Leadership
If you're seeking diagnosis or treatment for a valvular heart disease, you can rest assured that your care at Cedars-Sinai will be managed by a multidisciplinary team of doctors, surgeons, nurses and other healthcare professionals who apply decades of compassionate experience to every patient. Specializing in a wide range of minimally invasive techniques and using innovative interventions, our teams collaborate to tailor a care plan that fits your needs, often resulting in a shorter hospital stay and a quicker recovery time.
Joanna Chikwe, MD
Surgery-Cardio-Thoracic
- The Irina and George Schaeffer Distinguished Chair, Cardiac Surgery
- Chair, Cardiac Surgery
Rajendra Makkar, MD
IM Cardiology
- Associate Director, Heart Institute
- Associate Director, Interventional Technologies
- Stephen R. Corday, MD Chair in Interventional Cardiology
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