STS award honors outstanding scientific contributions to cardiothoracic surgery
CHICAGO (January 29, 2021) – Internationally recognized and widely admired cardiothoracic surgeon Edward L. Bove, MD, today was awarded the 2021 Earl Bakken Scientific Achievement Award by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons during the organization’s virtual 57th Annual Meeting.
“This is a great honor,” said Dr. Bove, from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “I am overwhelmed, particularly when I see the previous recipients of this award—an incredibly accomplished group of people to say the least! It is humbling to be included among these pioneers in cardiothoracic surgery.”
An innovator and influencer in the field of pediatric congenital heart surgery, Dr. Bove is best known for advancing staged surgical repair of complex single ventricle heart disease, particularly hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)—a rare congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped.