HCM and septal myectomy surgeons · Decision guide
7 specialists with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence.
HCM and septal myectomy surgeons differ in the anatomy they treat, techniques they offer and evidence they publish. Septal myectomy removes selected thickened heart muscle to relieve obstruction in symptomatic HCM. The operation can also address contributing mitral or supporting structures. HCM care and rhythm-risk assessment continue after obstruction is treated.
Yong Cui, Nicholas Smedira, Paolo Ferrazzi, Daniel G. Swistel and other named teams.
Sources: An innovative minimally invasive approach for HOCM: transaortic septal myectomy via right infra-axillary incision · Nicholas Smedira, MD — Cleveland Clinic · Ferrazzi et al. · JACC 2026 · 350 patients · Resect–plicate–release · 77-patient study (2015)
The Zhejiang series reported mean outflow gradient falling from 85.8 to 8.4 mmHg through a 4–5 cm underarm incision.
Sources: Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision
Estimated programme cost of $25,000–40,000 USD. Cleveland and NYU provide individual quotations.
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Hangzhou · China
cardiac surgeon
Cui’s team has published infra-axillary transaortic myectomy and a separate newer MESM technique for obstructive HCM.
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
Cleveland, Ohio · United States
cardiac surgeon
Smedira’s Cleveland Clinic practice includes myectomy for HCM. The programme also treats selected mitral and subvalvular abnormalities that contribute to obstruction.
Sources: Nicholas Smedira, MD — Cleveland Clinic · Surgical management of LVOT obstruction in a specialized HOCM center
Monza · Italy
cardiac surgeon
Ferrazzi’s HCM work combines septal myectomy with selective cutting of abnormal secondary mitral chordae.
Monza research affiliation documented in 2026; the scientific-director appointment source is dated 2023.
Sources: Ferrazzi et al. · JACC 2026 · 350 patients · Policlinico di Monza · heart centre brochure (2023)
New York · United States
cardiac surgeon
Swistel’s resect–plicate–release work addresses septal muscle, selected elongated mitral leaflets and abnormal papillary attachments.
Sources: Resect–plicate–release · 77-patient study (2015) · NYU Langone · Daniel Swistel · NYU Langone · HCM programme
Rochester, Minnesota · United States
cardiac surgeon
Dearani’s Mayo practice includes septal myectomy and complex HCM anatomy. The programme also evaluates selected apical disease and associated apical aneurysms.
Sources: Mayo Clinic · Joseph Dearani · Mayo Clinic · HCM treatment options · Mayo · 67 patients with apical aneurysm repair
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
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
No specialist in this selection matches both filters. Broaden the search to see the available specialists.
Sources: AHA/ACC HCM guidance (2024)
Sources: MESM: 100-patient observational study · Guy’s and St Thomas’: breastbone healing and movement after heart surgery
Sources: Septal myectomy: procedure and risks · Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision
This list contains 7 specialists with a documented hcm and septal myectomy 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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