LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has appointed John David Cleveland, MD, as Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Co-Director of the Heart Institute. He succeeds his mentor and world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon Vaughn Starnes, MD. In this role, Dr. Cleveland will lead CHLA’s nationally ranked Heart Institute, the largest pediatric cardiac center in the Western United States, alongside Co-Director and Division Chief of Cardiology Paul Kantor, MBBCh,