Dr. Randall Starling

Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH, is a cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure and transplantation. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and a Staff Cardiologist in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. At Cleveland Clinic, he serves as Interim Head of the Section of Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine and Medical Director of the Kaufman Center for Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery. His clinical practice centers on advanced heart failure management, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. His research interests include cardiac transplantation, mechanical circulatory support device outcomes, and heart failure therapeutics and care delivery. Dr. Starling has been honored with the Heart Failure Society of America Lifetime Achievement Award and is a past president of the society. He has held leadership roles with the United Network for Organ Sharing and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, served on the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Exam Writing Committee, and founded the heart failure fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. He has been recognized as a Castle Connolly “Top Doctor.” Dr. Starling earned his medical degree from Temple University, completed residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—where he served as Chief Medical Resident and Instructor—and a cardiology fellowship at The Ohio State University. He also holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health.