Dr. Chris Greenleaf is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) in the Department of Pediatric Surgery. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in thoracic surgery. A Pennsylvania native, Dr. Greenleaf grew up in the Philadelphia area and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. A former rower, Dr. Greenleaf represented the United States on the Men’s National Team in 2004. He received his Medical Degree, as well as a Master of Business Administration, from Jefferson Medical College and Widener University in Philadelphia. He completed his general surgical residency at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, PA. During his surgical training, he received a resident teaching award and was a chief surgical resident. He completed his fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He finished his fellowship and clinical instructorship in Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital. During his time there he was awarded the 2018 John A. Hawkins Top Scoring Abstract Award by the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society. Dr. Greenleaf became faculty at UTHealth in 2019.
Dr. Greenleaf’s area of clinical interest is to offer solutions for the most challenging heart defects. He specializes in the care of:
Dr. Greenleaf is a clinical scientist who has published on a wide array of topics within Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery. His research interest includes topics that move the specialty forward in pursuit of serving children and adults with heart disease so they may live their lives to the fullest.
Honors & Awards
John A. Hawkins Top Scoring Abstract Award, 2018
Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society Annual Meeting
Professional Memberships
Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2016
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 2016
House Staff Committee, 2012-2015
Main Line Health,
Wynnewood, PA
Patient Safety Committee, 2013-2015
House Staff Branch, Main Line Health
Wynnewood, PA