Find a Recognized Reference Center
The Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award Program was created to provide patients and referring physicians with the resources needed to make a well-informed choice regarding the best heart team for mitral valve repair surgery. This award makes it easier for patients to identify the nation’s best surgeons and hospitals for mitral valve repair surgery.
New Reference Centers are being recognized regularly. Please check back often to find a center near you.
2024 Awardees
Northeast - Midwest - South - West
Northeast
Allegheny General Hospital
Reference Surgeon: Walter E. McGregor, MD
Cardiovascular Institute
320 East North Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Telephone: 412-359-8180
Contact: Katie Bruns, RN, Mitral Surgery Clinical Coordinator for Dr. Walt McGregor
Website: https://doctors.ahn.org/Walter-E-McGregor
Hartford Hospital
Reference Surgeon: Sabet Hashim, MD
85 Seymour Street, Suite 919
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone: 860-524-2728
Email: Susan Collazo, Nurse Coordinator for Dr. Sabet Hashim, [email protected]
Mount Sinai Hospital
Reference Surgeon: David H. Adams, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
1190 Fifth Avenue, Box 1028
New York, NY 10029
Telephone: 866-MITRAL5 (648-7255)
Website: https://www.mitralvalverepair.org
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell
Reference Surgeon: Stephanie Mick, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
525 East 68th St, Suite M404
New York, NY 10065
Telephone: 212-746-6707
Website: https://weillcornell.org/stephanie-l-mick-md
NYU Langone Health
Reference Surgeons: Eugene A. Grossi, MD, and Didier F. Loulmet, MD
530 First Avenue, Suite 9V
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: 212-263-3940
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nyulangone.org/locations/mitral-valve-repair-program
St. Joseph’s Health Hospital
Reference Surgeons: Charles Lutz, MD, and Zhandong Zhou, MD
104 Union Avenue, Suite 1001
Syracuse, NY 13203
Telephone: 315-423-7192
Website: https://www.sjhsyr.org
Midwest
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Reference Surgeon: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
1 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110
Telephone: 314-362-7327
Cleveland Clinic
Reference Surgeon: A. Marc Gillinov, MD
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Telephone: 216-445-8841
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/heart/depts/mitral-and-tricuspid-valve-center
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital
Reference Surgeons: Charles Willekes, MD, and Edward Murphy, MD
221 Michigan St. NE, Suite 300
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Telephone: 616-459-7258
Website: https://www.spectrumhealth.org/services/heart-lung-and-vascular-care/heart-and-lung-surgery
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Reference Surgeon: Patrick McCarthy, MD
675 N. Saint Clair Street
Nineteenth Floor, Suite 100
Chicago, IL 60611
Telephone: 312-NM-HEART (664-3278)
Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
Reference Surgeon: John Russell Davis, MD
4320 Wornall Rd, Ste 50
Kansas City, MO 64111
Telephone: 816-931-3312
Website: Mid America Heart & Lung Surgeons | Saint Luke's Health System
University of Michigan
Reference Surgeons: Steven F. Bolling, MD and Gorav Ailawadi, MD, MBA
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Telephone: 888-287-1082
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.umcvc.org/
South
Ascension Saint Thomas West
Reference Surgeon: Evelio Rodriguez, MD
4220 Harding Pike
Nashville, TN 37205
Telephone: 615-222-5592
Email: Lauren Cherry, Assistant to Dr. Evelio Rodriguez, [email protected]
Duke University Hospital
Reference Surgeons: Jeffrey Gaca, MD, and Donald Glower, MD
2301 Erwin Rd
Durham, NC 27710
Telephone: 919-429-8722
Website: https://www.dukehealth.org/treatments/heart/mitral-valve-disease
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
Reference Surgeons: Douglas Murphy, MD, and Michael Halkos, MD
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30342
Telephone: 404-778-7200
Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Website: https://www.emoryhealthcare.org/centers-programs/robotic-surgery/robotic-mitral-valve.html
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Reference Surgeon: James S. Gammie, MD
1800 Orleans Street, Zayed Suite 7107
Baltimore, MD 21287
Telephone: 410-955-2800, option #3
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Reference Surgeon: Jonathan Hoffberger, DO
Sarasota Memorial Cardiac Surgery Program
1700 S Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34239
Telephone: 941-917-8791
Website: https://www.smhheart.com/
UHealth Tower – University of Miami Health System
Reference Surgeon: Joseph Lamelas, MD
1400 W 12 Ave, Suite #1
Miami, Fl 33136
Telephone: 305-689-2784
Email: Ana Chuy, Practice Manager, [email protected]
Website: https://doctors.umiamihealth.org/provider/Joseph+Lamelas/867364
West
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Reference Surgeons: Joanna Chikwe, MD, and Alfredo Trento, MD
127 S. San Vicente Blvd. a3600
Los Angeles, California 90048
Telephone: 310-423-3851
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.cedars-sinai.org/programs/heart/clinical/cardiac-surgery.html
Keck Medicine of USC
Reference Surgeon: Vaughn A. Starnes, MD
1520 San Pablo St. Suite 4300
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Telephone: 323-442-5849
Stanford University
Reference Surgeon: Joseph Woo, MD
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305-5407
Telephone: 650-850-1985
Email: Roberto Vargas, Cardiovascular Health Manager of Patient Access, [email protected]
Website: http://ctsurgery.stanford.edu/
UCLA Health
Reference Surgeon: Richard J. Shemin, MD
100 Medical Plaza, Suite 225
Los Angeles, California 90095
Telephone: 310-206-8232
Contact: Kris Kimoto, Administrative Specialist to Dr. Richard J. Shemin
Website: http://surgery.ucla.edu/division-cardiac
University of Washington Medical Center
Reference Surgeon: Gabriel Aldea, MD and Lara Oyetunji, MD, MPH
1959 NE Pacific St.
Seattle, WA 98195
Telephone: 206-598-1338
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.uwmedicine.org/specialties/heart-institute/cardiac-surgery