MacGillivray named executive director, chairman of cardiac surgery at MedStar Washington
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MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute announced Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, has been named physician executive director and chairman of cardiac surgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, effective Sep. 1, 2022.
Coming from Houston Methodist as the Jimmy F. Howell, MD, endowed chair in cardiovascular surgery and chief of the division of cardiac surgery and thoracic transplant surgery, MacGillivray also served as associate medical director of the cardiovascular intensive care unit at Houston Methodist.
"Having a surgeon of Tom MacGillivray's caliber, experience, reputation and prominence joining us to lead our cardiac surgery programs across MedStar Health will further amplify and advance MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute's longstanding commitment to excellence as a world-class cardiovascular center," Stuart F. Seides, MD, physician executive director of MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute, said in a press release.
MacGillivray held prior roles as surgical director of the adult congenital heart disease program, the co-director of the thoracic aortic center and surgical director of mechanical circulatory support at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Additionally, MacGillivray is the incoming president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons; serves on the board of directors of the Thoracic Surgery Foundation; and serves on the editorial board for the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
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