Dr. Christopher Snyder is chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center as well as chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is also professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.

A pediatric cardiologist who also lives with a CHD himself, Dr. Snyder joined University Hospital Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in 2012 and has held a number of additional roles during that time, including serving as the head of electrophysiology and being an executive committee member for UH Rainbow. In addition, he is the former KeyBank-Meyer Family Chair for Excellence in Leadership and previously served as faculty at the Yale-New Haven School of Medicine and Ochsner Clinic Foundation.

Dr. Snyder is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine. He completed a residency and fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital with sub-specialty training in pediatric and adult congenital electrophysiology. With more than 90 peer-reviewed articles and more than 10 book chapters, Dr. Snyder has presented his research at all the major pediatric cardiac meetings in the United States and throughout the world. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Heart Rhythm Society, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. He currently serves as chair of the Section of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery for the American Academy of Pediatrics and as chair of the Joint Counsel on Congenital Heart Disease.

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