Jacques Kpodonu MD

Dr. Kpodonu is a cardiovascular surgeon, visionary clinician /scientist and lead author/editor of 4 medical textbook and a Harvard Medical School faculty member. Dr. Kpodonu's current interests include innovations in cardiac surgery, global health system innovation with a focus on emerging countries' health systems, precision medicine, digital health technology, biomedical innovation, hybrid operating room design and constructions, and global surgical capacity building.

Dr. Kpodonu has held various leadership positions including recently as surgical director of the Hybrid cardiac surgery program at the Jeffrey Milton Heart and Vascular Institute of Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, CA and clinical associate professorship of surgery at the University of California Irvine (UCI).