Varghese Accepts New Quality Role at Huntsman
Thomas K. Varghese Jr., MD, MS, MBA, has been named associate chief medical quality officer at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also will continue to serve as HCI chief value officer, chief of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of Utah, and professor of surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Varghese recently earned his Executive Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Utah. An STS member since 2009, he currently chairs the STS Council of Meetings and Education and is a member of the Workforce on Media Relations and Communications. Dr. Varghese also is the Deputy Editor of Digital Media and Digital Scholarship for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Carpenter Named Assistant Dean
A.J. Carpenter, MD, PhD, has been appointed assistant dean of graduate medical education for health science systems within the Long School of Medicine at University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at San Antonio. She has served on the faculty at UT Health San Antonio since 2002 and was appointed director of the residency program in 2014. Dr. Carpenter has been an STS member since 1998.
MacGillivray Leads Cardiac Surgery at MedStar
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, this fall will assume the position of physician executive director of cardiac surgery at MedStar Health and chair of Cardiac Surgery at
MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. For 5 years, Dr. MacGillivray has served as the chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic Transplant Surgery at Houston Methodist in Texas. An STS member since 2003, he is the STS First Vice President and serves on the boards of The Thoracic Surgery Foundation and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Kachroo Directs Thoracic Aortic Center
Puja Kachroo, MD, has been named surgical director of the Center for Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She also will continue as cardiac surgeon, with expertise in aortic dissection and thoracic aortic aneurysms. Dr. Kachroo has been an STS member since 2010.
Bowdish Assumes Full Professorship
Michael E. Bowdish, MD, has been named professor and vice chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California. Previously, he worked as an associate professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. An STS member since 2012, Dr. Bowdish serves as chair of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Task Force.
Reddy Oversees Surgical Innovation in Michigan
Rishindra M. Reddy, MD, MBA, has been named director of the Center for Surgical Innovation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Reddy, chair of the Comprehensive Robotic Surgery program and associate director of the Thoracic Quality Collaborative, will continue his research in lung and esophageal
cancer, medical education, and health disparities. He has been an STS member since 2011.
Guy Is Vice Chief in PA
T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA, has been appointed vice chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery and clinical director of cardiac surgery at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Guy adds this position to his current roles as professor of surgery and director of minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. He has been an STS member since 2006.
Gunn Takes Helm of ECMO Program
Tyler Gunn, MD, has joined the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, as assistant professor of cardiac surgery. He also will serve as director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program (ECMO) within the Cedars-Sinai Health System. Dr. Gunn has been an STS member since 2014.