Dr. Curtis Hunter is Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery and
Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Services at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
and Orthopaedic Hospital.
Dr. Hunter recently joined the faculty of the David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and will be seeing patients at both UCLA
Medical Center in Westwood and Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic
Hospital. In
addition to cardiothoracic surgery, Dr. Hunter’s clinical interests include
Adult Acquired Cardiovascular disease, Thoracic Aortic disease and research in
optimizing outcomes in cardiac surgery.
Dr. Hunter received his undergraduate and medical degrees from University of
Utah, followed by general surgery residency training at University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, and cardiothoracic surgery training at Boston University
Medical Center. Dr. Hunter comes to UCLA from Boston Medical Center where he
served as Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director of Thoracic
Endografting and Director of Cardiothoracic Critical Care.