{"schema_version":"bookimed.page-context.v1","id":"specialist-research-method","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/specialist-research-method/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/specialist-research-method.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":"guide","title":"How we research heart surgery specialists","summary":"This guide connects clinical claims to primary studies and doctors to institutional sources. It preserves the difference between current clinical work, historical cohorts and programme-wide results.","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":"36 specialists · 25 clinic programmes","text":"The current selection spans major cardiac-surgery pathways and links to individual source-backed profiles.","sources":[]},{"label":"Primary evidence is attributed","text":"Clinical results keep the procedure, patient group, denominator and follow-up rather than becoming an unattributed success percentage.","sources":[]},{"label":"Source captures are reusable","text":"Saved research bodies and their URL, date and identifiers are indexed locally for later source checking and updates.","sources":[]}],"benefits":[{"text":"Procedure-level research can identify specialist techniques and relevant teams that broad popularity rankings miss.","sources":[]}],"limitations":[{"text":"Coverage is not a worldwide census, and a study author is not automatically its operating surgeon. Missing public outcomes are not evidence of poor performance.","sources":[]}],"sections":[{"id":"benefit-balance","title":"Benefits and trade-offs","text":"Benefits and trade-offs Potential advantages Procedure-level research can identify specialist techniques and relevant teams that broad popularity rankings miss. Trade-offs and limits Coverage is not a worldwide census, and a study author is not automatically its operating surgeon. Missing public outcomes are not evidence of poor performance.","links":[]},{"id":"search","title":"From a diagnosis to a specialist shortlist","text":"From a diagnosis to a specialist shortlist We search separately for procedure and anatomy combinations: for example myectomy with secondary chordal cutting, robotic Barlow repair, total-arterial CABG, apical HCM with aneurysm, complex congenital reconstruction, Maze, LVAD and invasive endocarditis. We read the relevant primary report or its indexed abstract, identify the authors’ actual roles, and check current institutional profiles. Old affiliations stay attached to old cohorts. Authors who are cardiologists are not relabelled as operating surgeons.","links":[]},{"id":"interpretation","title":"What earns a place on a profile","text":"What earns a place on a profile A named clinical role and institutional source, with a date or a specific limitation when the role is historical. A procedure or anatomical focus supported by that source. Relevant study design, population and follow-up, where research is used. Clear separation of one clinician’s work, a whole programme and multicentre research.","links":[]},{"id":"coverage","title":"Coverage and the next research gaps","text":"Coverage and the next research gaps The current directory contains 36 specialists and 25 clinic programmes. These are bounded, source-reviewed selections rather than a worldwide census. Further research is needed for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy and CTEPH, cardiac tumours, pericardiectomy, dedicated rheumatic mitral-stenosis operators, device/lead extraction and individual congenital subtypes. Find my diagnosis ↗ Specialists ↗ Compare clinics ↗","links":[{"label":"Find my diagnosis ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/conditions/"},{"label":"Specialists ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/surgeons/"},{"label":"Compare clinics ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinics/"}]},{"id":"ranking","title":"Why we do not combine these results into one quality score","text":"Why we do not combine these results into one quality score Different anatomy, referral complexity, study dates and outcome definitions make a global surgeon league table misleading. The comparison cards expose distinctions and limitations so that a clinical team can apply the relevant evidence to your case. Compare surgeon expertise ↗","links":[{"label":"Compare surgeon expertise ↗","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/surgeon-rankings/"}]}],"introduction":"Heart surgery guide / How we find specialists How we find specialists · Decision guide How we research heart surgery specialists Search by the problem, operation and anatomical challenge—not just by a famous name. Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of Bookimed Updated 8 October 2026 Sources linked throughout At a glance This guide connects clinical claims to primary studies and doctors to institutional sources. It preserves the difference between current clinical work, historical cohorts and programme-wide results. 36 specialists · 25 clinic programmes The current selection spans major cardiac-surgery pathways and links to individual source-backed profiles. Primary evidence is attributed Clinical results keep the procedure, patient group, denominator and follow-up rather than becoming an unattributed success percentage. Source captures are reusable Saved research bodies and their URL, date and identifiers are indexed locally for later source checking and updates.","related_documents":[{"id":"heart-surgery","title":"Heart surgery abroad: treatments, clinics and costs","kind":"home","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/heart-surgery.json"},{"id":"clinics","title":"Heart surgery clinics: compare techniques and specialist teams","kind":"directory","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/clinics/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/clinics.json"},{"id":"surgeons","title":"Find cardiac surgeons and heart specialists by procedure","kind":"surgeons","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/surgeons/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/surgeons.json"},{"id":"conditions","title":"Heart conditions: find your diagnosis and treatment guide","kind":"guide","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/conditions/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/conditions.json"},{"id":"surgeon-rankings","title":"Heart surgeon rankings by reported experience, method and results","kind":"guide","url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/heart-surgery/surgeon-rankings/","json_url":"https://hub.bookimed.com/wp-content/uploads/heart-surgery-hub-20261007/pages/surgeon-rankings.json"}],"sources":{}}