{"id":23733,"date":"2017-11-15T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T17:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=23733"},"modified":"2025-02-28T19:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:31:56","slug":"surgeon-spotlight-dr-luis-castro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2017\/11\/15\/surgeon-spotlight-dr-luis-castro\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon Spotlight:  Dr. Luis Castro Receives Over 100 Patient Testimonials!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am overly excited to share that Dr. Luis Castro, a leading cardiac surgeon at MarinHealth Heart and Vascular Institute in Marin County, California, just received his 103rd patient testimonial at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Luis-Castro-Larkspur-California.php\">surgeon profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/castro-luis-facebook-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with Dr. Castro, let me introduce you to a special person whose patient-centric approach to cardiac care is fundamentally unique. \u00a0Dr. Castro goes above-and-beyond for his patients. \u00a0He\u00a0gives out his cell phone number to his patients. \u00a0Dr. Castro goes surfing with his patients. \u00a0He educates his patients about each step in the surgical process. \u00a0And, most importantly, he delivers excellent surgical results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/luis-castro-surfing-surgeon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"492\" \/>Dr. Castro with Tom Fitzmorris (his aortic valve patient)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A Patient Educator &amp; Community Supporter!<\/h2>\n<p>When I first met Dr. Castro, I knew something was different about him.<\/p>\n<p>When I shared my mission about educating and empowering patients, he didn&#8217;t look at me like I was some weirdo. \u00a0Nope. \u00a0Doctor Castro jumped at the opportunity to help our patient community. \u00a0Like me, Dr. Castro saw a massive gap in patient education and he wanted to fill it.<\/p>\n<p>In an instant, Dr. Castro said, &#8220;What can I do to support you? I love what you&#8217;re doing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, we&#8217;ve collaborated on educational stories&#8230; We&#8217;ve held live webinars&#8230; We&#8217;ve posted free educational eBooks&#8230; And, we filmed educational videos together. \u00a0For example, here&#8217;s a video we filmed about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/bicuspid-aortic-valve-medications-drugs\/\">the management of bicuspid aortic valves with medication<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJecUEWovK4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But, what struck me most about Dr. Castro was how his patients talked about him. \u00a0Over the years, I have connected with many, many, many of Dr. Castro&#8217;s patients including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2012\/10\/16\/patient-anniversary-mitral-repair-luis-castro-md\/\">Shelly Gould<\/a>, Kent Dorwin and Tom Fitzsimmons. \u00a0These patients rant-and-rave about Dr. Castro. \u00a0I&#8217;ll never forget what Shelly said about Dr. Castro, &#8220;If I need valve surgery again, there would be no doubt I would only want Dr. Castro leaving his fingerprints on my heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then, there&#8217;s the story of David Augustus. \u00a0Here is a picture of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2015\/09\/22\/hiking\/\">David<\/a> on his epic hike to the peak of Mount Whitney after aortic valve surgery. \u00a0Take a close look at the bottom of his flag.<\/p>\n<p>At 14,000 feet above sea level&#8230; Who is Dave thanking on his flag? \u00a0That&#8217;s right&#8230; Dr. Castro!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/Images\/dave-augustus-mount-whitney-aortic-valve-replacement.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"636\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Congratulations Dr. Castro &amp; Team!!!<\/h2>\n<p>On behalf of our community, I want to extend a mighty &#8220;Thanks!&#8221; and wonderful &#8220;Congratulations!&#8221; to Dr. Castro. \u00a0His care and support of patients with heart valve disease is extraordinary. \u00a0I am so thankful Dr. Castro is part of our community. \u00a0I am so thankful that Dr. Castro has transformed the the lives of so many people who consider him to be an awesome surgeon and a thoughtful friend.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I need to thank the team that supports Dr. Castro. \u00a0They are quite awesome too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Luis-Castro-Larkspur-California.php\">See 100+ Patient Testimonials for Dr. Luis Castro<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep on tickin&#8217; Dr. Castro!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-surgeons-clinics"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40222,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23733\/revisions\/40222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}