Patrick M. McCarthy (surgeon)
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Patrick M. McCarthy is a cardiac surgeon, executive director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and vice president of the Northwestern Medical Group at Northwestern Medicine, the first Heller-Sacks Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering.[1][2]
McCarthy was raised in Palos Park, Illinois, as the youngest of eight sons in an Irish Catholic family.[3] McCarthy obtained his medical degree at the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in 1980. He completed a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at Mayo Clinic, and a fellowship in cardiovascular transplantation at Stanford University.[1]
Career
McCarthy joined the Mayo Clinic in 1980. After eight years at the Mayo Clinic, McCarthy worked at Stanford University Medical Center for 18 months before joining the Cleveland Clinic where he worked for 14 years.[3]
In 2004, McCarthy moved back to Chicago and joined the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as the first Heller-Sacks Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and executive director of the new Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, which had been created with a $10 million donation from billionaire philanthropist Neil Bluhm.[3][4] Through his work with the School of Engineering, McCarthy serves as a Farley Fellow.[5]