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Richard A. Hopkins, M.D.
BACKGROUND
Duke University (B.A. Chemistry, 1970)
Duke University (M.D. 1974)
Duke General&Thoracic Surgical Residency (1974-1984)
Great Ormond St..Hospital for.Sick Children CardiacSurgery Unit (1984-1985)
Chief Pediatric cardiac surgery, Georgetown University (1988-1996 )
Karlson Professor & Chief Cardiac Surgery Brown Univ. (1996-2007). Emeritus
Holder/Ashcraft Endowed Professor Pediatric Surgery Research, Children’s Mercy KC (2007-2016), Emeritus
CEO/CSO Cardiac Surgical Sciences, Inc.
Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine Certified Physician 2017
Certified Wound Specialist Physician 2018
“Medical Fitness to Dive” Medical Examiner UHMS/DMAC Advanced Certification 2020
OTHER INTERESTS
valve transplants
valve salvage
bioengineered personal heart valve
cell, gene, and tissue engineering
valve repairs
congenital (pediatric & adult)
reconstructive cardiac surgery
autografts, allografts, homografts
structural heart disease
complex cardiac reconstructions
Cardiovascular Physiology of SCUBA Diving and Hyperbaria
RESEARCH
Cardiovascular Bioengineering
Regenerative Surgery
Cardiac Tissue Engineering
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Duke University, B.A. Chemistry 1970
Duke University School of Medicine, M.D. 1974