Prof. Dr. John A. Elefteriades is the William Glenn Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director at the Aortic Institute, Yale University. He graduated magna cum laude with a triple major in Physics, French, and Psychology from Yale University. He received his MD degree from the Yale University School of Medicine. He trained at Yale in both general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. After completing his training, he joined the faculty at the Yale University School of Medicine. He has performed all types of adult cardiac surgeries, including coronary artery bypass grafting and artificial heart implantation. He was President of the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the national Board of Governors of the College. He serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Cardiology, the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery as well as being Editor-in-Chief of the journal AORTA.  He has been named among the Best Doctors in America consistently for two decades. In 2006, he received the Socrates Award from the Thoracic Residents Association, Thoracic Surgery Directors' Association, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. In 2007, he received the Walter Bleifeld Memorial Award for Clinical Research. In 2018, he was granted an Honorary PhD by the University of Liege (Belgium). In 2020, he was named by Expertscape as the leading aneurysm expert in the world.