Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Surgery, 1st ed. 2020

Constantine Mavroudis was born in Thasos, Greece on July 19, 1946, the son of a naturalized American citizen, and moved to New York City in 1947. He grew up in Jersey City and attended public schools where he participated in boy scouts, varsity sports (football, fencing, baseball), and student government. He was graduated from Rutgers University (1968) where he studied biological sciences and art. He was captain of the fencing team and represented the United States in the Martini and Rossi World Invitational Tournament (1968). He was graduated from The University of Virginia School of Medicine (1973) and completed General Surgery Training (1973–1979), Thoracic-Cardiovascular Training (1979–1981), and was a Research Fellow (1976–1977), all at The University of California–San Francisco. His first faculty position was at The University of Louisville School of Medicine (1981–1989) where he became Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and rose to the rank of Professor of Surgery. He was recruited to Children’s Memorial Hospital-Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine in 1989 as the Willis J. Potts Professor of Surgery, Division Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief. During 2008–2011, Dr. Mavroudis served as chair of the Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioethics at the Cleveland Clinic. In 2012, he was recruited to Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando where he became Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Site Director, Johns Hopkins Children’s Heart Surgery. Dr Mavroudis is well recognized in his field, both nationally and internationally. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is the Editor of the standard textbook, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, now in its 4th Edition, and Editor of Atlas of Congenital Heart Surgery, 1st Edition. In addition, he has served as editor or co-editor for six other textbook