Heart valve specialists · Decision guide
16 specialists with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence.
This overview includes valve repair, replacement and catheter treatment across different valves; these are distinct clinical pathways. Heart valve specialists differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Valve treatment can preserve a repairable valve, replace a damaged one or use a catheter-based approach. The cause of the valve problem determines which options can work; repair, TAVI and TEER are different treatments.
Haşim Üstünsoy, Ali Fedakar, Naresh Trehan, Ulrich Rosendahl and other named teams.
Sources: Prof. Haşim Üstünsoy | Anadolu Medical Center · Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. | Hisar Intercontinental Hospital · Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta · Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location
Mechanical valves require lifelong anticoagulation. Tissue valves can deteriorate and need another intervention.
Sources: NHS: valve types
NHS guidance describes 2–3 hospital days after TAVI versus about a week after surgical replacement.
Sources: NHS: valve recovery
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Gebze, Kocaeli (Istanbul region) · Turkey
cardiac surgeon
Üstünsoy practises within Anadolu’s programme for complex valve repair and valve-sparing aortic-root replacement. Selected mitral and tricuspid operations can use robotic access.
Sources: Prof. Haşim Üstünsoy | Anadolu Medical Center · Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center · Robotic Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center
Istanbul · Turkey
cardiac surgeon
Fedakar explicitly lists second and third valve operations among his clinical interests at Hisar.
Sources: Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. | Hisar Intercontinental Hospital
Gurugram · India
cardiac surgeon
Trehan’s listed practice includes valve repair and replacement alongside coronary and aortic disease.
London · United Kingdom
cardiac surgeon
Rosendahl’s stated practice includes repair of the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves and valve-sparing root replacement.
Sources: Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location
Cleveland, Ohio · United States
cardiac surgeon
Gillinov’s Cleveland Clinic practice includes mitral repair and robotic mitral surgery.
Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic · Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases
Bangkok · Thailand
cardiac surgeon
Ongcharit’s Bumrungrad profile includes valvular disease among his clinical interests.
Sources: Pat Ongcharit, M.D. | Bumrungrad International Hospital · Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center
Gurugram · India
cardiac surgeon
Rajput’s listed valve work includes endoscopic mitral and aortic replacement and repeat valve replacement.
Bangkok · Thailand
cardiac surgeon
Lertpradit provides surgical assessment within Bumrungrad’s multidisciplinary Heart Valve Center, alongside catheter, imaging, anaesthesia and rehabilitation specialists.
Sources: Pattanasak Lertpradit — official Bumrungrad profile · Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center
Bangkok · Thailand
cardiac surgeon
Prasongsukarn is a surgeon in Bumrungrad’s Heart Valve Center, which combines valve repair and replacement with assessment for catheter treatment.
Sources: Kriengchai Prasongsukarn — official Bumrungrad profile · Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center
Chicago · United States
cardiac surgeon
Balkhy’s valve practice includes robotic mitral surgery and minimally invasive port-access aortic valve surgery.
Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD
Tokyo · Japan
cardiac surgeon
Watanabe’s NewHeart team has published robotic repair of complex Barlow valves using artificial chordae and selective leaflet resection.
Sources: Outcomes of Barlow mitral valve repaired by robot-assisted keyhole surgery. · Robot-assisted surgery and team profiles
Los Angeles · United States
cardiac surgeon
Chikwe’s Cedars-Sinai work includes robotic repair of degenerative mitral valves and complex Barlow disease. Her programme’s studies follow recurrent leakage as well as whether the valve was repaired.
Sources: Joanna Chikwe clinical profile · Eliminating the learning curve in robotic mitral valve repair: Results from 1400 patients. · Robotic repair for Barlow mitral regurgitation: Repairability, safety, and durability.
Paris · France
cardiac surgeon
Lansac’s research combines aortic-root remodelling with external support of the valve annulus to retain the natural aortic valve.
Sources: External aortic annuloplasty with a dedicated expansible ring improves outcomes in remodeling root repair compared with homemade Dacron ring. · Dr Emmanuel Lansac
Durham, North Carolina · United States
cardiac surgeon
Hughes lists aortic valve repair and valve-sparing root replacement among his Duke clinical areas.
Sources: G. Chad Hughes, MD · Mid-term outcomes of aortic valve repair using an anatomically shaped internal annuloplasty ring.
Cleveland, Ohio · United States
interventional cardiologist
Kapadia is a Cleveland Clinic interventional cardiologist specialising in TAVR and other catheter valve therapies.
Sources: Samir Kapadia, MD
Barcelona · Spain
cardiac surgeon
Ruyra’s Teknon practice includes native-valve repair, the Ross operation and cardiac reconstruction.
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Sources: ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025) · NHS: valve recovery
Sources: ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025) · NHS: valve types
This list contains 16 specialists with a documented heart valve treatment focus in our source-linked directory. It is an editorial shortlist, not a census or an outcome ranking.
Institutional expertise and published study results are identified separately. An individual doctor may participate in several treatment pathways; a study of one procedure does not establish outcomes for another.
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