François Lacour-Gayet, MD. PresidentDr. Lacour-Gayet is the Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He is also the co-chairman of the Denver Children’s Heart Institute. Dr. Lacour-Gayet performs up to 250 pediatric heart operations a year. He has particular interests in complex neonatal cardiac surgery, complex biventricular repair, and Fontan circulation.
Dr. Lacour-Gayet holds the academic rank of Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado. He is recognized as an educator in the field of pediatric cardiac surgery and has an active interest in fostering the educations of congenital heart surgeons in underserved parts of the world. He has performed cardiac surgeries in 21 countries, throughout Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Dr. Lacour-Gayet has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, and book chapters on topics in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. He is a frequent lecturer at yearly international professional meetings on congenital surgery. He is a member of the Editorial Board of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and of The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
Dr. Lacour-Gayet is involved in evaluation of Quality of Care in Congenital Heart Surgery and has created the Aristotle Score currently used in many databases over the world. He is a member of the STS National Database Committee. He has initiated a research project on an Artificial Right Ventricle to be used in patient with Failing Fontan.