Professor in Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
West Virginia University
Dr Hayanga is an Associate Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the West Virginia University. He is a the Director of the WVU Heart & Vascular Institute’s ECMO Program with special focus on mechanical support and transplantation and the Medical Director of WVU Research at the Heart & Vascular Institute. He is board-certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He completed his general surgical training at the Johns Hopkins University and University of Michigan followed by cardiothoracic and transplant training at the University of Washington and University of Pittsburgh respectively. He served as an Alfred Sommer Scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, a 2008 World Health Organization (WHO) Patient Safety Scholar, a 2008 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Fellow and Senior Medical Adviser to the Deputy Secretary in Washington, D.C. and is a panelist with the RAND Corporation. He is grant-funded and has authored over 120 peer-reviewed papers and his research focuses on the application of artificial intelligence in the prevention, diagnosis and management of thoracic disease.