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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.

Northeast - Midwest - South - West

Northeast


Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoAllegheny 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoHartford 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]

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoMontefiore Medical Center

Reference Surgeon: Robert Michler, MD

111 East 210th Street 
Bronx, NY 10467

Telephone: 718-920-6128

Email: Michael Gardocki, Clinical Director, [email protected]

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoMount 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoNYU Langone Health

Reference Surgeon: Aubrey Galloway, MD, 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoSt. 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


Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoBarnes-Jewish Hospital

Reference Surgeon: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD

1 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza 
St. Louis, MO 63110

Telephone: 314-362-7327

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoCleveland Clinic

Reference Surgeon: A. Marc Gillinov, MD, and Daniel Burns, MD

9500 Euclid Avenue 
Cleveland, OH 44195

Telephone: 216-445-8841

Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

Website: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/heart/depts/mitral-and-tricuspid-valve-center

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoNorthwestern 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)

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoUniversity of Michigan

Reference Surgeons: Steven F. Bolling, MD

1500 E. Medical Center Drive 
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Telephone: 888-287-1082

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.umcvc.org/

South


Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoAscension 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]

Website: https://healthcare.ascension.org/specialty-care/cardiology/structural-heart-care/why-ascension/tnnas-nashville-tn-structural-heart-valve-care

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoDuke 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoEmory 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoInova Heart and Vascular Institute

Reference Surgeon: Eric L. Sarin, MD

3300 Gallows Road, IHVI 3rd floor, Suite 3100 
Falls Church, VA 22042

Telephone: 571-472-4600

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.inovaheart.org/

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoThe Johns Hopkins Hospital

Reference Surgeon: James S. Gammie, MD

1800 Orleans Street, Zayed Suite 7107 
Baltimore, MD 21287

Telephone: 410-955-2800, option #3

Website: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heart_vascular_institute/cardiac-surgery/mitral-valve-repair-replacement/index.html

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoSarasota 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/

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoUHealth 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


Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoCedars-Sinai Medical Center

Reference Surgeon: 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoStanford Hospital

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/

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoUCLA Medical Center

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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoUniversity of Washington Medical Center

Reference Surgeon: Gabriel Aldea, MD

1959 NE Pacific St. 
Seattle, WA 98195

Telephone: 206-598-1338

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.uwmedicine.org/specialties/heart-institute/cardiac-surgery

Page Created: Apr. 22, 2020 Last Updated: Sep. 01, 2023