Duration
1 hr. 12 min.

Summary

In this episode of the STS Webinar Series, an expert panel discusses the necessary components of building a successful robotic mitral valve repair program. Topics include gaining institutional buy-in, training pathways, patient selection, technical considerations like choosing between an endo-balloon and a Chitwood clamp, and the way in which a robotic mitral valve surgery is similar to a Broadway musical.

Panelists:

T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA 
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Arnar Geirsson, MD 
Yale Medicine
New Haven, CT

Eugene A. Grossi, MD 
NYU Langone Health 
New York, NY
    
Danny Ramzy, MD, PhD, FRCSC
UT Health Houston
Houston, TX