Cynthia Herrington, MD

Dr. Herrington completed her training in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Minnesota in 1998. She then came to Children's Hospital Los Angeles and completed the Congenital Cardiovascular and Transplant Fellowship. In June, 1999 she returned to the University of Minnesota where she was an active Cardiothoracic Surgeon, specializing in congenital cardiac surgery and thoracic transplantation.

During that time, she was recognized by her peers in the community by being voted onto the Minneapolis-St. Paul Top Doctors list for 6 of 9 years she was in Minnesota. She was actively involved in teaching, program development, clinical research and publications , much of which related to transplantation including, heart and lung transplantation in children.

In 2008, Dr. Herrington returned to Children's Hospital Los Angeles as a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery. She assumed the responsibility for the Congenital Training Program. This was a natural fit with her history of running the cardiac training program for four years at the University of Minnesota.

She has now established herself in Los Angeles and has an extremely busy surgical practice, consisting of primarily a blend of infants and neonates.

She holds the Ryan Winston Family Chair in Transplant Cardiology at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and is still quite active with teaching at the national level. Dr. Herrington is a very active member in the field of congenital heart surgery, both in her clinical practice and her contributions to education and research.