Floyd D. Loop, MD 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.

During his tenure as CEO, the Cleveland Clinic revenues grew from $650 million to $3.6 billion. His accomplishments included a significant development of basic and applied research, creation of a delivery system comprised of 12 hospitals and 14 outpatient sites, a new medical school for physician investigators and construction of two hospitals in Florida.

Dr. Loop was president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Chairman of the Residency Review Committee, and a member of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Loop has received honorary degrees from Cleveland State University, Purdue University, and St. Louis University among many other international awards. He serves on two public boards: Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Intuitive Surgical, Inc.