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Floyd D. Loop was the CEO and chairman of the Board of Governors of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation from 1989-2004. Earlier he chaired the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic from 1975 - 1989. Dr. Loop and his colleagues were responsible for today’s widespread use of arterial conduits in coronary artery surgery innovations in valve repair reoperations and numerous changes in technical procedure. As a surgeon Dr. Loop performed more than 12 000 open heart operations and authored 350 papers on all aspects of cardiovascular surgery. Dr. Loop has served as president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Chairman of the Residency Review Committee and as a member of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He has received honorary degrees from Cleveland State University Purdue University and St. Louis University among many other international awards. He also serves on the boards of Tenet Healthcare Corporation Visible Assets Inc. and Passport Health Communications Inc. | 