John A. Elefteriades, M.D., HS

The American College of Cardiology presented an award for humanitarian accomplishments to Nelson R. Mandela of South Africa at ceremonies held in Puerto Rico in May. John A. Elefteriades, M.D. ’76, HS ’83, professor and chief of cardiothoracic surgery, was one of two American surgeons invited to speak at the event. Elefteriades’ addresses were “Yale Perspectives on the Thoracic Aorta” and “Conventional Cardiac Procedures as an Alternative to Transplantation in Patients with Left Ventricular Failure.”