Edward Bove
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Edward Bove is a Professor
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 in the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan
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 School of Medicine, Michigan
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, United States
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. Dr. Bove is also the Head of the Section of Cardiac Surgery, the Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, and the Co-Director of the Michigan Congenital Heart Center at the University of Michigan Health System
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 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
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. He is well known for his contributions to the repair of congenital heart defects, most notably Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome , is a rare congenital heart defect in which the left ventricle of the heart is severely underdeveloped.-Causes:...

.

Dr. Bove was born and raised in New York
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. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross
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 in Worcester, Massachusetts
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 in 1968, and his medical degree from Albany Medical College
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, Albany, New York
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 in 1972. Dr. Bove performed his post-doctoral training at:
  • Surgical Intern, University of Michigan
    University of Michigan
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    , Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...

  • Resident in Surgery, University of Michigan
    University of Michigan
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    , Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory, University of Michigan
    University of Michigan
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    , Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...

  • Chief Resident in Surgery, University of Michigan
    University of Michigan
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    , Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...

  • Resident in Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan
    University of Michigan
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    , Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Senior Registrar, Thoracic Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children
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    , London, England


Dr. Bove was an Assistant Professor of Surgery from 1980-1983 at the Health Science Center Syracuse
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. From 1983-1985, he was an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Health Science Center Syracuse
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. Dr. Bove became an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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 in 1985. In 1988, Dr. Bove was elevated to Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan. In 1999, he was appointed head of the Section of Cardiac Surgery for the University.

Dr. Bove is considered one of the world's outstanding pediatric cardiac surgeons, and is particularly renowned for his work with the Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome , is a rare congenital heart defect in which the left ventricle of the heart is severely underdeveloped.-Causes:...

.http://www.medicineatmichigan.org/magazine/2000/summer/bove/default.asp
Dr. Bove is also the author of 224 articles on the repair of congenital heart defects. http://surgery.med.umich.edu/cardiac/contact/faculty/elbove.shtml He is board-certified in both General and Cardiac surgery.

Dr. Bove has received recognition for his work including being listed in Who's Who in Health and Medical Services and the Best Doctors in America. Dr. Bove is also on the board of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:MTS1caVIjmkJ:www.abts.org/documents/PDF/ABTS_Spring_2006_Newsletter.pdf+edward+bove&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=20. More recently, Dr. Bove became one of the public faces of the University of Michigan Health System
University of Michigan Health System
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by being prominently featured in the System's new marketing campaign.

Dr. Bove is married and has two children, Christopher and Susan.

Quotes

"Sadly, we lose some. It upsets me as much today as ever - just ask my wife. The high risk - it wears on you. Some days I'm as high as the top of the world, but other days I'm deflated lower than the curb on the road." http://www.medicineatmichigan.org/magazine/2000/summer/bove/default.asp

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