Distinguished Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgeon
Pediatric Cardiac Program Teaching/Education Mentor

Dr. Edward Bove, cardiac surgeon at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at University of Michigan Health System, is an internationally acclaimed, board-certified pediatric cardiac and thoracic surgeon. He has joined the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Heart Institute to work collaboratively with its team of cardiac specialists while continuing on at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and the University of Michigan Health System. 

Dr. Bove earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, in 1972, and completed his internship and residencies at University of Michigan Hospitals. He has served as a professor of surgery at leading educational institutions including the State University of New York, the University of Michigan Medical Center, the Medical College of Ohio, and the University of Michigan School of Medicine. Dr. Bove has served as a consultant for numerous healthcare providers, such as Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital in Syracuse, the Veterans Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan Medical Center, and the Edith Wolfson Medical Center in Tel Aviv.

Related Medical Services

• Pediatric Heart and Vascular Care

Hospital Affiliations

• Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

Gender

• Male

Education

Albany Medical College, 1972

Residency

University Of Michigan Medical Center, 1977, Surgery
University Of Michigan Medical Center, 1979, Thoracic Surgery

Fellowships

Certifications

American Board of Thoracic Surgery-Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Publications

• View Dr. Edward Bove's publications on PubMed

Professional Organizations

• The John Alexander Society
• Central New York Surgical Society
• Onondaga County Medical Society
• Association for Academic Surgeons
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Upstate New York Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Medical Society of the State of New York
• American Medical Association
• American College of Surgeons
• The Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Group
• The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• The Congenital Heart Surgeons Society
• The Society of University Surgeons
• The American College of Cardiology
• The Central Surgical Association
• Washtenaw County Medical Society
• American Heart Association
• Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society
• Michigan Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• The International Society for Heart Transplantation
• The American Surgical Association
• Cardiac Surgery Biology Club, Founding Member
• Italian National Society for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Honorary Member
• The European Association for Thoracic Surgery
• The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
• The Southern Thoracic Surgery Association

Presentations

• “Current Strategies for Atrioventricular Discordance,” UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, April 11, 2013.
• “Management and Outcomes for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome,” UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, April 12, 2013. 
• “Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: What to Expect Down the Road,” American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 93rd Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, May 5, 2013. 
• “Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Benchmark for the Management of the Single Ventricle,” Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, FL, July 24, 2013. 
• “Innovation and Regulation: Can They Both Exist in Today’s Medical Environment?” Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 3, 2013.
• “Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Benchmark for the Management of the Single Ventricle,” Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 4, 2013.
• “Educating the Next Generation of Congenital Heart Surgeons: The North American View,” The 2013 Annual Meeting of The Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society, Chicago, IL, October 21, 2013
• “Current Management Options for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries,” 16th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, Florida, April 24, 2012.
• “Teaching Complex Procedures,” 16th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, Florida, April 25, 2012.
• “Congenital Heart Surgery Special Certification Update: Is It Working?” The 59th Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgery Association, Naples, Florida, Nov 10, 2012.
• “Innovation and Regulation: Can They Both Exist in Today’s Medical Environment?” 11th Annual Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease, George R. Daicoff MD Invited Lecture, All Children’s Hospital, Tampa, Florida, Feb 12, 2011. 
• “The Management of Truncus Arteriosus and Interrupted Aortic Arch,” 91st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, May 7, 2011. 
• “Multidisciplinary Approach in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Surgeon’s Perspective,” 25th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct 2, 2011.
• “A Method of Transcutaneously Adjustable Pulmonary Artery Banding for Staged Left Ventricular Retraining,” Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Oct 23, 2011.
• “Teaching Complex Procedures,” Controversies in Pediatric Heart Disease, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, Oct 28, 2011.
• “Biventricular Repair for Double Outlet Right Ventricle with Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect,” Controversies in Pediatric Heart Disease, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, Oct 29, 2011.
• “Innovation and Regulation: Can They Both Exist in Today’s Medical Environment?” The Alfred Blalock Lecture, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Nov 3, 2011.
• “Clinical Applications of Computer Flow Modeling in Congenital Heart Surgery,” The 1st International Conference on Computer Simulation in Congenital Heart Disease, La Jolla, CA, Feb 26, 2010.
• “Brain Monitoring and Protection: Perfusion Techniques,” International Congress on Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy, Nov 4, 2010.
• “Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: Surgical Techniques,” International Congress on Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Ancona, Italy, Nov 5, 2010.
• “Management of Neonatal Ebstein’s Anomaly,” 12th Vail Symposium on Pediatric Cardiac Diseases, Vail, Colorado, March 12, 2009.
• “Revolution or Evolution?  Lessons from Two Decades with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome,” The University of Washington Visiting Scholar, Seattle, Washington, May 1, 2009.   
• “The Fontan/Kreutzer Operation: Future Considerations,” Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease, 89th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, May 10, 2009.
• “Double Outlet Right Ventricle:  Surgical Perspectives,” The American Society of Echocardiography Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 6, 2009.  
• “Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Other Complex Single Ventricle Lesions,” Hebei Children’s Hospital and Medical School, Shijiazhuang, China, Nov 9, 2009.
• “Critical Aortic Stenosis in the Neonate,” Hebei Children’s Hospital and Medical School, Shijiazhuang, China, Nov 9, 2009. 
• “Transposition of the Great Arteries,” Hebei Children’s Hospital and Medical School, Shijiazhuang, China, Nov 10, 2009

Awards

• Alpha Epsilon Delta, 1968
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 1972
• Alumni Association Medal, Albany Medical College, 1972
• Lange Scholastic Award, Albany Medical College, 1972
• Who’s Who in Health and Medical Services, 1991-present
• Best Doctors in America, 1991-present
• Top 2000 Physicians in America, 1997-present
• Humanitarian Award, Optimists Club of Ann Arbor, 1999
• Who’s Who in America, Life Member, 2001
• S.M. Perren Award, European Society of Biomechanics, 2004
• Who’s Who in Medical Sciences Education, 2004
• Save a Child’s Heart Award, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, 2005
• Albany Medical College Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2006
• American Heart Association Esprit de Coeur Award for Distinguished Achievement, 2012