February 2024

CARDIOVASCULAR

DEVELOPING A WORLD-CLASS MITRAL VALVE PROGRAM

Featuring: Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, ​Kevin E. Hodges, MD​

Episode Summary

Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, executive director of Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, talks with Kevin E. Hodges, MD, Northwestern Medicine cardiac surgeon and director of minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery, about the benefits of various mitral valve repair methods, including traditional and robotically assisted techniques. Dr. McCarthy and Dr. Hodges also discuss the training, technology and approaches that the Northwestern Medicine Mitral Valve Program at Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute uses to achieve excellent short-term and long-term outcomes.
Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, Executive Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Heller-Sacks Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery) and McCormick School of Engineering
Kevin E. Hodges, MD, Cardiac surgeon and Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery

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