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William Baumgartner
William A. Baumgartner, M.D.
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Background
Xavier University (B.S.1969)
University of Kentucky Medical School (M.D.1973)
Stanford University Medical Center General and Thoracic Surgery Residency(1973-81)
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery,Stanford University (1981-82)
Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins (1984-91)
Director of the Heart Transplant program (1982-1999)
Vincent L. Gott Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins (1991-2018)
Cardiac Surgeon-in-Charge, Johns Hopkins (1992-2009)
Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and President, Clinical Practice Association, Johns Hopkins (1999-2018)
JHM Sr. Vice President, Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians (2011-2018)
Executive Director, American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2009-2016)
Inaugural Chair, The Academy at Johns Hopkins, East Baltimore Campus (2018-present)
Professor Emeritus, Surgery (2019)
Distinguished University Service Professor (2019)
Other Interests
Running
Physician Burnout (Joy in Medicine)
Transition to Retirement
Mechanism of Neurologic Injury in Cardiac Surgery
Heart Transplantation
Thoracic Surgery Education on the Internet
Golf
Valvular Heart Surgery
Content Published on CTSNet
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Transplant