University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Surgery faculty member Matthew Stone, MD, is the latest recipient of the Meg F. Rady and Family Chair in Congenital Cardiac Surgery. The chair was established through a gift from Paul and Katy Rady and previously held by Max Mitchell, MD.
Stone, associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery, is surgical director of the pediatric heart transplantation program at Children’s Hospital Colorado. He completed congenital cardiac training at the CU Anschutz School of Medicine in 2019 and was hired as a faculty member the same year. In addition to his primary clinical focus in neonatal cardiac surgery, Stone is the principal investigator of a laboratory focusing on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, ex vivo heart perfusion, novel approaches to single ventricle palliation, and applications of advanced imaging in congenital heart disease.