Mitral valve repair surgeons · Decision guide
4 specialists with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence.
Mitral valve repair surgeons differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Mitral repair preserves a leaking native valve when a durable reconstruction is feasible. The lesion and cause of leakage determine the repair; robotic assistance changes the access and instruments rather than guaranteeing durability.
A. Marc Gillinov, Husam H. Balkhy, Go Watanabe, Joanna Chikwe.
Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic · Husam H. Balkhy, MD · Outcomes of Barlow mitral valve repaired by robot-assisted keyhole surgery. · Eliminating the learning curve in robotic mitral valve repair: Results from 1400 patients.
Minithoracotomy repair had a median five-day hospital stay versus six with sternotomy, without superior physical function at 12 weeks.
Sources: UK Mini Mitral trial · JAMA (2023)
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Sources: Mitral valve repair in Turkey: displayed starting price, 8 October 2026
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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
Chicago · United States
cardiac surgeon
Balkhy performs robotic mitral valve surgery at UChicago Medicine, including complex repair. In the hospital’s reported bileaflet case, his team used artificial chordae and an annuloplasty ring.
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.
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| Clinical focus | Specialist / programme | What the evidence describes |
|---|---|---|
| Robotic repair and programme learning | A. Marc Gillinov / Cleveland Clinic | A historical 1,000-operation robotic mitral series examines changes within one programme; its results are not a current individual success rate. |
| Complex Barlow anatomy | Go Watanabe / NewHeart Watanabe Institute | Repair uses artificial chordae and selected leaflet resection to address complex leaflet anatomy. |
| Repair durability and recurrent leakage | Joanna Chikwe / Cedars-Sinai | Coauthored research distinguishes degenerative prolapse from Barlow disease and examines recurrent regurgitation. |
| Robotic mitral clinical practice | Husam Balkhy / UChicago Medicine | The institutional profile documents robotic mitral surgery. His separate TECAB coronary-bypass cohort is not mitral-repair evidence. |
Sources: Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases · Outcomes of Barlow mitral valve repaired by robot-assisted keyhole surgery. · Robotic repair for Barlow mitral regurgitation: Repairability, safety, and durability. · Husam H. Balkhy, MD
Sources: ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025)
Sources: ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025) · NHS: valve types
This list contains 4 specialists with a documented mitral valve repair 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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