CharlesD.FraserMD(He/Him)

Overview of Dr. Fraser

Charles D. Fraser, Jr., M.D., is the J.L. Hern Endowed Chair of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. He also serves as the Director of the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease and is a Professor of Surgery, Perioperative Care and Pediatrics in the University of Texas, Dell Medical School.

Dr. Fraser was recruited to the University of Texas to develop an integrated center focused on pediatric and congenital cardiac care. The center’s mission is to provide holistic, family centered care in a value-based, outcome driven program. Dr. Fraser’s clinical career has been dedicated to the surgical treatment of congenital heart disease and has included the development of leading pediatric heart and lung transplant and mechanical circulatory support programs.

Dr. Fraser’s research interests have included congenital heart surgery outcomes, cardiopulmonary transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, neurologic protection, and bioengineering. He has contributed to over 400 peer-review professional publications, three textbooks, and has been awarded significant extramural peer-review research funding. He is recognized as one of the world’s leading pediatric heart surgeons and he and his teams have performed over 18,000 corrective operations in children and adults with congenital heart disease.

Prior to joining the University of Texas, Dr. Fraser was a tenured Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics in the Baylor College of Medicine. From 1995 to 2018, Fraser served as Chief of the Division of Congenital Heart Surgery and from 2010 to 2018, Surgeon-in-Chief, at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas.