Specialty: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Complex repair of congenital heart disease in the neonate and child, minimally invasive pediatric cardiac surgery
Education and Training:
Fellowship in Congenital Cardiac Surgery:
Denver Children's Hospital 2003 - 2004
Children's Hospital Boston 2004 - 2005
Residency in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery:
New York Presbyterian - Columbia, 1995 - 2000
University of Washington Medical Center, 2000 - 2003
Medical School:
Duke University School of Medicine 1995
James K. Kirklin, M.D.
Office Phone: (205) 934-3368
Professor Director, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialty: Surgery for congenital heart disease, adult congenital heart disease, acquired heart disease, advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation (adult and pediatric), coronary artery disease, and heart/lung transplantation; cardiac surgical research.
Education and Training:
Fellowship in Congenital Heart Disease:
University of Alabama at Birmingham 1979 - 1981
Children's Hospital, Boston 1979
Residency in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery: