Cynthia S. Herrington, MD

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Title:

  • Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Specialties:

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Pediatrics

Sub-specialties:

  • Congenital Surgery

Background:

Dr. Cynthia S. Herrington, is associate professor of clinical cardiothoracic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine. She is surgical director of pediatric thoracic transplantation and holds the Ryan Winston Family Chair in Transplant Cardiology at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Herrington is also the surgical director of the lung transplant program at the University of Southern California. She joined the faculty in July 2008 leaving her practice at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Herrington is actively involved with cardiothoracic surgical education locally and nationally. She is the program director for the congenital cardiothoracic fellowship at CHLA. She holds positions on the executive board of the TSDA and the newly formed joint council of thoracic surgical education. Her research interests focus on outcome of thoracic transplantation and donor management.

Education:

  • Doctor of Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine, 1990

Residencies:

  • St. Luke's Medical Center, General Surgery, 1990 - 1995

Fellowships:

  • University of Minnesota Hospital & Clinic, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1995 - 1998
  • Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, Congenital Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Surgery, 1998 - 1999

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Professional Society Memberships:

  • Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
  • Women in Thoracic Surgery
  • Association of Women Surgeons
  • American Medical Association
  • American College of Surgeons
  • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Minnesota Women Physicians
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  • American College of Chest Physicians

Awards:

  • Coleman-Connolly Cardiovascular and Thoracic Teaching Award, University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, 1998
  • Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, 2000
  • Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, 2004
  • Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, 2006
  • Organ Donation Medal of Honor, 2006
  • Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, 2007
  • Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, 2008

Languages:

  • English