James Hart

Dr. Hart is an experienced cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. His medical degree is from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, PA and he completed his Surgery and Thoracic Surgery residencies at the same institution at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He has been certified by the American Boards of Surgery and Thoracic Surgery and practiced Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in Harrisburg, PA for 20 years. He attained Fellowship status in the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (retired) and is the author of numerous peer reviewed articles mostly centered around the topics of less invasive cardiac surgery.

After retiring from his clinical practice, Dr. Hart accepted a position with Johnson & Johnson, serving 12 years in multiple roles of increasing responsibility, being named VP Medical Operations in 2006, Worldwide VP, Evidence Based Medicine and Chief Medical Officer for Ethicon in 2011 and, finally, Chief Medical Officer and VP Medical Affairs for J&J’s Global Surgery Group in 2012. Dr. Hart was very active with the regulatory, clinical and evidence-based medicine strategies and execution for Ethicon Biosurgery, including new and novel BLA (Biologic License Application) technologies approved by CBER (Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research). He received the prestigious Johnson Award in 2012 for his pioneering work in biologics.