Sorin Pislaru, M.D., Ph.D., is chair, Division of Structural Heart Disease, Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Sorin Pislaru, M.D., Ph.D. (CV ’01, I ’04, CI ’06, CV ’08), is now chair of the Division of Structural Heart Disease at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Pislaru succeeds Rick Nishimura, M.D. (I ’80, CV ’83), in this role.

Dr. Pislaru has joint appointments in the divisions of Structural Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Ultrasound. He has chaired the Research Committee of the Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound since 2014 and is director of the Echocardiography and Vascular Physiology Research Unit.

Dr. Pislaru is a professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.