Justin graduated in the top 10 of his OACS class, earned spots on Genesee County All-Star teams in varsity football, basketball, and baseball, and was a drummer in band and Jazz Band. It was in high school where he was inspired to pursue a career in medicine after watching his grandfather struggle with a brain tumor; during his senior year he began his journey by participating in Health Careers Academy.
Justin majored in molecular biology at Grove City College. He continued his education at St. George’s University School of Medicine where he graduated 1st out of 350 students. Justin returned
to Western New York to complete his pediatric residency at Strong Hospital in Rochester, then moving to New York City, where he completed a 3-year fellowship in pediatric cardiology at NYU
Langone Medical Center. During this time and in the years after, he has been published more than 120 times in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Justin is a staff pediatric cardiologist in the department of Pediatric Cardiology, Professor of Pediatrics at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging for
the Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, Co-Director for the Congenital Valve Procedural Planning Center, and Director of Cardiac Morphology for both the Pediatric and Adult Congenital
Heart Center and Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute.
Justin is a devoted husband and father to three children. He values the foundation and experiences he was provided at Oakfield-Alabama, and loves to return to his hometown to visit his family and introduce his children to the community and school where he grew up.