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Robert S.D. Higgins

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Robert S.D. Higgins, M.D., Program Director

1653 West Congress Parkway
Chicago, IL  60612-3833
United States

1 312 942-6373
1 312 666-0242 (Fax)

Institutional Affiliation

  • Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes' Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Specialty

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

  • Dartmouth College (B.A. 1981)
  • Yale University School of Medicine (M.D. 1985)
  • University Hospitals of Pittsburgh General Surgery (1985-1990)
  • Yale University School of Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery (1990-1993)
  • Cambridge University, Papworth Hospital Senior Registrar (1993)
  • United Network for Organ Sharing Board of Directors (1999-2001)
  • HHS Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (2001-2005)
  • Chairman, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Virginia (1999-2003)

Interests

  • Heart and lung transplantation
  • Preservation lung tissue for transplantation
  • Health economics and policy

Last Modified: 2-Oct-2008

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