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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.

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Northeast


Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 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 LogoHackensack University Medical Center

Reference Surgeon: Mark Anderson, MD

30 Prospect Avenue, 1 Link
Hackensack, NJ 07601

Telephone: 551-996-4778

Email: Rosa Lourenco, Administrative Assistant to Dr. Mark Anderson, [email protected]

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 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 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 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 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award LogoUniversity of Rochester Medical Center

Reference Surgeon: Peter Knight, MD

Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Ave, Floor G
Rochester, NY 14642

Telephone: 585-275-6340

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award LogoYale New Haven Hospital

Reference Surgeon: Arnar Geirsson, MD

800 Howard Avenue
New Haven, CT 06510

Telephone: 203-785-5000

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.ynhh.org/services/heart-and-vascular/cardiac-surgery/mitral-valve-surgery

Midwest


Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 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 LogoCleveland Clinic

Reference Surgeon: A. Marc Gillinov, MD

9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195

Telephone: 216-445-8851

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/2350-a-marc-gillinov

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 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 LogoUniversity of Michigan

Reference Surgeons: Steven F. Bolling, MD, and Matthew A. Romano, 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 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 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 LogoEmory Saint Joseph’s Hospital

Reference Surgeons: Michael Halkos, MD, and Douglas Murphy, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: Dec. 15, 2022