Dr. Constantine Mavroudis Accepts Post at Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Constantine Mavroudis has been named New Chair of Congenital & Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. He also assumes the Ronald and Helen Ross Chair in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital.

Dr. Mavroudis formerly was Surgeon-in-Chief in the Department of Surgery and head of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Division at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

"This is a very exciting new beginning for me, both personally and professionally," Mavroudis commented, "It's a tremendous opportunity for me to be able to teach others in the field all that I have experienced, and I'm looking forward to starting this new chapter in my life with my family in Cleveland."

Dr. Mavroudis is widely recognized for his research and clinical expertise treating complex congenital heart disease, arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, and cardiac transplantation in children, as well as surgical correction of congenital heart complications that manifest in adulthood. He is the editor of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, now in its third edition, and he has served as editor or co-editor for six other pediatric surgery textbooks.

Originally from Greece, he founded the Hellenic Heart Program, which brings Greek children needing cardiac surgery to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago for their procedures, as well as providing support for their families. He also plans to bring the Hellenic Heart Program to Cleveland. 

Dr. Mavroudis completed an undergraduate degree at Rutgers University and received his medical degree from the University of Virginia before completing his residency at University of California, San Francisco.