Gregory Rushing, MD
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Specialty: Cardiac Surgery
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Primary Location: 3909 Orange Pl (7 mi.)
Other Locations - Languages Spoken: English
Office Locations
UH Cleveland Minoff Health Center (7 mi.)
3909 Orange Pl
Ste 3300
Beachwood, OH 44122
216-844-4004
UH Cleveland Medical Center Mather (0 mi.)
11100 Euclid Ave
Mather Ste 1800
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-844-3800
UH Parma Medical Arts Building 2 (11 mi.)
6707 Powers Blvd
Medical Arts Cntr 2 Ste 205
Parma, OH 44129
440-743-8115
UH Lake West Physician Pavilion (12 mi.)
36060 Euclid Ave
Ste 204
Willoughby, OH 44094
440-918-6814
UH Elyria Gates Medical Center (27 mi.)
125 E Broad St
Ste 101
Elyria, OH 44035
440-328-3410
Biography: Gregory Rushing, MD
Expertise
Titles
- Co-Director, Valve and Structural Heart Center, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals
- Co-Director, Aortic Disease Program, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute
- Director, Cardiac Surgery, UH Parma Medical Center
- Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
Certifications & Memberships
- Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery - American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- Surgery - American Board of Surgery
Education
Fellowship | Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery - Cleveland Clinic (2012 - 2013)
Fellowship | Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery - Johns Hopkins Hospital (2009 - 2012)
Residency | General Surgery
General Surgery - Eastern Virginia Medical School Health Services (2002 - 2009)
Medical Education
University Of South Florida College Of Medicine (2002)
Other Education
University Of South Florida (1997)
Undergraduate
University Of Mississippi (1994)
About
Gregory D. Rushing, MD, received his medical degree from the University of South Florida in 2002. He then completed his general surgery training at Eastern Virginia Medical School, followed by thoracic surgery training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and an aortic/endovascular fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. He is a graduate of Ohio State University.
In 2021, Dr. Rushing joined University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute as lead of the cardiac surgery program at University Hospitals Parma Medical Center. He is also an Associate Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Dr. Rushing has developed a clinical and research practice focused on aortic valve, aorta and cardiac arrhythmia disease. As a skilled surgeon in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), he is a valuable member of the institute’s Valve & Structural Heart Disease Center team. He also collaborates with vascular and cardiac surgery colleagues in advancing the institute’s Aortic Disease Center, which provides open and percutaneous treatment to patients with complex aortic root and arch disease. In order to help improve the treatment of atrial fibrillation, Dr. Rushing completed the American Association for Thoracic Surgery James L. Cox Fellowship in Atrial Fibrillation. He also leads UH Harrington Heart & Vascular institute’s program for the surgical approach to cardiac arrhythmias, with an emphasis on the development of minimally invasive approaches. To further the program, Dr. Rushing developed the Surgical Arrhythmia Clinic, a clinic he also leads.
As with many academic surgeons, Dr. Rushing has a passion for education. He is active in medical student, resident and continuing medical education through the Department of Surgery at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. In addition, he is Associate Program Director for the ACGME Thoracic Surgery Residency at UH Cleveland Medical Center. Dr. Rushing particularly enjoys working with the pre-clinical medical students in the Summer Scholars Program, which seeks to encourage medical students to pursue careers in cardiothoracic surgery.
Dr. Rushing is an active member of the Association of Academic Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Southern Thoracic Surgical Association.
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As of December 31, 2016, Gregory Rushing did not disclose any Outside Relationships with Industry.