Joseph Zwischenberger

Co-Chairman of the Cardiac Surgery Advisory Board. Dr. Zwischenberger is the Johnston-Wright Professor of Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Surgery, and Surgeon-in-Chief of UK HealthCare at the University of Kentucky. He has expertise in cardiothoracic surgery and surgical critical care and has broad research interests ranging from extracorporeal membrane gas exchange, the physiology of cardiopulmonary bypass, and the use of systemic hyperthermia to treat lung cancer. Dr. Zwischenberger has co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, 65 book chapters, and four books, and holds 2 patents. He has enjoyed continuous funding for his research since 1987 with more than 60 funded projects. He serves on several NIH study sections, is a former editor of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Journal, section editor of the International Journal of Artificial Organs, and is a member of the Editorial Board of Chest. Dr. Zwischenberger obtained his medical degree from the University of Kentucky, completed his General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery residencies at the University of Michigan, and completed a Cardiac Surgery fellowship at the National Institutes of Health and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/Critical Care training from the University of Michigan. He currently holds joint appointments in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Kentucky.