Professor of Cardiac Surgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Richard G. Ohye, M.D. is the Edward L. Bove, M.D. Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School, specializing in surgery for congenital and pediatric acquired heart disease. He serves as the Vice Chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery and Head of the Section of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, and is co-Director of the University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital Congenital Heart Center (U-MCHC). U-MCHC is internationally recognized as a leader in the care of patients with congenital heart disease, performing 500-600 open-heart and 1000 total operations each year.
Dr. Ohye is a co-Founder of the clinical research arm of U-MCHC, the Michigan Congenital Heart Outcomes Research and Discovery Program (M-CHORD) and remains active in its leadership. He serves as a co-Principle Investigator of the Section’s research activities in the NHLBI (NIH)-sponsored Pediatric Heart Network (PHN). Through the PHN, Dr. Ohye was the Study Chair of the multi-institutional Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial, the first multi-institutional randomized clinical trial performed in congenital heart surgery. He has a strong interest in collaborative learning and multi-institutional consortia to improve quality of care, and in innovative cardiac device development.
Hands-On Course: Mustard and Senning: How to Prevent Pathway Obstruction
Sunday, January 28, 2024
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM CT
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