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Pushing Boundaries in Cardiology

ose Navia, MD, Director of the Heart and Vascular Center and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida, is all about pushing boundaries. Before taking his talents to the Sunshine State, the pioneering heart surgeon spent two decades at Cleveland Clinic’s main campus, and was a Cleveland Clinic’s Innovator of the Year Award winner. Today, as the first to hold the , created with a generous gift from financier and philanthropist S. Donald Sussman, Dr. Navia is able to pursue minimally invasive procedures that will benefit cardiovascular