{"schema_version":"bookimed.page-context.v1","id":"heart-valve-surgeons","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/heart-valve-surgeons/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/heart-valve-surgeons.json","index_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/index.json","full_dataset_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/content.json","content_revision":"source-driven-rankings-20261008","date_modified":"2026-10-08","language":"en","kind":"specialist-directory","title":"Heart valve specialists","summary":"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.","research_credit":{"name":"Yevhenii Kozlov","role":"Co-Founder of Bookimed","url":"https://us-uk.bookimed.com/ceo/kozlov/","contribution":"Research personally prepared and reviewed","assistance":"AI tools assisted source research."},"editorial_scope":"Source-based patient information; an individual treatment plan requires clinical review.","research_method":"How this guide is researched and compared Research project led by Yevhenii Kozlov . We link clinical guidance, primary studies and named hospital or offer sources beside the relevant statements. Comparisons distinguish individual operators from programme results and preserve the study population, follow-up and limitations. Prices are dated examples with their stated scope. Research and editorial preparation are separate from clinical review; no named clinician has medically reviewed this edition. Bookimed provides care coordination. Partner and reference programmes are identified from their sources; paid ordering is not used in our published-cohort comparison. Read the editorial policy .","key_takeaways":[{"label":"16 named specialists","text":"Haşim Üstünsoy, Ali Fedakar, Naresh Trehan, Ulrich Rosendahl and other named teams.","sources":["anadolu-profile","hisar-profile","medanta-surgeons","rbht-rosendahl-current"]},{"label":"Mechanical and tissue valves differ","text":"Mechanical valves require lifelong anticoagulation. Tissue valves can deteriorate and need another intervention.","sources":["C04"]},{"label":"TAVI usually means a shorter stay","text":"NHS guidance describes 2–3 hospital days after TAVI versus about a week after surgical replacement.","sources":["C08"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Surgery can address a valve together with coronary or aortic disease; catheter options can reduce the initial recovery burden for suitable anatomy.","sources":["C03","C08"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"Every route has limitations: repair must be durable, replacement creates lifetime valve decisions, and catheter treatment may leave other surgical problems untreated.","sources":["C03","C04"]}],"sections":[{"id":"specialists","title":"Heart valve specialists","text":"Heart valve specialists Diagnosis or procedure Doctor, clinic or country 16 specialists shown How we find specialists and where coverage is still growing → Portrait source ↗ Gebze, Kocaeli (Istanbul region) · Turkey cardiac surgeon Haşim Üstünsoy → 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. Anadolu Medical Center → Sources: Prof. Haşim Üstünsoy | Anadolu Medical Center · Cardiovascular Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center · Robotic Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Istanbul · Turkey cardiac surgeon Ali Fedakar → Fedakar explicitly lists second and third valve operations among his clinical interests at Hisar. Hisar Hospital Intercontinental → Sources: Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. | Hisar Intercontinental Hospital View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Gurugram · India cardiac surgeon Naresh Trehan → Trehan’s listed practice includes valve repair and replacement alongside coronary and aortic disease. Medanta → Sources: Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ London · United Kingdom cardiac surgeon Ulrich Rosendahl → Rosendahl’s stated practice includes repair of the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves and valve-sparing root replacement. Royal Brompton Hospital → Sources: Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Cleveland, Ohio · United States cardiac surgeon A. Marc Gillinov → Gillinov’s Cleveland Clinic practice includes mitral repair and robotic mitral surgery. Cleveland Clinic → Sources: A. Marc Gillinov, MD | Cleveland Clinic · Early results of robotically assisted mitral valve surgery: Analysis of the first 1000 cases View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Bangkok · Thailand cardiac surgeon Pat Ongcharit → Ongcharit’s Bumrungrad profile includes valvular disease among his clinical interests. Bumrungrad International Hospital → Sources: Pat Ongcharit, M.D. | Bumrungrad International Hospital · Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Gurugram · India cardiac surgeon Nitin Kumar Rajput → Rajput’s listed valve work includes endoscopic mitral and aortic replacement and repeat valve replacement. Medanta → Sources: Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Bangkok · Thailand cardiac surgeon Pattanasak Lertpradit → Lertpradit provides surgical assessment within Bumrungrad’s