Joseph J. Defauw, M.D.
Dr. Joseph Defauw was appointed by the United States District Court
for the Southern distict of Ohio as a Member of the Supervisory Panel.
Dr. Defauw is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegin,
the Netherlands. He is certified by the board of the European Association
for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Defauw has published numerous articles
related to cardiac surgery, especially in the field of surgery for cardiac
arrhytmias. He was involved in the early studies about BSCC strut
fractures in the Netherlands. Dr. Defauw earned his MD at the University
of Louvain, Belgium, and completed his residency at the Antonius Hospital,
Utrecht (later Nieuwegein) in 1982.