Emmanuel Daon, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Director, Cardiovascular Surgical Services & Consulting Surgeon
Program Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program
Mid America Heart Institute Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Clinical Assistant Professor of Sugery
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Undergraduate: University of Southwestern Louisiana
M.D. Degree: Louisiana State University
Postgraduate Degrees: Internship and Residency,
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Residency:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center



A. Michael Borkon, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Director, Cardiac Transplantation Program
Mid America Heart Institute Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Undergraduate Degree: Case Western Reserve University
M.D. Degree: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Postgraduate Degrees: Internship and Residency,
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Clinical Associate-Surgery Branch: National Institutes of Health
Fellow: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
R. Scott Stuart, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Consulting Surgeon
Mid America Heart Institute Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Undergraduate Degree: University of Illinois
M.D. Degree: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Postgraduate Degrees: Internship and Residency,
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship: Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital



George L. "Trip" Zorn, III, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Consulting Surgeon, Associate Director of Cardiac Transplant
Mid America Heart Institute Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Undergraduate Degree: University of of Virginia, Charlottesville
M.D. Degree: University of Alabama, Birmingham
Postgraduate Degrees: General Surgery Residency,
Vanderbilt University Medical School
Cardiothoracic Fellowship: University of of Virginia
Alexander F. Pak, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Consulting Surgeon
Mid America Heart Institute Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Undergraduate Degree: University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.D. Degree: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Postgraduate Degrees: General Surgery & Cardiothoracic
Surgery Residency, State University of New York, Buffalo









Keith B. Allen, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Consulting Surgeon,
Director of Surgical Research
Mid America Heart Institute Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

Undergraduate Degree: University of Kansas
M.D. Degree: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Postgraduate Degrees: Residency & Fellowship,
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery Residency:
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago