Hani K. Najm MD, MSc, FACC

Hani Najm, MD, is the Chair of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Najm is board-certified in surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. Dr. Najm has performed more than 5,000 open heart operations for adults and children, with a special interest in complex congenital and adult surgery that involves more than one valve, as well as repair of transposition of great arteries.

Dr. Najm earned his medical degree from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He completed a rotating internship in Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and a general surgery residency at King Khalid University. He also served a General Surgery residency at Ottawa Civic Hospital, Canada, and a Cardiothoracic Surgery residency at The Toronto Hospital and Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Canada. He completed fellowships in Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Surgery at Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto.

He was appointed to the Cleveland Clinic staff in 2016 after serving as a consulting staff member in 2014. He has served at King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center in Saudi Arabia, including appointments as Deputy Chairman since 2008, Head of Cardiac Surgery since 2001, and Consultant for Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery since 1999.