Faculty

Daniel W. van Heeckeren, M.D.

Interests
Adult Cardiac Surgery, Homografts and Autograft Valve Replacement

Education

• College: B.A. in Physics, cum laude, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1959
• Medical: M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1964

Training

• Post-sophomore Fellow in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1961-1962
• Intern in Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 1964-1965
• Assistant Resident in Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 1966-1968
• Resident in Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 1968-1969
• Thoracic Training
• USPHS Fellow in Cardiovascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 1965-1966
• Assistant Resident, aggregate of six months during rotations in the general surgery residency
• Resident in combined general and thoracic surgical service, West Haven VA Hospital, West Haven, Connecticut, 1968
• Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 1969-1970
• Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970-1971

Appointments

• Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1986-present
• Assistant Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 1972-present
• Senior Instructor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 1971-1972
• Assistant Thoracic Surgeon, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972-present
• Assistant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 1971-present
• Attending Consultant, Wade Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, 1974-present
• Senior Physician, Wade Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, 1971-1974
• Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 1973-1980

List of publications on PubMed