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Enterprise Chief, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic invites inquiries, nominations, and applications in its search for the next Institute Chief of the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute (HVTI). Cleveland Clinic is seeking a distinguished, visionary, and collaborative physician executive to lead its flagship clinical Institute, with Departments and Divisions spanning Ohio, Florida, London, and Abu Dhabi. This is a rare opportunity to build upon an extraordinary legacy and lead one of the world’s preeminent cardiovascular programs into its next era of clinical excellence, scientific discovery, innovation, education, and global impact.
Consistently recognized among the world’s premier cardiovascular programs, HVTI has helped define modern heart, vascular, and thoracic care through a history of pioneering clinical advances and an integrated, physician-led model that brings together experts across cardiovascular medicine, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular medicine, cardiovascular imaging, heart failure and transplantation, electrophysiology, congenital heart disease, critical care, and numerous highly specialized disciplines. The next Institute Chief will have the opportunity to further strengthen Cleveland Clinic’s position as a global destination for the most complex cardiovascular and thoracic care while defining the future of the field for patients around the world.
Reporting to the Enterprise Chief of Staff, the Institute Chief will serve as the lead physician executive for HVTI and provide strategic leadership across its clinical, research, education, and innovation missions. The Institute Chief will oversee the Chairs of Cardiovascular Medicine, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Vascular Surgery, as well as additional physician and administrative leaders across the Institute. Working closely with Cleveland Clinic’s executive, market, hospital, nursing, research, education, digital, finance, and shared-services leadership, the Institute Chief will advance enterprise-wide priorities in clinical quality, patient safety and experience, access and capacity, growth, operational and financial performance, physician and APP recruitment and development, research, education, and innovation.
HVTI is home to more than 400 cardiovascular physicians, surgeons, and scientists and more than 250 advanced practice providers, supported by approximately 1,100 nurses, 750 allied health professionals, and 200 non-clinical caregivers. Cardiology services are provided at 18 Cleveland Clinic hospitals and approximately 50 outpatient locations, and HVTI physicians care for more than 500,000 patients annually, including patients referred from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. The Institute performs among the world’s highest volumes of complex cardiovascular procedures and is internationally recognized for coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve repair and replacement, transcatheter structural heart interventions, heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, thoracic surgery, aortic reconstruction, complex coronary intervention, electrophysiology, robotic cardiac surgery, and hybrid cardiovascular procedures.
Research and education are fundamental to HVTI’s mission and global impact. In 2025, the Institute had 400 active IRB studies and over 1,100 publications, with physicians and scientists leading groundbreaking clinical trials, translational research, device development, and first-in-human therapies. HVTI also supports 19 accredited residency and fellowship training programs and 107 residents and fellows annually, spanning cardiovascular medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, thoracic surgery, cardiac anesthesia, imaging, adult congenital heart disease, perfusion, and numerous advanced cardiovascular subspecialties. Its graduates have gone on to lead cardiovascular programs throughout the United States and internationally.
The successful candidate will be an accomplished and nationally or internationally recognized physician leader in cardiovascular medicine, vascular surgery, thoracic surgery, or a related cardiovascular specialty, with a demonstrated record of excellence across clinical care, leadership, education, scholarship, and research. Candidates should bring significant experience leading a large, complex academic medical center, integrated health system, or nationally recognized cardiovascular enterprise, with demonstrated success in strategy, operations, quality, financial stewardship, organizational performance, physician leadership, recruitment and retention, and programmatic growth. The next Institute Chief will be an exceptional relationship builder capable of leading through influence within a highly matrixed, physician-led organization and inspiring an extraordinary community of physicians, scientists, educators, caregivers, and administrative leaders around a shared vision for the future of HVTI.
Interested candidates are to apply online at: Cleveland Clinic Jobs
Please include a Letter of Interest, CV and names of three references with your application to:
André Machado, MD, PhD
Chair, Search Committee for Chief of Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Chief, Neurological Institute
The Charles and Christine Carroll Family Endowed Chair in Functional Neurosurgery
Email: machada@ccf.org
&
Katie Bowser, CPRP
Physician Recruiter, Cleveland Clinic
Email: bowserk2@ccf.org
To ensure full consideration, materials should be received as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Review of nominations and applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The search will be conducted in strict confidence, and references will not be contacted without the prior knowledge and approval of candidates.
Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer
