{"schema_version":"bookimed.page-context.v1","id":"minimally-invasive-heart-surgery-surgeons","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/minimally-invasive-heart-surgery-surgeons/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/minimally-invasive-heart-surgery-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":"Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgeons","summary":"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.","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":"15 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":"12-week function was not superior","text":"The same trial did not show superiority in its main physical-function measure. Discharge and full recovery are different outcomes.","sources":["C05"]},{"label":"Robotic means surgeon-controlled","text":"A robot assists the surgeon’s instruments. A heart-lung machine may still be used, and a larger incision may be needed for safety.","sources":["C06"]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Potential gains include a smaller scar and less initial disruption. MIST also found better one-month physical-recovery scores after small-thoracotomy CABG in selected patients.","sources":["C06","cabg-mist170"]}],"limitations":[{"text":"Limited access must still allow the complete operation. Major cardiac-surgery risks remain, and the method may be unsuitable for some anatomy or combined procedures.","sources":["C06"]}],"sections":[{"id":"specialists","title":"Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgeons","text":"Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgeons Diagnosis or procedure Doctor, clinic or country 15 specialists shown How we find specialists and where coverage is still growing → Portrait source ↗ Gebze, Kocaeli (Istanbul region) · Turkey cardiac surgeon Haşim Üstünsoy → Üstünsoy’s institutional profile includes minimally invasive and robotic cardiovascular surgery. Anadolu Medical Center → Sources: Prof. Haşim Üstünsoy | Anadolu Medical Center · Robotic Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Istanbul · Turkey cardiac surgeon Ali Fedakar → Fedakar lists minimally invasive heart surgery and beating-heart coronary bypass among his interests. 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 clinical listing includes minimally invasive and robotically assisted cardiac surgery. Medanta → Sources: Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ London · United Kingdom cardiac surgeon Ulrich Rosendahl → Rosendahl lists minimally invasive cardiac surgery alongside coronary, valve and aortic reconstruction. Royal Brompton Hospital → Sources: Mr Ulrich Rosendahl | Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals · Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Cleveland, Ohio · United States cardiac surgeon A. Marc Gillinov → Gillinov practises robotic mitral surgery at Cleveland Clinic. 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 ↗ Hangzhou · China cardiac surgeon Yong Cui → Cui’s published myectomy approaches reach the heart through an incision near the right armpit. Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital → 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 View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Gurugram · India cardiac surgeon Nitin Kumar Rajput → Rajput’s stated practice includes robotic-assisted CABG and endoscopic mitral and aortic valve replacement. Medanta → Sources: Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta View expertise and research → XW Wuhan · China cardiac surgeon Xiang Wei → Wei’s Tongji team developed transapical beating-heart septal myectomy. The studied technique reaches the septum through the heart’s apex without cardiopulmonary bypass. Tongji Hospital Wuhan → Sources: Tongji Hospital · cardiovascular surgery department · TA-BSM for obstructive HCM: Lessons Learned After the Learning Curve Period View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Chicago · United States cardiac surgeon Husam H. Balkhy → Balkhy’s robotic practice includes totally endoscopic coronary bypass, mitral repair and AF surgery. He also performs port-access aortic valve surgery. UChicago Medicine → Sources: Husam H. Balkhy, MD View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Ottawa · Canada cardiac surgeon Marc Ruel → Ruel’s Ottawa practice includes multivessel bypass through a small thoracotomy. His studies examine early recovery and the need for later coronary treatment. University of Ottawa Heart Institute → 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? View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ Toronto · Canada cardiac surgeon Piroze M. Davierwala → Davierwala’s UHN programme covers minimally invasive coronary, valve and aortic surgery. Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital → Sources: MICS programme and Dr Piroze M. Davierwala · Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery 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 → Portrait source ↗ Istanbul · Turkey cardiac surgeon Faruk Gençoğlu → Gençoğlu’s official Hisar profile includes minimally invasive and beating-heart bypass and Da Vinci cardiac surgery. Hisar Hospital Intercontinental → Sources: Faruk Gençoğlu — hisar faruk official · Faruk Gençoğlu — hisar robotic cabg View expertise and research → Portrait source ↗ New York · United States cardiac surgeon Joshua A. Scheinerman → NYU names Scheinerman as an HCM surgical leader and an operator in its reported robotic trans-mitral myectomy. NYU Langone → Sources: Current Joshua A. Scheinerman institutional profile · NYU HCM programme · NYU first robotic myectomy clinical case View expertise and research → No specialist in this selection matches both filters. Broaden the search to see the available specialists.","links":[{"label":"How we find specialists and where coverage is still growing →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/specialist-research-method/"},{"label":"Portrait source ↗","url":"https://www.anadolumedicalcenter.com/doctor/hasim-ustunsoy"},{"label":"Haşim Üstünsoy →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-hasim-ustunsoy/"},{"label":"Anadolu Medical Center →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-anadolu/"},{"label":"Prof. Haşim Üstünsoy | Anadolu Medical Center","url":"https://www.anadolumedicalcenter.com/doctor/hasim-ustunsoy"},{"label":"Robotic Surgery — Anadolu Medical Center","url":"https://www.anadolumedicalcenter.com/medical-technology/robotik-cerrahi"},{"label":"View expertise and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-hasim-ustunsoy/"},{"label":"Portrait source ↗","url":"https://hisarhospital.com/en/doctor/prof-ali-fedakar-m-d/"},{"label":"Ali Fedakar →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-ali-fedakar/"},{"label":"Hisar Hospital Intercontinental →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-hisar/"},{"label":"Prof. Dr. Ali Fedakar, M.D. | Hisar Intercontinental Hospital","url":"https://hisarhospital.com/en/doctor/prof-ali-fedakar-m-d/"},{"label":"View expertise and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-ali-fedakar/"},{"label":"Portrait source ↗","url":"https://www.medanta.org/hospitals-near-me/south-delhi/speciality/cardiology/doctor/dr-naresh-trehan"},{"label":"Naresh Trehan →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-naresh-trehan/"},{"label":"Medanta →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-medanta/"},{"label":"Cardiac Surgery Experts in Gurugram — Medanta","url":"https://www.medanta.org/doctor-listing/cardiac-surgery-doctors-in-gurugram?page=1"},{"label":"View expertise and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-naresh-trehan/"},{"label":"Portrait source ↗","url":"https://www.rbht.nhs.uk/specialists/mr-ulrich-rosendahl"},{"label":"Ulrich Rosendahl →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-ulrich-rosendahl/"},{"label":"Royal Brompton Hospital →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinic-rbht/"},{"label":"Mr Ulrich Rosendahl | Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals","url":"https://www.rbht.nhs.uk/specialists/mr-ulrich-rosendahl"},{"label":"Ulrich Rosendahl — clinical expertise and Royal Brompton location","url":"https://guysandstthomasspecialistcare.co.uk/specialists/ulrich-rosendahl/"},{"label":"View expertise and research →","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/doctor-ulrich-rosendahl/"},{"label":"Portrait source ↗","url":"https://providers.clevelandclinic.org/provider/a-marc-gillinov/4268438"},{"label":"A. 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MIST also found better one-month physical-recovery scores after small-thoracotomy CABG in selected patients. 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 Trade-offs and limits Limited access must still allow the complete operation. Major cardiac-surgery risks remain, and the method may be unsuitable for some anatomy or combined procedures. Sources: Mayo Clinic: minimally invasive surgery","links":[{"label":"Mayo Clinic: minimally invasive surgery","url":"https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/minimally-invasive-heart-surgery/about/pac-20384895"},{"label":"Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42537680/"},{"label":"Mayo Clinic: minimally invasive surgery","url":"https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/minimally-invasive-heart-surgery/about/pac-20384895"}]},{"id":"selection","title":"How these specialists were selected","text":"How these specialists were selected 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. How we find specialists ↗ Minimally invasive ↗","links":[{"label":"How we find specialists ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/specialist-research-method/"},{"label":"Minimally invasive ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/minimally-invasive/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / Specialists / Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgeons Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgeons · Decision guide Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgeons 15 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 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. 15 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 12-week function was not superior 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) Robotic means surgeon-controlled 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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