Frank Sellke

Dr. Frank Sellke is the Karl & Gloria Karlson Professor, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Hospitals. He previously served as the Johnson & Johnson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His research focuses on the microcirculation of the heart, inflammation reduction, bleeding, and transfusion after cardiac surgery. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the Circulation Journal. He holds his M.D. from Indiana University.