multidisciplinary Heart Valve Center, alongside catheter, imaging, anaesthesia and rehabilitation specialists. Bumrungrad International Hospital → Sources: Pattanasak Lertpradit — official Bumrungrad profile · Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Bangkok · Thailand cardiac surgeon Kriengchai Prasongsukarn → Prasongsukarn is a surgeon in Bumrungrad’s Heart Valve Center, which combines valve repair and replacement with assessment for catheter treatment. Bumrungrad International Hospital → Sources: Kriengchai Prasongsukarn — official Bumrungrad profile · Bumrungrad Heart Valve Center View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Chicago · United States cardiac surgeon Husam H. Balkhy → Balkhy’s valve practice includes robotic mitral surgery and minimally invasive port-access aortic valve surgery. UChicago Medicine → Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Tokyo · Japan cardiac surgeon Go Watanabe → Watanabe’s NewHeart team has published robotic repair of complex Barlow valves using artificial chordae and selective leaflet resection. NewHeart Watanabe Institute → Sources: Outcomes of Barlow mitral valve repaired by robot-assisted keyhole surgery. · Robot-assisted surgery and team profiles View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Los Angeles · United States cardiac surgeon Joanna Chikwe → 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. Cedars-Sinai → 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. View expertise and research → EL Paris · France cardiac surgeon Emmanuel Lansac → Lansac’s research combines aortic-root remodelling with external support of the valve annulus to retain the natural aortic valve. AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière → Sources: External aortic annuloplasty with a dedicated expansible ring improves outcomes in remodeling root repair compared with homemade Dacron ring. · Dr Emmanuel Lansac View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Durham, North Carolina · United States cardiac surgeon G. Chad Hughes → Hughes lists aortic valve repair and valve-sparing root replacement among his Duke clinical areas. Duke University Hospital → Sources: G. Chad Hughes, MD · Mid-term outcomes of aortic valve repair using an anatomically shaped internal annuloplasty ring. View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Cleveland, Ohio · United States interventional cardiologist Samir Kapadia → Kapadia is a Cleveland Clinic interventional cardiologist specialising in TAVR and other catheter valve therapies. Cleveland Clinic → Sources: Samir Kapadia, MD View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Barcelona · Spain cardiac surgeon Xavier Ruyra Baliarda → Ruyra’s Teknon practice includes native-valve repair, the Ross operation and cardiac reconstruction. Centro Médico Teknon → Sources: Dr Xavier Ruyra — official Teknon clinical profile View expertise and research → No specialist in this selection matches both filters. 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Sources: ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025) · NHS: valve recovery Trade-offs and limits Every route has limitations: repair must be durable, replacement creates lifetime valve decisions, and catheter treatment may leave other surgical problems untreated. Sources: ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025) · NHS: valve types","links":[{"label":"ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025)","url":"https://www.escardio.org/news/news-room/congress-news/2025-guidelines-valvular-heart-disease/"},{"label":"NHS: valve recovery","url":"https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/heart-valve-replacement/recovery/"},{"label":"ESC/EACTS valve guidance (2025)","url":"https://www.escardio.org/news/news-room/congress-news/2025-guidelines-valvular-heart-disease/"},{"label":"NHS: valve types","url":"https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/heart-valve-replacement/how-its-done/"}]},{"id":"selection","title":"How these specialists were selected","text":"How these specialists were selected 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. How we find specialists ↗ Heart valves ↗","links":[{"label":"How we find specialists ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/specialist-research-method/"},{"label":"Heart valves ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/heart-valve-surgery/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / Specialists / Heart valve specialists Heart valve specialists · Decision guide Heart valve specialists 16 specialists with linked profiles, clinical focus and attributable evidence. Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance 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. 16 named specialists 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 and tissue valves differ Mechanical valves require lifelong anticoagulation. Tissue valves can deteriorate and need another intervention. Sources: NHS: valve types TAVI usually means a shorter stay NHS guidance describes 2–3 hospital days after TAVI versus about a week after surgical replacement. 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