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James S. Tweddell, MD

Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Dr. Tweddell is Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and is a leader in the field of complex neonatal and pediatric cardiac surgery. He is Director of Cardiothoracic Organ Transplantation at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and participates in the Cardiothoracic Organ Transplant Program at Froedtert Hospital.

Care Emphases:

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• Second Opinion Service
• Atrioventricular Canal Defects
• Interrupted Aortic Arch
• Heart Transplantation
• Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Neonatal and Infant Cardiac Surgery
• Norwood Procedure and Single Ventricle Palliation
• Transposition of the Great Vessels
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Pulmonary Atresia
• Truncus Arteriosus
• Ventricular and Atrial Septal Defects
• Coarctation of the Aorta

Joined Medical College of Wisconsin:

• 1994

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1985

Training:

• Residency, New York University Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA, 1985-1987
• Residency, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA, 1987-1991
• Fellowship, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA, 1993
• Fellowship, Pediatric Thoracic and Cariovascular Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA, 1993

Board Certifications:

• General Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery