About Dr. Melita Viegas,
Heart Valve Surgeon

Hello! My name is Dr. Melita Viegas and I am a cardiac surgeon having graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2005. To date, I have performed approximately 3,000 cardiac surgeries, of which more than 500 involved heart valve procedures. I regularly perform surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Read more...

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My Specialities &
Clinical Interests

My heart surgery specialties include:

• Congenital pulmonary valve surgery
• Congenital tricuspid valve surgery
• Ventricular septal defects

In addition, I have research and clinical interests specific to:

• Pediatric and adult congenital outcomes research
• Congenital cardiac intensive care units
• Pediatric cardiac mechanical circulatory support

Education, Training & Certificates

Dr. Melita Viegas, heart surgeon, graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2005.

After medical school, Dr. Viegas completed a general surgery residency at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in 2010. Next, she completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Southern California in 2013. Dr. Viegas also completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in 2014.

Dr. Viegas is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and the American Board of Congenital Cardiac Surgery.

At Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Viegas is the Associate Director of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and the Surgical Director of Congenital Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Cardiac Mechanical Circulatory Support.