ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL IP

Julia N. Smith is a clinical nurse who delivers integrative and evidence-based nursing care in collaboration with an inpatient multidisciplinary team of physicians, advanced practice providers, specialists, support staff and registered nurses. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Tampa and Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of South Florida. Smith is affiliated with the Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners and received the CVS Health Foundation Scholarship, McNichols Scholarship and the TGH Nurses Week Scholarship. She is also a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Dr. Haytham Elgharably is a cardiothoracic and transplantation surgeon at USF Health, where he serves as Associate Professor and Surgical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation. He has extensive experience in adult cardiac surgery including complex reoperations, radiation heart disease, infective endocarditis, pulmonary endarterectomy and lung transplantation. Prior to joining USF Health, Dr. Elgharably was a staff surgeon and quality officer in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute and Surgical Director of the Endocarditis Center. He earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Zagazig University in Egypt and completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the National Heart Institute in Cairo. Dr. Elgharably completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at The Ohio State University, an integrated thoracic surgery residency at the Cleveland Clinic and earned his PhD from Case Western Reserve University. His research focus spans both translational and clinical studies and has co-authored numerous book chapters and nearly 100 peer-reviewed papers in leading medical and surgical journals. Dr. Elgharably presents nationally and internationally on cardiac surgery and lung transplantation. He was inducted into the American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and named a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in 2025. Dr. Elgharably is dedicated to providing transparent, state-of-the-art and compassionate care and high-quality research while committed to educating the next generation of surgeons.