Cardiac Surgery Care

We provide a complete range of specialized heart surgeries to treat your unique cardiac needs.

Cardiac Surgery Care

We provide a complete range of specialized heart surgeries to treat your unique cardiac needs.

Transfusion-Free Surgery

Learn about our specialized transfusion-free surgical care services and procedures.

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State-of-the-Art Heart Surgery for Adults and Children

When you need heart surgery, you want care from a team with experience. Our USC Cardiac Surgery Program experts perform more than 3,000 heart surgeries every year. We are one of the largest programs in the western United States.

We provide a full range of heart surgery options for adults and children. We offer minimally invasive procedures and complex aortic operations and heart transplants. Working together with specialists from cardiology, vascular surgery, anesthesia and critical care, we create a treatment plan just for you.

Transfusion-Free Surgery

Learn about our specialized transfusion-free surgical care services and procedures.

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Why Choose Us for Cardiac Surgery

We accept complex cases not treatable elsewhere.

Our minimally invasive options help you avoid open-heart surgery, so you heal faster and with less pain.

Our cardiothoracic surgeons have conducted more than 15,000 open-heart surgeries.

We are recognized as one of the best cardiology, heart and vascular surgery programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

You can connect with your care team via in-office appointments, phone calls and video visits.

Craig J. Baker, MD

Accepting new patients
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Transplant Surgery  View more
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Fernando Fleischman, MD

Accepting new patients
Co-Director, USC Comprehensive Aortic Center
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiac Surgery  View more

Cynthia S. Herrington, MD

Accepting new patients
Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surg ...
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery

Ming Lu Huang, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery

Serge S. Kobsa, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more

Raymond C. Lee, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more

Demetrios Nectarios Mallios, MD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair

Sanjeet G. Patel, MD, PhD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Disease  View more
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation

Jonathan A. Praeger, MD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation  View more

Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

Accepting new patients
Chair, Department of Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more

Winfield J. Wells, MD

Accepting new patients
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery

Amanda Bui, NP-C

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair

Irene Chen, NP-C

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery

Sophia Lam, NP-C

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Aortic Disease, Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery

Corinne Rosenberg, PA-C

Accepting new patients
Advance Practice Provider Manager, Cardiac and Vascular Surg ...
Specialties
Physician Assistant, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery

Perlie Tam, NP-C

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner

Cherilyn Tarallo, NP-C

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner

Kimberly Tran, NP-C

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair

Gui Wendy Xu, NP-C

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner

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Patient Story

I went from someone telling me I had a good chance of dying to Dr. Fleischman saying ‘I got this.’

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The Strongest Link

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I went from someone telling me I had a good chance of dying to Dr. Fleischman saying ‘I got this.’

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