Adam Pick,
Patient and Author

As seen on :

For his work as a patient advocate and a high technology consultant, Adam Pick has been featured on CNN, Medical News Today, Health Readings, BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal. A native and current resident of Los Angeles, Adam earned a bachelors and graduate degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

On November 3, 2005, Adam learned that he would need double heart valve replacement surgery. Eight weeks later, Dr. Vaughn Starnes performed aortic and pulmonary valve replacements on Adam at the University of Southern California Medical Center.

After a difficult recovery with many unexpected challenges, Adam is back to work, exercising five times per week and traveling the world for fun and business.  Adam’s heart valve surgery success story was elevated on July 7, 2007 when he married Robyn Podell, his girlfriend of two years. In 2009, Robyn and Adam celebrated the birth of the first child, Ethan.

As part of his experience with heart valve surgery, Adam learned the highs, the lows, the challenges, the opportunities and the frustrations of heart valve surgery.  His book, The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery, is Adam's personal attempt to support patients and caregivers through the entire heart valve surgery process - from diagnosis through recovery.

Praised for its personal overtones, The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery reads more like a memorable novel than a medical guide. Adam takes the reader into a positive, warm and honest space as he chronicles his own, inspirational heart valve surgery story.

As Dr. Gosta Pettersson, M.D, Ph.D. (Heart Surgeon and Vice Chairman of The Cleveland Clinic Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Sugery) recently stated, "Adam's book will help many patients and caregivers."

To learn more about Adam and his special book for heart valve surgery patients and caregivers, please click here.