Michael E. Sekela, MD

Dr. Sekela earned an MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York. He completed a general surgery residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and a cardiothovascular and thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

He is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Dr. Sekela built and directed the University of Kentucky Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplant Program then established a private practice in Lexington before returning to UK where he serves as the Surgical Director of the Gill Heart & Vascular Institute and Surgical Director for Heart Transplant and MCS program.