
Gregory P. Fontana, M.D.
BACKGROUND
Duke University Medical Center General Surgery Residency (1984-1990)
Duke University Medical Center Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (1990-1993)
UCLA Medical Center Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Fellowship (1993)
Boston Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Fellowship (1994)
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Attending Cardiac Surgeon, 1994-2011
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, 2004-2011
Lenox Hill Hospital, Managing Director, Heart and Vascular Institute, Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2011-2014
St John’s Medical Center, Santa Monica, California, 2015
CardioVascular Institute, Director and Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Los Robles Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, California, 2016- present
National Medical Director for Cardiovascular Research, HCA Research Institute, 2016-present
National Physician Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery, HCA Healthcare, 2016-present
Director, Board of Directors, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2020-present
OTHER INTERESTS
Mitral Valve Repair
Transcatheter Valve Procedures
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Aortic Valve Surgery
RESEARCH
EDUCATION & TRAINING
UCLA School of Medicine, M.D., 1984
