Dr. Rinewalt is a graduate of Texas Tech University and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He completed a general surgery residency in Chicago followed by a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he also completed an advanced cardiac surgery fellowship. He was a clinical instructor in cardiothoracic transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at Stanford University before becoming an Associate Surgeon in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.His research and clinical interests include all aspects of adult cardiac surgery as well as heart and lung transplantation, ventricular assist device placement, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and surgical education.