Cynthia S. Herrington, M.D.

Dr. Cynthia S. Herrington, is Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine. She is surgical director of pediatric thoracic transplantation and holds the Ryan Winston Family Chair in Transplant Cardiology at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. She is also the surgical director of the lung transplant program at the University of Southern California. She joined the faculty in July 2008 leaving her practice at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Herrington received a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University (1990) and a medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Universities (1990). Dr. Herrington completed her general surgery residency (1995) in general surgery at St. Luke’s Medical Center, Shaker Heights, Ohio. She completed a fellowship in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the University of Minnesota (1998) and a fellowship in congenital cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (1999).

Dr. Herrington is actively involved with cardiothoracic surgical education locally and nationally. She is the program director for the Congenital cardiothoracic fellowship at CHLA. She holds positions on the executive board of the TSDA and the newly formed joint council of thoracic surgical education. Her research interests focus on outcome of thoracic transplantation and donor management.

Offices

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd., MS 66
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Phone: (323) 361-4148

USC Healthcare Consultation II
1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 4300
Los Angeles, CA 90033

Phone: (323) 442-5849
Fax: (323) 442-5956
E-mail: cherrington@chla.usc.edu

For appointments please call (323) 442-5849

Hospitals

• USC University Hospital
• Huntington Memorial Hospital
• Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

EDUCATION

Medical School

• Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Rootstown, Ohio, M.D. 1990

Internship and Residency

• St. Lukes Medical Center, Shaker Heights, Ohio
  General Surgery Intern and Resident,
  1990-1995

Fellowships

• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
  July 1995- June 1998
• Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Congenital Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  July  1998- June 1999

Honors and Awards

• Coleman-Connolly Cardiovascular and Thoracic Teaching Award,
  University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, 1998
• Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, January 2000
• Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, January 2004
• Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, January 2006
• Organ Donation Medal of Honor, October 2006
• Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, January 2007
• Top Doctors List, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, January 2008

Board Certification

• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1991
• American Board of Surgery, 1996; Recertified 2006
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2000

Professional

• Thoracic Surgery Directors Association 2003-present
• Women in Thoracic Surgery 1999-present
• Association of Women Surgeons 1999-present
• American Medical Association 1999-present
• American College of Surgeons 1999-present
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 2001-present
• American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2001-present
• American Academy of Pediatrics 2005-present
• Minnesota Women Physicians 1999-present
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2006-present
• American College of Chest Physicians 2006-present

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Major Areas of Research Interest

• Coronary artery vasculopathy following heart transplantation
• Donor management strategies to increase lung donors
• Causes and Implications of Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplant Recipients