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Ross Procedure Patient Education Center Launches Now!

Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Published: March 12, 2025

As many of you know, I had a Ross Procedure performed by Dr. Vaughn Starnes in 2005. Since then, nearly 20 years ago, I have had no re-operations and I am not on any medications including blood thinners. While the Ross Procedure is not for everybody, I am getting many patient questions about this advanced form of aortic valve surgery given new research about patients who are experiencing (i) a return to normal life expectancy and (ii) long-term durability going out to the third post-operative decade.

For this reason, I am happy to announce that we just launched a new "Ross Procedure Patient Education Center" that was designed to educate patients about the Ross Procedure. Thankfully, many world-renowned Ross Procedure surgeons helped me build this educational resource.

Click here to experience the new Ross Procedure Patient Education Center.

On behalf of our community, many thanks to all of the the aortic valve experts who supported this educational initiative including:

I would also like to thank Baylor Scott and White The Heart Hospital - Plano, Cedars-Sinai, Cleveland Clinic, Keck Medicine of USC, Northwestern Medicine, and University of Washington Heart Institute for their support of this project.

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.

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