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.

Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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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
Co-Director, USC Comprehensive Aortic Center
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Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiac Surgery  View more
Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surg ...
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Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
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
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation  View more
Chair, Department of Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery  View more
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Specialties
Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
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Cardiac Surgery
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Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
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Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery
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Aortic Disease, Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery
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Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Advance Practice Provider Manager, Cardiac and Vascular Surg ...
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Physician Assistant, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery
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Cardiac Surgery
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Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner
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Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner
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Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
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Cardiac Surgery, Nurse Practitioner

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