Get to know me and my work at Mayo Clinic

My name is Joseph Dearani and I am the Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

My area of interest and expertise really focuses mostly on congenital heart disease and robotic heart surgery. It's really simple. The patient comes first. To see over years and decades that a child can grow and become a productive member of society, I mean that's it for me. I mean, the ability to participate in the care of somebody that has that kind of a future in front of them is why I love the specialty of cardiac surgery.

I have made a concerted effort for the last 25 years to improve my skills, to move with the changing times of health care in a way that is compassionate and caring to a patient and their family so they believe in me, they believe in the medical team, and they believe in the Mayo Clinic.