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The directory contains 36 specialists across coronary, valve, HCM, aortic, congenital, rhythm and advanced heart-failure care. Profiles distinguish the doctor’s clinical role from centre-wide and historical research.
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HCM profiles distinguish chordal cutting, papillary release, axillary access and transapical approaches.
Sources: Ferrazzi et al. · JACC 2026 · 350 patients · Resect–plicate–release · 77-patient study (2015) · Minimally Invasive Electro Septal Myectomy for HOCM Through a Right Infra-Axillary Incision · TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period
A study’s patient count is not a surgeon’s annual operating volume. Programme results remain attributed to that programme.
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The evidence comparison shows the treated anatomy, procedure, patient count and follow-up beside the credited operator or programme. These details distinguish complex reconstruction, newer access and longer-term results.
Browse 36 specialists across coronary, valve, HCM, aortic, congenital, rhythm and advanced heart-failure care. This is a researched selection, with individual profiles and source links.
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Gebze, Kocaeli (Istanbul region) · Turkey
cardiac surgeon
Haşim Üstünsoy treats adult and paediatric cardiovascular disease at Anadolu. His clinical scope includes minimally invasive and robotic surgery; the programme also offers complex valve repair and valve-sparing aortic-root surgery.
Sources: Prof. Haşim Üstünsoy | Anadolu Medical Center · Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center
Istanbul · Turkey
cardiac surgeon
Ali Fedakar’s Hisar practice explicitly includes second and third valve operations, coronary bypass and aortic surgery. His background is particularly relevant to patients whose new operation must account for an earlier valve or bypass procedure.
Sources: Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. | Hisar Intercontinental Hospital
Gurugram · India
cardiac surgeon
Naresh Trehan is Medanta’s chief cardiac surgeon. The official service listing spans CABG, valve repair and replacement, aortic disease and complex repeat operations, providing a broad surgical setting when several cardiac problems coexist.
Sources: Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta · Dr. Naresh Trehan | Medanta
Berlin · Germany
cardiac surgeon
Volkmar Falk directs cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at DHZC in Berlin. His career combines cardiac surgery, cardiac surgical intensive care and minimally invasive surgery; DHZC also has a defined robotic-valve recovery pathway.
Sources: Prof. Dr. med. Volkmar Falk | Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité · Enhanced recovery and ERMICS after minimally invasive cardiac surgery
London · United Kingdom
cardiac surgeon
Ulrich Rosendahl’s Royal Brompton practice includes valve-sparing aortic-root replacement and reconstruction of the wider aorta. This is relevant when an aneurysm overlaps with valve disease, a previous operation or a connective-tissue disorder.
Sources: Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location · Mr Ulrich Rosendahl | Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals
Cleveland, Ohio · United States
cardiac surgeon
A. Marc Gillinov’s Cleveland Clinic practice focuses on mitral repair and robotic mitral surgery. He also leads surgical atrial-fibrillation work, a relevant combination when a leaking valve and an abnormal rhythm occur together.
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
Pat Ongcharit is a Bumrungrad cardiothoracic surgeon whose listed interests include coronary and valve disease. His background combines Thai specialist certification with cardiothoracic and transplant fellowship training at Papworth Hospital.
Sources: Pat Ongcharit, M.D. | Bumrungrad International Hospital
Hangzhou · China
cardiac surgeon
Yong Cui specialises in HCM myectomy through an underarm incision that preserves the breastbone. Published studies describe relief of obstruction and correction of associated mitral supporting structures. Sourced practice figures appear in the reported-experience comparison.
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
Nicholas Smedira is a Cleveland Clinic myectomy specialist. The centre’s HCM evidence is particularly informative when obstruction involves the mitral valve or its supporting muscles alongside a thickened septum.
Sources: Nicholas Smedira, MD — Cleveland Clinic · Surgical management of LVOT obstruction in a specialized HOCM center
Gurugram · India
cardiac surgeon
Surinder Bazaz’s Medanta practice includes total-arterial CABG on a beating heart and coronary endarterectomy. These are specific capabilities for the graft plan and diseased coronary vessel, beyond the size of the chest incision.
