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Eric A. Rose, M.D. is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Valentine Mott/Johnson & Johnson Professor at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Eric is an internationally recognized authority on the surgical treatment of end-stage heart disease and has been a pioneer in the successful use of heart transplantation in children. He is a past President of the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation and as the Director of the Columbia-Presbyterian Heart Transplant Service from 1982-1993, he developed the most active program in the United States. Eric was also the Principal Investigator of the recently-completed REMATCH trial of left ventricular assist devices for the long-term treatment of advanced heart failure. Eric received his baccalaureate degree summa cum laude from Columbia College and his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He received his postgraduate training in general and cardiothoracic surgery at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and had training in cardiac transplantation at Stanford University. | 