William Fazzalaro, PA-C

William (Bill) Fazzalaro, PA-C, has been a nationally certified physician assistant since 1999. Throughout his career, he has specialized in cardiothoracic surgery and critical care medicine. He is part of the cardiac surgery team at the MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Saddleback Medical Center. Bill's clinical role includes harvesting venous and arterial conduits for coronary bypass procedures, assisting in cardiac, thoracic, and robotically-assisted surgeries in the operating room, attending to patients in the hospital, and seeing patients in the clinic. Bill has successfully completed over 1,000 endoscopic and open vessel harvests. Additionally, Bill oversees and trains junior physician assistants. His special interests include endoscopic vessel harvesting and robotically-assisted surgeries. Outside of work, Bill enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife and daughter and playing golf.