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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 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 logoNew 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoNYU Langone Health

Reference Surgeons: 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 Surgeons: 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 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

 

Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award 2023 logoKeck Medicine of USC

Reference Surgeon: Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

1520 San Pablo St. Suite 4300 
Los Angeles, CA 90033

Telephone: 323-442-5849

 

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: Oct. 11, 2023