Floyd D. Loop

Interventional / Structural Cardiology

Cleveland Clinic

About

Floyd D. Loop works in Interventional / Structural Cardiology affiliated with Cleveland Clinic.

Floyd D. Loop, M.D., was a cardiothoracic surgeon who joined the Cleveland Clinic in 1970. He served as chair of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery from 1975 to 1989 and as CEO and chair of the Board of Governors from 1989 to 2004. He performed over 12,000 cardiac surgeries and authored hundreds of papers on cardiovascular surgery techniques and outcomes before his death in 2015.

Research focus

Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingCardiac Valve SurgeryReoperative Cardiac ProceduresSurgical Outcomes ResearchArterial Grafting Techniques

Impact

273 pubs · 22,562 cites · h-index 74

Affiliations

Work Experience

CEO and Chair of the Board of Governors

Cleveland Clinic · 1989 - 2004

Chair of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Cleveland Clinic · 1975 - 1989

Cardiac Surgeon

Cleveland Clinic · 1970 - 1999