Endowed Chairs

Mark S. Slaughter, M.D.

Professor and Chair, 

Department Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
School of Medicine

Executive Medical Director, UofL Health - Jewish Hospital

Director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device, University of Louisville, UofL Health - Jewish Hospital

Special interests

  • Clinical research trials in thoracic surgery
  • Training future leaders in thoracic surgery

Education

  • Medical degree – Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, IN
  • General surgery residency – McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery fellowship – University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Professional activities

  • Board of Directors for the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO)
  • Board of Trustees for the International Society of Rotary Blood Pumps
  • Editorial Board of American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
  • Consultant to the US FDA Medical Device Review Panel
  • Grant reviewer for US National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR
  • Past member of the US Health and Human Services Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee
  • Reviewer for the following journals: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Circulation and Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Visiting professor at various universities
  • Guest speaker at numerous national and international conferences
  • Author of numerous peer-reviewed articles in medical journals, book author, and author of book chapters
  • Awarded 2010 ARGI Physician of the Year by Medical News
  • Named Science Ambassador for the Louisville Science Center in 2009.