Cleveland-based UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute named Ravi Ramani, MD, and Yasir Abu-Omar, MD, PhD, co-presidents.
As co-presidents, they will share oversight for clinical, operational, financial, academic and strategic performance, according to an Oct. 9 system news release shared with Becker’s. They will also set service line strategy and clinical standards, recruit and retain physicians and advance the institute’s mission. Since 2021, Drs. Ramani and Abu-Omar have worked together to strengthen the heart transplant program, improve cardiac surgical outcomes and expand patient access.
Dr. Ramani has served as clinical chief of cardiovascular medicine and chief quality officer for the institute since 2021 and is the Lorraine and Bill Dodero Chair in Heart Failure & Transplantation. He previously trained and practiced at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, where he led the cardiac transplant program.
Dr. Abu-Omar has served as chief of cardiac surgery since January 2025 and as vice chair of the department of surgery since 2024 and is the Russ and Connie Lincoln Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation. Before joining the institute in 2020, he served as director of cardiothoracic transplantation and mechanical circulatory support and co-director of the Hambrick Center for Cardiac Recovery.
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