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Stanford Health Care is First in the Western U.S. to Complete Transapical Off-Pump Mitral Valve Repair

12.15.2022

CARE AT STANFORD

Stanford Health Care (SHC) (formerly Stanford Hospital & Clinics)

Our highly trained, experienced specialists and surgeons offer leading-edge care for the full spectrum of complex conditions.

 

Jack Boyd, MD, is a nationally recognized cardiothoracic surgeon and leading researcher in novel approaches to cardiovascular care at Stanford Health Care. Boyd is the first surgeon in the western United States to use a minimally invasive, off-pump surgical technique to treat degenerative mitral valve regurgitation due to prolapse. 

Stanford Health Care is accepting candidates for the NeoChord DS1000 clinical trial (ReChord), with Boyd as principal investigator. Patients must have moderate or severe degenerative mitral valve regurgitation. Learn more.

To refer a patient, call 650-724-7500 or use our app CVH Flare referral portal and online directory.

If you have questions, please contact Jesus (Jesse) Perez, market outreach executive liaison, at 650-353-8063 or jesusperez@stanfordhealthcare.org.

About Stanford Health Care

Stanford Health Care seeks to heal humanity through science and compassion, one patient at a time, through its commitment to care, educate and discover. Stanford Health Care delivers clinical innovation across its inpatient services, specialty health centers, physician offices, virtual care offerings and health plan programs.

Stanford Health Care is part of Stanford Medicine, a leading academic health system that includes the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and Stanford Children’s Health, with Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Stanford Medicine is renowned for breakthroughs in treating cancer, heart disease, brain disorders and surgical and medical conditions. For more info, visit: www.stanfordhealthcare.org.

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