Robert Rawitscher, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgeon - ret.

Robert Rawitscher MD, a board certified thoracic surgeon graduated from Harvard Medical School, completed his general and thoracic surgical training at the University of Virginia and a fellowship in cardiac surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He then joined the University of Florida.

Nineteen years ago he assumed leadership of the cardiothoracic surgery program for the Promedica Health System based in Toledo Ohio, currently the largest integrated health system in the country. One measure of the cardiothoracic surgery program's success was a 10 fold increase in volume with performance of over 1300 major cardiothoracic procedures a year. He has personally performed over 4500 open heart procedures with special interests in myocardial revascularization, left ventricular remodeling and valve surgery.

Positions held included Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Vice Chairman of the Department of Cardiac Diseases, medical director of a 25 bed cardiac surgery step down unit and Chariman of the Physicians Hospital Association. He was a member of the Toledo Hospital Board and the Medical Executive Committee. He was the founder of the Northwest Ohio Specialists, an organization with over 150 members made up of independent groups of specialists.

He recently returned to Texas to spend more time with family and friends.