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Specialized doctors worldwide

Who conducts research on heart valve disorders? Everyone here comes from a public registry: as principal investigator of a study at ClinicalTrials.gov, or as last author of publications in PubMed. Those are two different things, so we list them in two columns side by side instead of combining them into one figure.

Where these doctors work
Click or point to a dot to see who works there. 28 of the 71 doctors are on the map — we only place those who work at an institute whose city we know, and don't guess about the rest.

This is not a referral and not a judgment on care. We know nothing about how these people treat, whether they accept patients, or how to reach them. We do not display contact details. If you want a second opinion or a referral, go through your own specialist.

Leads the most studies

Registered as principal investigator at ClinicalTrials.gov. Setting up and running a study is years of work.

  1. 1 Vinod H. Thourani Piedmont Healthcare, United States leads 15 studies register →
  2. 2 Martin B. Leon New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center, United States leads 12 studies register →
  3. 3 Xiangbin Pan Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital, China leads 11 studies · 6 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Duk-Hyun Kang Asan Medical Center, South Korea leads 11 studies register →
  5. 5 Seung-jung Park Samsung Medical Center, South Korea leads 10 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  6. 6 Jian'an Wang Zhejiang University, China leads 10 studies register →
  7. 7 John G. Webb Providence Health Care - St. Paul's Hospital, Canada leads 10 studies register →
  8. 8 Nicolas M. Van Mieghem Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands leads 9 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  9. 9 Michael J. Reardon The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, United States leads 9 studies register →
  10. 10 Jörg Hausleiter LMU Klinikum Munich, Germany leads 8 studies · 8 publications as last author register →

Also leading

  1. 11 Georg Nickenig University Hospital, Bonn, Germany leads 8 studies register →
  2. 12 Hendrik Treede Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Germany leads 8 studies register →
  3. 13 Robert J Lederman National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), United States leads 8 studies register →
  4. 14 Rajendra Makkar Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, United States leads 7 studies · 7 publications as last author register →
  5. 15 Annetine C. Gelijns Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai leads 7 studies register →
  6. 16 Malte Kelm Clinic for Cardiology, Pneumology and Angiology at University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany leads 7 studies register →
  7. 17 Susheel K. Kodali Columbia University, United States leads 7 studies register →
  8. 18 Tae-Yop Kim Konkuk University Medical Center, South Korea leads 7 studies register →
  9. 19 Volkmar Falk German Heart Center Berlin, Germany leads 7 studies register →
  10. 20 Jurrién M Ten Berg St. Antonius Hospital, Netherlands leads 6 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  11. 21 Mayra E. Guerrero Mayo Clinic, United States leads 6 studies · 3 publications as last author register →
  12. 22 David H. Adams Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States leads 6 studies register →
  13. 23 Francesco Maisano Fondazion Ctr San Raffaele Del Monte Tabor Istituto, Germany leads 6 studies register →
  14. 24 Josep Rodés-Cabau Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, University Laval, Canada leads 6 studies register →
  15. 25 Ling Tao Xijing Hospital, China leads 6 studies register →

Publishes most about this disease

Counted as last author on publications from the last five years — in medicine the leader of the research group. This also includes physicians who do not register studies but do advance the field.

  1. 1 Mao Chen West China Hospital 21 publications as last author PubMed →
  2. 2 Kentaro Hayashida Keio University School of Medicine, Japan 20 publications as last author PubMed →
  3. 3 Josep Rodés-Cabau Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Canada 15 publications as last author PubMed →
  4. 4 Ibrahim Sultan University of Pittsburgh, United States 13 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 5 Jian Yang Xijing Hospital, China 12 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 6 Shigeru Miyagawa The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 11 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 7 Guangyuan Song Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 8 Marc Gillinov Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, United States 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 9 Ole De Backer Rigshospitalet, Denmark 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 10 Giuseppe Tarantini University of Padua, Italy 9 publications as last author PubMed →

Also leading

  1. 11 M Chadi Alraies Detroit Medical Center, United States 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  2. 12 Nicolas M. Van Mieghem Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands leads 9 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  3. 13 Jörg Hausleiter LMU Klinikum Munich, Germany leads 8 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  4. 14 Azeem Latib Hospital San Raffaele, United States leads 5 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  5. 15 Konstantinos Tsioufis School of Medicine, Greece 8 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 16 Rajendra Makkar Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, United States leads 7 studies · 7 publications as last author register →
  7. 17 Samir R Kapadia The Cleveland Clinic, United States leads 4 studies · 7 publications as last author register →
  8. 18 Rebecca T Hahn Columbia University Irving Medical Center, United States 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 19 Wenjian Jiang Beijing Anzhen Hospital, China 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 20 Joanna Chikwe Smidt Heart Institute, United States 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  11. 21 Mohamed Abdel-Wahab Heart Center Leipzig at Leipzig University, Germany 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  12. 22 Pedro A Villablanca Center for Structural Heart Disease, United States 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  13. 23 Junbo Ge Zhongshan Hospital, China 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  14. 24 Masamichi Ono TUM University Hospital, Germany 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  15. 25 Matthew A Jolley Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States 7 publications as last author PubMed →

Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, updated on 2026-08-10. Is something incorrect, or would you prefer not to be listed? Let us know — we'll adjust it.

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