New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has launched the Adams Valve Institute.
The institute is dedicated to advancing comprehensive care and surgical techniques for patients with heart valve disease, according to an April 7 system news release. It builds on the work of David Adams, MD, the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and chair of the department of cardiovascular surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and cardiac surgeon-in-chief of the Mount Sinai Health System.
The institute will contain specialized centers of excellence focused on the most complex and underserved areas of valvular heart disease, including aortic valve disease and the Ross procedure, Marfan syndrome and other connective tissue disorders, arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse, radiation-induced heart disease, adult congenital heart disease, and complex reoperative valve surgery.
Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, will serve as the inaugural director of the Adams Valve Institute. He currently serves as director of aortic surgery for the system.
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