Dr. Erik J. Orozco-Hernandez, MD, FACS, FATS

Dr. Orozco-Hernandez completed his training in Mexico and was board certified for Consejo Nacional Cirugia de Torax with the highest honors. He has been an active surgeon in all the areas of cardiovascular and lung disease, including adult heart surgery, congenital surgery, vascular and endovascular surgery, chest wall surgery and tracheal and lung surgery. He completed a fellowship at Arizona Heart Hospital in vascular and endovascular surgery and a fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago in mechanical circulatory support and heart transplant. He is a director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, AL.

Dr. Orozco-Hernandez is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sociedad Mexicana de Cirugia Cardiaca, Sociedad Mexicana de Neumologia y Cirugia de Torax , and Sociedad Mexicana de Cirujanos Toracicos Generales.

Dr. Orozco-Hernandez is interested in clinical research related to the design and evolution of mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices, as well as the continuous development of endovascular surgery.