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Meet Dr. Mubashir Mumtaz
Harrisburg, PA
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Meet Dr. Mubashir Mumtaz

Harrisburg, PA - Sponsored

Hello! My name is Dr. Mubashir Mumtaz and I am a cardiac surgeon having graduated from Aga Khan University Faculty of Health Sciences in 1994. To date, I have performed approximately over 8,000 cardiac surgeries, of which over 4,000 involved heart valve procedures. I regularly perform surgery at UPMC Central Pennsylvania. Read more...

I believe my greatest strength is my devotion to build a quality program, provide compassionate advocacy for my patients and a constant pursuit for excellence.

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Adam Pickgot a new guestbook post

7 hours ago

Suzette Schear writes, "Hi Adam, I wanted to thank you for setting up this forum. Unfortunately I found it after my surgery. I had a mitral valve repair. I ...Read more

Suzette Schear writes, "Hi Adam, I wanted to thank you for setting up this forum. Unfortunately I found it after my surgery. I had a mitral valve repair. I was doing well with the healing until 6 months after surgery. I collapsed and couldn’t feel my leg & also fell on the floor once during shopping. I had 15 test all with little things wrong but nothing conclusive except a severe vitamin b6 deficiency which I have been taking for three month. I just fell again on city street and have breathing pain in the same spot I have told the doctors. I’m thinking to go to st Francis hospital because it hurts to breathe same spot ( had mra, mri, ekg,eeg, blood work, droplet test and stress test. Had monitor fir 3 month. 2svt 1vt. I know you’re not a doctor but did you ever hear of anyone having episodes like this? "

Meet Dr. Mubashir Mumtaz
Harrisburg, PA
Sponsored

Meet Dr. Mubashir Mumtaz

Harrisburg, PA - Sponsored

I believe my greatest strength is my devotion to build a quality program, provide compassionate advocacy for my patients and a constant pursuit for excellence.

Ken Dunkleyposted an update

10 hours ago

I'm looking for TAVR patients who had a larger annulus than spec'd for the largest Edwards Sapien valve, i.e. >28 mm. My cardiologist says he can expand ...Read more

I'm looking for TAVR patients who had a larger annulus than spec'd for the largest Edwards Sapien valve, i.e. >28 mm. My cardiologist says he can expand the balloon larger than spec'd and make it work in my 33 mm annulus.
Thanks, Ken

Deepika Malhotragot a new guestbook post

13 hours ago

Vikram Kaushik writes, "Best of luck "

Yumiko Ishidagot a new guestbook post

14 hours ago

Kimberly Eisenhut, Yumiko Ishida, Suzette Schear reacted to this

Peggy Peterson writes, "I just want to let you know how thankful I am for all of your posts and replies to others. Have learned and am continuing to learn so much from this forum. ...Read more

Peggy Peterson writes, "I just want to let you know how thankful I am for all of your posts and replies to others. Have learned and am continuing to learn so much from this forum. Have a great day, week, month, year, decade(s)!
❤️❤️❤️"

Peggy Petersonjust updated her profile

15 hours ago

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Rich Nayergot a new guestbook post

1 day ago

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Ana Brusso writes, "Hello Rich, welcome to our community. Blessings 🙏❤️"

Kimberly Eisenhut Welcome Rich, I am in northwest suburbs of Chicago, what hospital do you go to? I go to Northwestern. ... Read more

Kimberly Eisenhut Welcome Rich, I am in northwest suburbs of Chicago, what hospital do you go to? I go to Northwestern.

Margaret Williams just updated her profile

1 day ago

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Ana Brusso Hello Margaret, welcome to our community. Hope we can be of help and support to you. God bless you � ... Read more

Ana Brusso Hello Margaret, welcome to our community. Hope we can be of help and support to you. God bless you 🙏❤️

Kathryn Wylde posted an update

1 day ago

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I'm interested in knowing what peoples true experience is with minimally invasive surgery, especially women. I've been seeing comments here and in the Facebook ...Read more

I'm interested in knowing what peoples true experience is with minimally invasive surgery, especially women. I've been seeing comments here and in the Facebook group about it being pretty painful/uncomfortable regarding recovery, and issues with nerve damage. Can anyone share their experience with it?

Adam Pick This is a great question Kathryn. Fyi, next weekend I'm going to attend The Society of Thoracic Surg ... Read more

Adam Pick This is a great question Kathryn. Fyi, next weekend I'm going to attend The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Conference. I will do my best to get you some feedback from the surgeon's perspective about their techniques and their thoughts on any research regarding the patient experience. That said, I'm hopeful some of the women in our community may respond to you directly about their experiences. Stay tuned!

Kathryn Wylde Thank you Adam, I really appreciate that!

meg oconnell Hi Kathryn, I had a mini aortic valve replacement May 2024, so I am 8 months post-surgery. I of cours ... Read more

meg oconnell Hi Kathryn, I had a mini aortic valve replacement May 2024, so I am 8 months post-surgery. I of course have nothing to compare it too, but I found the procedure to be great. The recovery was good. I would say 90 days post surgery I was feeling like my old self again. The first few months my heart rate and blood pressure bounced around a lot, but I was told this is normal as your heart is recalibrating with the new valve. I don't seem to have any nerve damage and as for pain, I would say it was minimal and my scar is about 1 inch. So, pretty remarkable all in all. If I can answer anything else let me know.

Kimberly Eisenhut Adam, Can you please ask some questions about Tricuspid regurgitation and if it is always best to wai ... Read more

Kimberly Eisenhut Adam, Can you please ask some questions about Tricuspid regurgitation and if it is always best to wait until it is at the severe stage, I really want to know if what I am being told and advised is the best advice. It is so difficult getting straight answers for Tricuspid. Thank you, Kim

Dan Fouratt Kathryn, I am not a women but had minimally invasive valve replacement and it went well. I was walki ... Read more

Dan Fouratt Kathryn, I am not a women but had minimally invasive valve replacement and it went well. I was walking the day of the procedure and discharged 4 days later. I took only tynenol for pain and that was only for a week. I did what my doctors said. Two months post surgery I was able to become the caregiver to my wife what broke her heel and was on crutches not able to do anything for 3 to 4 months. You got this, just do what the doctors tell you and get active post and pre surgery. Good luck on your journey