Dr. Richard Jonas

Richard A. Jonas, M.D.

Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery
Co-Director, Children’s National Heart Institute
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, District of Columbia


Education


M.D., University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia


Residency


Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Cardiac Surgery, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, Australia


Fellowship


Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts


Hospital Affiliations/Admitting Privileges


Children’s National Medical Center


Dr. Richard Jonas is world-renowned for his contributions to the field of pediatric cardiovascular surgery. Particularly, he has made great strides in the advancement of corrective surgery and optimizing outcomes of patients after surgery for congenital heart disease. He has been nationally recognized for his roles as Editor of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual, Secretary and Treasurer of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society and the President of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery.

Before joining Children’s National Medical Center, Dr. Jonas was Professor of Child Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Cardiovascular Surgeon-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital Boston. He was also the Co-Principal Investigator of a research project for the National Institutes of Health, titled ‘Infant Heart Surgery: CNS Sequelae of Circulatory Arrest.

Currently, Dr. Jonas is also working on a number of research projects and clinical trials for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. His biggest project is a study on the causes of brain injury during reduced flow cardiopulmonary bypass. The goal is to find the safety margin for treating brain injury in children. Dr. Jonas is also working on a clinical trial of hematocrit Strategy in infant heart surgery as well as research on mental retardation and developmental disabilities, neurobehavioral sequelae of cardiac surgery and randomized therapeutic trials in pediatric heart disease.

Dr. Jonas has also been a major player in developing international cardiac surgical programs, including ones in Shanghai, China and Iraq. He has written 30 book chapters, 281 journal articles and contributed to four textbooks.

You may also check out the following links for more information:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/24/AR2005112400899.html
and
http://www.childrensnational.org/DepartmentsandPrograms/default.aspx?Id=354&Type=Dept&Name=Cardiac Surgery