Luke Wiggins

Luke McKee Wiggins, MD is Assistant Professor of Surgery at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. He completed his Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery residency at USC, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital (London), and additional congenital cardiac surgery training at Children's Hospital Los Angeles under Dr. Vaughn Starnes. His clinical practice focuses on neonatal cardiac surgery and congenital heart valve reconstruction.

Research priorities include:

• Optimizing neonatal cardiac surgery outcomes
• Valve-sparing techniques for congenital defects
• Novel biomaterials for pediatric cardiothoracic conduits

Publications demonstrate expertise in complex pediatric aortic valve repair, Ross procedure modifications, and management of great vessel anomalies. Ongoing investigations develop innovative surgical models for right ventricle-pulmonary artery reconstruction.