Lars Georg Svensson is a cardiac surgeon and the chairman of the heart and vascular institute [1] at Cleveland Clinic.
He is the Director of the Aorta Center, Director of the Marfan Syndrome and Connective Tissue Disorder Clinic, and is a professor of surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University.
Born in Barberton, South Africa, Svensson completed his high school studies at Treverton College in Mooi River, South Africa and earned his medical degree and Ph.D. from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
Svensson was named the King James IV Professor of Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2005.
In addition, he is an active member of several other professional organizations, including the DeBakey International Society.