James E O'Brien, MD, FACS
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James E O'Brien, MD, FACS
Joseph Boon Gregg/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery; Section Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery, The Ward Family Heart Center; Co-Director, The Ward Family Heart Center, The Ward Family Heart Center; Program Director, Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship, The Ward Family Heart Center
Professor of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine
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PROFESSIONAL DETAILS
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
- Congenital Heart Surgery
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- Congenital Heart Defects
ADDITIONAL INFO
PRACTICING LOCATIONS
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Children's Mercy Adele Hall - Cardiovascular Surgery
2401 Gillham Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
Children's Mercy Adele Hall - Heart Center
2401 Gillham Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
ABOUT
GET TO KNOW ME
"The best part of my day is after surgeries when I get to go out and talk to the families and tell them that their child is going to be fine, that everything went well."
EDUCATION & ACHIEVEMENTS
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Degree
MD, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Farmington, CT
Residency
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification
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Congenital Cardiac Surgery
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Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery