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Dr Richard A. Jonas

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A selection of interviews, documentaries, lectures and external resources featuring Dr Jonas and the history of congenital heart surgery.

NOVA: Pioneers of Surgery — The Brutal Craft (1988)

Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda

Season 11, Episode 4 — Affairs of the Heart (released 23 January 2001).

Project Hope in China

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Video: Interview with Brett Baier

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Marshall Jacobs interviews Richard A. Jonas in Guatemala

Recorded at a meeting in Guatemala honouring Aldo Castañeda.

AATS Presidential Address, Philadelphia (2006)

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AATS Congenital Heart Surgery Legends Luncheon (2026)

Encounters in China: Interviews with Jin Fen Liu and Richard A. Jonas

David Wessel interviews Yves d’Udekem about the legacy of Richard A. Jonas

Richard A. Jonas presents to the Aspiring Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Association

Advantages and Challenges to Early Primary Repair of Congenital Heart Disease.

John H. Gibbon Jr Lecture to the American College of Surgeons (2018)

Early Hospital Mortality: A Misleading Metric for Quality Assurance.