Biography
Griepp earned his medical degree from Stanford University Medical School, then completed residencies at both Stanford Hospital and Bellevue Hospital Center. A fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery was also completed at Stanford Hospital.
In 1985, Griepp succeeded Robert S. Litwak as Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital. Under Griepp's direction, Cardiothoracic Surgery was made an independent Department at both the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Hospital; Griepp was its first Chairman. A heart and lung transplant program commenced in 1990.
Griepp stepped down as Chairman in 2001 to pursue research and clinical interests; he was succeeded by David H. Adams.
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