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Mitral Valve and Aortic Valve Surgery –
Minimally Invasive Approaches at the Cutting Edge —
Wednesday January 7, 2009 - 12 noon (EST)

Marc Gillinov, MD

  • Surgical Director of the Center for Atrial Fibrillation
  • Cleveland Clinic Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Today, cardiovascular surgeons are armed with an array of devices, medical therapies and new procedures to help patients with heart disease. While these new advances in treatment options are benefiting millions of patients each year, keeping up with all of the latest medical news, breakthroughs and research studies and can be quite daunting for patients. Dr. Marc Gillinov will help to sort through all of this information and address your questions regarding minimally invasive and robotically assisted heart surgery. Marc Gillinov, MD, is a staff cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute and he is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He holds the Judith Dion Pyle Chair in Heart Valve Research at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Gillinov has special expertise in minimally invasive mitral valve, aortic valve, and tricuspid valve surgery; robotic valve surgery; mitral valve repair; aortic valve replacement; surgical treatment and minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation; off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery and high-risk mitral valve surgery. In addition, he is Surgical Director of the Center for Atrial Fibrillation at Cleveland Clinic.

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