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Since its founding in 2009, the Mitral Foundation has been a driving force in advancing the understanding of mitral valve disease and promoting mitral valve repair techniques. The Mitral Foundation Center is the educational cornerstone of the Mitral Foundation.
The Mitral Foundation has recently partnered with the American Heart Association® on a new initiative to identify and promote Mitral Valve Repair Reference Centers in the United States through a recognition award program. The Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award will enable patients to make informed choices about the team they are trusting to perform their procedure.
Our medical missions do more than just help people. By working with local teams, the Mitral Foundation also helps develop regional expertise around the world.
Learn about our work developing realistic, interactive 3D computer generated models, along with synthetic valves for hands-on training. Our series of physician roundtables are the focus of visiting professorships. Over 500 surgeons from 50 countries have taken part in our reconstructive valve surgery workshops. Named after Stanley Schlesinger, the scholarship has helped advance physician training in the developing world.
The Mitral Foundation appreciates the dedication and commitment of our generous benefactors and friends.
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AATS Mitral Conclave Thought Leaders Interviews
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Innovation and Surgical Simulation
Roundtable Discussions
Teaching Library
Reconstructive Valve Surgery Workshops
Stanley Schlesinger Scholarship

2019 AATS Mitral Conclave Thought Leaders

David H. Adams: The AATS 2019 Mitral Conclave and the state of mitral valve repair in the U.S.
Marc Moon: The History and Future of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Ani Anyanwu: Severe Left Ventricle Dysfunction - Evaluation and Indications for Surgery
Friedrich W. Mohr: The Future of Mitral Valve Surgery and the Heart Team Concept for Reference Centers
Ralph Damiano: Atrial Fibrillation, Guidelines, Treatment, and Outcomes
Neil Moat: Abbott
Hirokuni Arai: Mitral Valve Repair vs. Replacement in Secondary Regurgitation
Clifford W. Barlow: The Origin of the "Barlow Valve," the Future of Surgical and Transcatheter Therapies for Mitral Valve Disease
Karim Bandali: Medtronic
Patrick M. McCarthy: Why Choose Bioprosthetic Valves in Young People? The Future of Transcatheter Treatment for Patients
Federico Milla: Attending the Mitral Conclave
Michael A. Mussalem: Edwards Lifesciences
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.: The Evolution of Mitral Valve Treatments, Robotic Surgery and the Mitral Heart Team
Steve Bolling: The Future of Mitral Procedures - Catheter Tools for Treatment
Volkmar Falk: The Evolution of Access to the Mitral Valve - Endoscopic Procedures
Michael Mack: The Future of Mitral Valve Therapies
Tirone David: Outcomes-driven Mitral Therapies
Julie Swain: Advancing the Field Through Clinical Trials
Gilles Dreyfus: Resection vs. Non-resection in Primary Mitral Valve Disease
Pedro del Nido: Translating Adult Cardiac Technology to Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Taweesak Chotivatanapong: Approach in Young Patients with Rheumatic Valve Disease
Brian Whisenant: Status of MitraClip and Transcatheter Techologies
Rakesh Suri: Timeline for the Industry to Adjust to New Technologies and Approaches
Craig Miller: Guidelines for New Technologies
Joseph Woo: What the Mitral Surgeon of the Future Will Look Like

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