Lawrence L. Michaelis

Dr. Michaelis is a former Chief of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery at Northwestern and an entrepreneur, physician/healthcare educator, and former CMO of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Associate Dean of Northwestern University Medical School. He is the author of over 130 peer-reviewed journal articles and a former Senior Surgeon and researcher with the NIH. He was responsible for all Clinical Research at NMH and helped develop the CRC of Northwestern University. He has been: the leader of several multispecialty physician groups; President of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago; and Chairman and Member of the Boards of a large number of Public and Private Healthcare Companies.