Sources: Dr. Surinder Bazaz — Medanta Gurugram · Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta
Gurugram · India
cardiac surgeon
Nitin Kumar Rajput’s Medanta practice includes robotic-assisted CABG, beating-heart surgery and endoscopic mitral and aortic valve replacement. His scope also includes repeat bypass and repeat valve operations.
Bangkok · Thailand
cardiac surgeon
Pattanasak Lertpradit is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Bumrungrad’s Heart Valve Center. His official profile records Thai specialist certification and a cardiac-surgery fellowship at Royal Brompton Hospital in London.
Sources: Pattanasak Lertpradit — official Bumrungrad profile · Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center
Bangkok · Thailand
cardiac surgeon
Kriengchai Prasongsukarn is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Bumrungrad’s Heart Valve Center. His background includes adult and paediatric cardiac-surgery training in Canada and published work on valve prostheses and postoperative rhythm.
Sources: Kriengchai Prasongsukarn — official Bumrungrad profile · Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center
Monza · Italy
cardiac surgeon
Paolo Ferrazzi’s Monza work treats obstructive HCM by removing excess heart muscle and selectively cutting abnormal cords that pull on the mitral valve. The aim is to open the outflow pathway while keeping the patient’s own valve. The published 350-patient study has a median 5.6 years of follow-up.
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
Daniel Swistel directs HCM surgery at NYU Langone. His published resect–plicate–release approach combines septal muscle removal with selected leaflet shortening and release of abnormal papillary attachments.
Sources: Resect–plicate–release · 77-patient study (2015) · NYU Langone · Daniel Swistel
Rochester, Minnesota · United States
cardiac surgeon
Joseph Dearani’s Mayo practice spans HCM, Ebstein anomaly, congenital surgery and complex reoperations. Mayo’s selected apical-myectomy research addresses a different problem from routine basal septal obstruction.
Sources: Mayo Clinic · HCM treatment options · Mayo · 67 patients with apical aneurysm repair
Wuhan · China
cardiac surgeon
Xiang Wei directs cardiovascular surgery at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan. His team’s myectomy system approaches the septum through the heart’s apex on a beating heart, a distinct route from transaortic or infra-axillary surgery.
Sources: Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department · TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period
Chicago · United States
cardiac surgeon
Husam Balkhy leads robotic cardiac surgery at UChicago Medicine. His named CABG technique is totally endoscopic beating-heart bypass, including selected multivessel and hybrid procedures.
Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD · Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass in the current era: report of 544 patients.
Ottawa · Canada
cardiac surgeon
Marc Ruel studies and performs minimally invasive coronary bypass at Ottawa Heart Institute. His work separates the short-term recovery effect of the incision from longer-term disease progression and repeat treatment.
Sources: 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
Piroze Davierwala directs the minimally invasive cardiac-surgery programme at UHN. Its coronary service includes selected multivessel total-arterial CABG through an incision between the ribs without heart–lung support.
Sources: Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery · Total Arterial Multivessel Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: 5-Year Outcomes.
New York · United States
cardiac surgeon
Mario Gaudino’s Weill Cornell practice explicitly includes radial-artery and bilateral internal mammary-artery grafting. His research addresses what a bypass graft is made from, independently of the chest incision.
Sources: Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD, PhD · Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Tokyo · Japan
cardiac surgeon
Go Watanabe directs NewHeart Watanabe Institute in Tokyo. Its published Barlow strategy uses artificial chordae first and adds leaflet resection when needed to limit systolic anterior motion.
Sources: Outcomes of Barlow mitral valve repaired by robot-assisted keyhole surgery. · Robot-assisted surgery and team profiles
Los Angeles · United States
cardiac surgeon
Joanna Chikwe chairs cardiac surgery at Cedars-Sinai’s Smidt Heart Institute. Her coauthored studies distinguish routine degenerative prolapse from complex Barlow disease and follow recurrent leakage as well as repair completion.
