Florida system names cardiothoracic chief, heart institute leader

Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health has named Thomas Caranasos, MD, vice president of the NCH Rooney Heart Institute.

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Dr. Caranasos will also serve as the James and Jaimie Yeh Endowed Chair for the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, according to a Feb. 13 news release from the health system. 

He previously served as director of cardiac surgery and medical director of the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement program at Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina.

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