Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgeons · Decision guide
15 specialists with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence.
Smaller-incision and robotic surgery describe access routes across bypass, valve and septal operations; they are not one interchangeable procedure. Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgeons differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Smaller chest incisions can preserve the breastbone and reduce the initial recovery burden for selected operations. The benefit depends on the procedure: a smaller scar does not by itself mean a more durable repair or a faster return to full fitness.
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
The same trial did not show superiority in its main physical-function measure. Discharge and full recovery are different outcomes.
Sources: UK Mini Mitral trial · JAMA (2023)
A robot assists the surgeon’s instruments. A heart-lung machine may still be used, and a larger incision may be needed for safety.
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Gebze, Kocaeli (Istanbul region) · Turkey
cardiac surgeon
Üstünsoy’s institutional profile includes minimally invasive and robotic cardiovascular surgery.
Sources: Prof. Haşim Üstünsoy | Anadolu Medical Center · Robotic Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center
Istanbul · Turkey
cardiac surgeon
Fedakar lists minimally invasive heart surgery and beating-heart coronary bypass among his interests.
Sources: Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. | Hisar Intercontinental Hospital
Gurugram · India
cardiac surgeon
Trehan’s clinical listing includes minimally invasive and robotically assisted cardiac surgery.
London · United Kingdom
cardiac surgeon
Rosendahl lists minimally invasive cardiac surgery alongside coronary, valve and aortic reconstruction.
Sources: Mr Ulrich Rosendahl | Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals · Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location
Cleveland, Ohio · United States
cardiac surgeon
Gillinov practises robotic mitral surgery at Cleveland Clinic.
Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic · Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases
Hangzhou · China
cardiac surgeon
Cui’s published myectomy approaches reach the heart through an incision near the right armpit.
Sources: An innovative minimally invasive approach for HOCM: transaortic septal myectomy via right infra-axillary incision · Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision
Gurugram · India
cardiac surgeon
Rajput’s stated practice includes robotic-assisted CABG and endoscopic mitral and aortic valve replacement.
Wuhan · China
cardiac surgeon
Wei’s Tongji team developed transapical beating-heart septal myectomy. The studied technique reaches the septum through the heart’s apex without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Sources: Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department · TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period
Chicago · United States
cardiac surgeon
Balkhy’s robotic practice includes totally endoscopic coronary bypass, mitral repair and AF surgery. He also performs port-access aortic valve surgery.
Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD
Ottawa · Canada
cardiac surgeon
Ruel’s Ottawa practice includes multivessel bypass through a small thoracotomy. His studies examine early recovery and the need for later coronary treatment.
Sources: Marc Ruel · Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial. · Revascularization after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in 566 patients: Is it a problem?
Toronto · Canada
cardiac surgeon
Davierwala’s UHN programme covers minimally invasive coronary, valve and aortic surgery.
Sources: MICS programme and Dr Piroze M. Davierwala · Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery
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.
Istanbul · Turkey
cardiac surgeon
Gençoğlu’s official Hisar profile includes minimally invasive and beating-heart bypass and Da Vinci cardiac surgery.
Sources: Faruk Gençoğlu — hisar faruk official · Faruk Gençoğlu — hisar robotic cabg
New York · United States
cardiac surgeon
NYU names Scheinerman as an HCM surgical leader and an operator in its reported robotic trans-mitral myectomy.
Sources: Current Joshua A. Scheinerman institutional profile · NYU HCM programme · NYU first robotic myectomy clinical case
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Sources: Mayo Clinic: minimally invasive surgery · Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial
This list contains 15 specialists with a documented minimally invasive heart surgery 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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