Surgeons & Hospitals Blog

Great news! I am excited to announce that Indiana University Health (IU Health) has become the newest sponsor of HeartValveSurgery.com!

There are certain milestones at HeartValveSurgery.com that mean much more than a number. Today, I am thrilled to celebrate one of them. Dr. Joanna Chikwe, the Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, just received her 100th patient review! In doing so, Dr. Chikwe becomes only the ninth heart surgeon in the history of our community to reach this extraordinary milestone.

We are excited and honored to announce that MemorialCare has joined our community!

Great news! I am thrilled to share that Adventist Health St. Helena has become the newest sponsor of HeartValveSurgery.com!

I am thrilled to share that Atlantic Health has become the newest sponsor of HeartValveSurgery.com!

A wonderful milestone has been reached in our community — Dr. Justin Schaffer, a leading heart surgeon at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital in Plano, Texas, just received his 100th patient review! So you know, Dr. Schaffer is only the eighth surgeon in the twenty-year history of HeartValveSugery.com to receive 100 patient reviews.

In 2010, I became familiar with the name Dr. Kevin Accola. At that time, Dr. Accola's patients, including Richard Cooper, Donna Wilson and Duane Hunt, were posting patient reviews about this humble, heart valve expert at AdventHealth in Orlando, Florida.

I am very excited to announce that St. Bernards Healthcare, the leading regional healthcare provider in Jonesboro, Arkansas, just became the newest sponsor of HeartValveSurgery.com!

During the past 25 years, a key transformation in heart valve disease treatment has been the use of safe and effective minimally-invasive techniques.

I am very excited to announce that Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, a Keck School of Medicine of USC partner, just became the newest sponsor of HeartValveSurgery.com!

I am excited to share that Dr. Gyu Gang, a leading heart valve surgeon at the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute just received his 200th patient review at HeartValveSurgery.com!

I am very excited to announce that Baptist Health South Florida's Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute just became the newest sponsor of HeartValveSurgery.com.

Hearing from heart valve patients about their success stories continues to be one of my favorite parts of running HeartValveSurgery.com. This time, it was Deborah Ogilvie that brought an ear-to-ear smile to my face. As you can read below, Deborah just had an aortic valve reoperation performed by Dr. Alfredo Trento at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

On behalf of heart valve patients all over the world...

Woo-Hoo!!! Amazing!!! Wonderful!!!

Wonderful news!!! I am excited to announce that Hartford HealthCare from Hartford, Connecticut just became the newest sponsor of HeartValveSurgery.com.

I am excited and honored to announce that Dr. Marc Gillinov just received his 100th patient testimonial from patients in the HeartValveSurgery.com community!

Last week at the AATS Mitral Conclave in New York City, the world's leading mitral valve experts connected for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. This conference was downright amazing and I was lucky to attend.

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