Le Bonheur doc retires from Heart Institute he built
Dr. Jeffrey Towbin, a cardiologist with a storied career, is retiring from his role as codirector of Le Bonheur’s Heart Institute. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
When Dr. Jeffrey Towbin, 73, retires from his storied 40-year career in cardiology at the end of June, one of his greatest legacies will be the pediatric heart program at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
Since 2015, Towbin has served as executive chief of pediatric cardiology and executive codirector of the Heart Institute, which touts some of the strongest surgical outcomes in the nation and is consistently ranked by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons as one of the best.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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