Sarah Eapen, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiac surgeon at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. Dr. Eapen’s expertise spans the surgical management of patients with aortic, coronary and valvular heart conditions. She has a special clinical interest in aortic surgery.

Mohamed Abdel Halim, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCSC, is a cardiac surgeon at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute and serves as Director of Cardiac Surgery at UH Elyria Medical Center. His expertise spans all types of complex cardiac surgery, including aortic surgery, structural heart disease, transcatheter valve implantation and valve repair.

Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, is a cardiothoracic surgeon at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute and serves as Surgeon-in-Chief and Vice President of Surgical Operations for University Hospitals. His clinical areas of expertise include minimally invasive cardiac surgery, multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting and heart valve repair and replacement surgery. He has performed more than 9,000 heart surgery... Read More

Pablo Ruda Vega, MD, is Director of the Cardiac Surgery Network and Co-Director of the Coronary Center at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. He also serves as Director of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center (Willoughby, Ohio) and University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood, Ohio). Dr. Ruda Vega offers patients the full spectrum of coronary... Read More

Yasir Abu-Omar, MD, PhD, is a cardiac surgeon at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, where he serves as the Surgical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Center and the Russ and Connie Lincoln Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation. Dr. Abu-Omar’s special interests include complex heart valve surgery, minimally invasive heart valve surgery, aortic valve surgery, coronary artery... Read More

Gregory D. Rushing, MD, is Co-Director of the Valve and Structural Heart Disease Center at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute and Director of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospitals Parma Medical Center. Dr. Rushing’s clinical and research practice is focused on aortic valve, aorta and cardiac arrhythmia disease. A skilled surgeon in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), he also... Read More

Yakov Elgudin, MD, PhD, FACS, is a Senior Attending Cardiac Surgeon and the Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation within the Division of Cardiac Surgery at UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. With extensive training and years of clinical experience, Dr. Elgudin has established a highly regarded heart surgery practice. His clinical interests include complex redo aortic surgery, aortic aneurysms, aortic... Read More