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Richard A. Hopkins, MD, FACS, FACC
Director, Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratories Chief, Adult/Adolescent Congenital Cardiac Surgery Professor of Surgery, UMKC School of Medicine

Heart (Cardiovascular) Surgery

Specialty: Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery



(816) 234-3580


DegreeMD  
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC, 1974

ResidencyGeneral and Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery  
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, 1984

FellowshipCongenital Cardiac Surgery  
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children
London, England, 1985

CertificationsSurgery  
1986

Thoracic Surgery  
1987, 1997, 2006

Specialty Interests  Congenital cardiac surgery (pediatric & adult); reconstructive cardiac surgery; valve salvage; valve repairs; structural heart disease; autografts, allografts, homografts; complex cardiac reconstructions; valve transplants; cell, gene, and tissue engineering; bioengineered personal heart valve

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