Sources: 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
Emmanuel Lansac is listed in Pitié-Salpêtrière’s cardiac surgery service. His technique-focused research combines root remodelling with an external ring supporting the valve annulus, aiming 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
G. Chad Hughes’s Duke practice covers aortic valve repair, valve-sparing root replacement and disease extending to the arch and thoraco-abdominal aorta. His team has also published late limitations of a specific repair device.
Sources: Duke Center for Aortic Disease combines cardiothoracic and vascular surgery · G. Chad Hughes, MD
Cleveland, Ohio · United States
interventional cardiologist
Samir Kapadia is a Cleveland Clinic interventional cardiologist whose practice includes TAVR and other percutaneous valve treatments. His role is catheter therapy within a heart team; surgical valve replacement is performed by a cardiac surgeon.
Sources: Samir Kapadia, MD · Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at 7 Years.
Boston · United States
cardiac surgeon
Sitaram Emani co-directs Boston Children’s Complex Biventricular Repair Program. The work focuses on whether unusual ventricular connections, valves and outflow routes can be reconstructed so that both ventricles support circulation.
Sources: Biventricular repair linked to better outcomes in superior-inferior ventricles treatment · Intraoperative Conduction Mapping to Reduce Postoperative Atrioventricular Block in Complex Congenital Heart Disease.
New York · United States
cardiac surgeon
Emile Bacha’s Columbia practice spans congenital cardiac surgery in children and adults. The programme includes septal-defect repair, valve reconstruction, neonatal operations and staged single-ventricle pathways.
Sources: Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia · Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile
Durham, North Carolina · United States
cardiac surgeon
Jacob Schroder leads surgical advanced heart-failure care at Duke. His remit connects heart transplantation with durable LVADs, temporary ECMO and total artificial-heart care, addressing different degrees and durations of circulatory support.
Sources: Jacob N. Schroder named Surgical Director for Advanced Heart Failure · Transplantation Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death.
Bad Oeynhausen · Germany
cardiac surgeon
Jan Gummert directs cardiac surgery at HDZ NRW. Its mechanical-support programme includes dedicated VAD coordinators and follow-up, while its heart-failure centre links inpatient and outpatient services.
Sources: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · Heart failure centre
St. Louis, Missouri · United States
cardiac surgeon
Ali Khiabani is a WashU cardiac surgeon whose practice includes minimally invasive atrial-fibrillation and valve surgery. His research examines how rhythm results change over time after Cox-Maze IV.
Sources: Ali J. Khiabani, MD, MHA — physician profile · The long-term outcomes and durability of the Cox-Maze IV procedure for atrial fibrillation.
New York · United States
interventional cardiologist
Susheel Kodali is an NYU Langone interventional cardiologist specialising in transcatheter valve therapies. His trial work is relevant to severe tricuspid leakage, where symptom benefit must be weighed against bleeding and pacemaker risks.
Sources: Susheel K. Kodali, MD — physician profile · NYU welcomes Susheel Kodali to lead interventional cardiology
Cleveland, Ohio · United States
cardiac surgeon
Shinya Unai’s Cleveland Clinic practice explicitly includes endocarditis and complex reoperative surgery. Infection can extend beyond a valve into the root or tissue between valves, requiring more extensive reconstruction.
Sources: Shinya Unai, MD — cardiac surgery profile · The Hidden Burden of Native Aortic Valve Endocarditis: Reevaluating Diagnostic and Pathologic Challenges.
Istanbul · Turkey
cardiac surgeon
Faruk Gençoğlu’s official Hisar profile includes minimally invasive and beating-heart bypass, Da Vinci cardiac surgery and endoscopic valve surgery. His current Bookimed robotic-CABG programme combines surgery with inpatient monitoring and postoperative coordination.
