Dr. Robert S. D. Higgins

William Stewart Halsted Professor and Director of the Department of Surgery, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Transplant Surgery
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Higgins is a leading authority in the field of heart and lung transplantation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and mechanical circulatory support. His scientific interests are broad and far-ranging, including the mechanisms of cell injury in failing hearts, health economics and policy, racial disparities in post-transplant outcomes, access to care, and improving outcomes among heart failure and cardiac surgery patients.