute of Health through NHLBI (RO1, R13, R34, R43, R44 SBIR, K23, UO1), NICHD (U24), the American Heart Association (AHA) (Strategically Focused Research Network for Children), the Children’s Heart Foundation, other national foundations, and internal grants. He has published more than 200 peer-review publications and written or edited more than a dozen books and 75 book chapters on pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiac intensive care, and general pediatric medicine. He has been invited for 40 Visiting Professorships and given more than 240 international and national lectures based on his scientific inquiry. 

Dr. Marino is an international leader and advocate for children with congenital and acquired heart disease. He has served as the American Heart Association (AHA) Chair of the Young Hearts Council (Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young), President of the AHA Chicago Metropolitan Board, inaugural Co-Chair for the international Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative, and the inaugural Chair of the Medical Advisory Board for Conquering Congenital Heart Disease, He has also served as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Executive Committee, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Board of Directors, AHA National Council Operations Committee, and Cardiac Networks United Steering Committee. He currently serves as the national Chair for the AHA Council Operations Committee, Co-Chair for the Congenital Heart Public Health Consortium and as a member of the Cleveland AHA Board. Dr. Marino was selected for the highly competitive Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs Pediatric Leadership Development Program and the Cleveland Clinic Leadership Momentum leadership development programs. Dr. Marino is a highly respected educator and was elected to the American Pediatric Society and Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and awarded the Heart Institute Peter B. Manning Educational Award at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Marino has received multiple national awards including the AHA Meritorious Achievement Award, AHA Extending and Improving People’s Lives Award, Conquering Congenital Heart Disease Heart Hero Award, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative Newburger-Bellinger Award, and Congenital Heart Foundation Congenital Heart Defect Champion Award.