Hello! My name is Dr. Kevin Accola and I am a cardiac surgeon having graduated from University of Illinois in 1984.
To date, I have performed approximately 9,000 cardiac surgeries, of which 2,400 (currently 300+ cases per year) involved heart valve procedures. I regularly perform surgery at hospitals including Florida Hospital.
I believe my greatest strength as a surgeon is:
"Personalized care to each patient and family as well as the incredible team I have around me which is consistent daily. Our nursing staff is also quite remarkable."
Specific to cardiac surgery, my specialties include:
Mitral valve repair
Aortic valve procedures
Ascending aortic aneurysm
Relative to heart valve research, I have the following interests:
New valvular technology
Cardiac protective drugs
Critical care studies
I have relationships with each of the following insurance companies:
Nearly all insurances
To help you learn more about me, I have uploaded the video below. To watch the video, simply press the play button and please make sure the volume on your computer is turned up.
Here is what my patients say about me:
"Dr. Kevin Accola could not have been any better -- in any manner."
--Joseph Latorra
Mitral Valve, Valve Repair, 12/21/2010
"Amazing... Simply amazing! That is the best way to tell you who and what kind of Doctor Kevin Accola is. I truly believe that god is guiding his hands every step of the way. You can just feel the higher power when he walks into the room. He gives his full attention to you and addressed all of my concerns! "
--Amanda Brown
Mitral Valve, Valve Replacement, 06/09/2010
"Dr. Accola had a happy bounce in his step. He was serious when it was needed. Dr. Kevin Accola saved my life! I received the On-X mechanical valve and it works great. No problems.
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--susan dugan
Mitral Valve, Valve Replacement, 05/22/2010
"Dr. Kevin Accola is a phenomenally gifted surgeon who also has a very warm and caring bedside manner. He personally got me my first bite of post-op food... an ice cream cup. Dr. Accola is like a rock star or Superman around Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute in Orlando. I was in amazing hands and received astounding care both by Dr. Accola and by the wonderful staff of Florida Hospital. They're the best!"
--Duane Hunt
Mitral Valve, Valve Repair, Median Sternotomy, 01/28/2010
"We were very fortunate to have Dr. Kevin Accola. You can not ask for more than his excellent and outstanding bedside care, comfort, assurance, generosity, competence and kindness. My wife can not thank him enough when I was critical in CVICU at dawn - Dr. Accola was there attending to me. He was very confident I would be fine. He's TOPS! Thank you Lord!"
"Dr. Kevin Accola is an awesome surgeon and even better person. In addition to the mitral valve repair, I had an anomalous right coronary artery that was moved to the correct position. "
--Jill Bock
Mitral Valve, Valve Repair, Median Sternotomy, 09/22/2009
"Dr. Kevin Accola was a very caring and experienced doctor. Wonderful! He spent a lot of time with me and my family answering questions. I would highly recommend him."
"Dr. Kevin Accola was the most compassionate, caring, dedicated, competent surgeon that I have interacted with. He worked tirelessly to stabilize my father during the surgery and the post op ICU. We were extremely pleased."
--Donna Wilson
Aortic Valve, Valve Replacement, 01/30/2009
"Excellent pre- and post-operative. Dr. Accola is very personal and professional. He stopped in several times in intensive care room between his later surgeries. Dr. Accola performed double bypass operation at same time he repaired my mitral valve."
--stanley weinroth
Mitral Valve, Valve Repair, 11/18/2008
"Dr. Accola is wonderful, honest, caring and tells you like it is. I was scared. Dr. Accola was wonderful. I had and aortic valve replacement and 1 bypass. I'm doing great. If I ever needed more surgery, I would not hesitate for a minute. Dr. Accola is the best!"
--Bertie Hunt
Aortic Valve, Valve Repair, 10/30/2008
"Wonderful... Thanks to Dr. Accola, I'm still alive to talk about it. Going into surgery I didn't know if I would come out of it. The experience was not bad with not as much pain as I thought I would have. "
--Rich Spolar
Aortic Valve, Valve Replacement, 10/09/2008
"Dr. Accola was excellent. His bedside manner is very reassuring -- with a sense of humor. I think God's hand guides him during surgery."
--Richard Cooper
Aortic Valve, Valve Repair, Median Sternotomy, 03/05/2008
Thank you for taking the time to learn more about me and my practice. To contact me about your heart valve disorder, please click here.
