1980s - Higgins

Robert S.D. Higgins, M.D. ’85, former chair of cardiothoracic surgery and professor of surgery at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, was appointed chair of the department of cardiovascular-thoracic surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago in January. His focus at Rush will be to enhance and advance the care of patients with diseases of the heart and lungs.