Sources: Faruk Gençoğlu — hisar faruk official · Faruk Gençoğlu — hisar robotic cabg
Barcelona · Spain
cardiac surgeon
Xavier Ruyra Baliarda heads cardiac surgery at Teknon Heart Institute. The official profile describes beating-heart coronary surgery and blood-conservation techniques; his advertised CABG package itemises the medical stay separately from travel.
Sources: Dr Xavier Ruyra — official Teknon clinical profile · Xavier Ruyra Baliarda — teknon cabg
New York · United States
cardiac surgeon
Joshua Scheinerman is associate surgical director of NYU’s HCM programme. The hospital identifies him as a lead operator in its first reported robotic trans-mitral myectomy, performed through right-chest ports.
Sources: Current Joshua A. Scheinerman institutional profile · NYU HCM programme
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| Evidence | What it establishes | What it cannot establish alone |
|---|---|---|
| Official clinical profile | Specialty, appointment and stated procedures | Recent personal volume or case acceptance |
| Procedure-specific study | Defined technique, patient cohort and measured outcomes | Current outcomes for every patient or surgeon at the hospital |
| Current programme | Available services and team structure | A named operating assignment for an individual booking |
| Patient account | An individual experience with care | The clinical effectiveness or complication rate of the method |
Sources: STS risk calculators · STS public reporting · STS rating methodology
The useful distinction is the clinical work itself. Expertise in one cardiac procedure does not establish equivalent experience in every other procedure.
| Procedure | Specialist capability that matters |
|---|---|
| CABG | Graft selection and treatment of all relevant coronary territories |
| Mitral repair | Lesion-specific reconstruction and durability of valve function |
| Aortic repair | Experience with the affected segment and associated valve or inherited disease |
| HCM myectomy | Relief of obstruction and correction of contributing mitral or subvalvular anatomy |
Sources: ACC revascularization guidance (2021) · ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025) · ACC/AHA aortic guidance (2022) · AHA/ACC HCM guidance (2024)
The directory pairs current clinical sources with studies of the relevant procedure. It keeps historical affiliations and programme outcomes separate from a doctor’s present personal record.
Hangzhou, China
Yong Cui
Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital
A 4–5 cm underarm incision keeps the breastbone intact: no divided breastbone to heal while you rebuild walking and everyday activity.
$25,000–40,000 estimated cost
USD · estimated programme range · updated 8 October 2026.
Published 100-patient MESM series; separate 132-patient mid-cavity conference report and earlier 148-patient modified-Morrow study.
Cleveland, United States
Nicholas Smedira
Cleveland Clinic HCM Center
Specialist HCM imaging and myectomy that can also correct mitral-leaflet or papillary-muscle causes of obstruction.
Quote on request
Individual estimate after assessment.
A historical series of 1,559 LVOT operations, including 1,530 myectomies and 522 myectomies with mitral or subvalvular intervention.
New York, United States
Daniel Swistel · Joshua Scheinerman
NYU Langone Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program
An HCM team that treats septal and mitral causes of obstruction, with conventional and selected robotic surgical approaches.
Quote on request
Individual estimate after assessment.
NYU reports more than 600 myectomies at programme level. Supporting method evidence includes a historical 77-patient anatomy study and a separate first robotic case report.
Istanbul, Turkey
Faruk Gençoğlu
Hisar Hospital Intercontinental
An advertised $20,000 robotic bypass package with preoperative tests, nursing, seven hospital days, hotel accommodation and transfers.
$20,000 advertised package
USD · advertised offer checked 8 October 2026.
An advertised named-surgeon package with explicit medical and travel services; no package-specific robotic CABG outcomes are supplied.
Barcelona, Spain
Xavier Ruyra Baliarda
Centro Médico Teknon
CABG with a named cardiac surgeon, preoperative specialist consultations, an individual room and five hospital days in the advertised package.
$41,411.97 advertised package
USD · observed 8 October 2026; individual quote required.
A named-surgeon CABG offer with defined medical inclusions. It supplies no package-specific outcomes cohort or comparative access-route results.
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