The 20 Best Aortic Dissection Doctors Near Me in Jamaica Plain, MA

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Last Updated: 04/28/2026

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MediFind found 163 doctor with experience in Aortic Dissection near Jamaica Plain, MA. Of these, 124 are Experienced, 24 are Advanced, 12 are Distinguished and 3 are Elite.

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    Elite in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery
    Elite in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    110 Francis Street, Suite 5B, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Marc Schermerhorn is a Vascular Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Schermerhorn is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Carotid Artery Disease, Aneurysm Repair, and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Schermerhorn is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

    Elite in Aortic Dissection
    Elite in Aortic Dissection

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Eric Isselbacher is a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Isselbacher is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Dissection, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Marfan Syndrome, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Pacemaker Implantation.

    Elite in Aortic Dissection
    General Surgery
    Elite in Aortic Dissection
    General Surgery

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Matthew Eagleton is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Eagleton is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Aortic Dissection, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Aneurysm Repair.

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    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center

    70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, is the Director of Strategic Planning for the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Watkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His clinical activities are focused on patients with valvular heart disease, other structural heart diseases and aortic diseases, although he also maintains a large practice of general cardiology. Since 2001, he has been named annually among the Top Doctors in Boston and the U.S.O'Gara served as President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2014-15. Additional ACC leadership positions include his roles as Co-Chair of the ACC 2012 Scientific Session program committee, co-directorship of the ACC Board Review Course for Certification and Recertification, and Editor-in-Chief of the ACC Self-Assessment Program (ACCSAP). He served as Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA's) Council on Clinical Cardiology from 2003-2005 and as the inaugural Editor of Heart Insight magazine from 2006 to 2011. In 2011, he received the Paul Dudley White Award from the Boston Division of the AHA Founder's Affiliate and has also been recognized with the Laennec Master Clinician Award (2011) and the Laennec Clinician Educator Award (2012). O'Gara was Chair of the writing committee for the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients with ST-Elevation MI and has participated in several other guideline, expert consensus, scientific advisory and appropriate use criteria writing groups.He is currently the Vice-Chair for the AHA/ACC Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. He is also the Steering Committee Co-Chair of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Cardiothoracic Surgery Network, which has completed 3 groundbreaking, randomized controlled trials in cardiac surgery. O’Gara serves as Associate Editor for JAMA Cardiology and is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation. He has lectured widely and authored or co-authored over 250 original manuscripts, chapters, critical reviews, statements and editorials. Dr. O'gara is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 30 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. O'gara is board certified in Internal Medicine.

    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Thoracic Surgery
    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Thoracic Surgery

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center

    70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Thoralf Sundt is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Sundt is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Dissection, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Sundt is board certified in Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery.

    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery
    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    110 Francis Street, Suite 5B, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Allen Hamdan is a Vascular Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Hamdan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Aortic Dissection, Angioplasty, and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Hamdan is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery
    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    110 Francis Street, Suite 5B, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Mark Wyers is a Vascular Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Wyers is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 24 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Carotid Artery Disease, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Angioplasty. Dr. Wyers is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Internal Medicine
    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Internal Medicine

    CVI - Cardiovascular Clinic

    330 Brookline Avenue, Shapiro 7, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Brett Carroll is an Internal Medicine provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Carroll is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 29 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Embolism, Meige Disease, Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia, Embolectomy, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Carroll is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection

    Office

    70 Francis St, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Umberto Campia is a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Campia is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 21 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Embolism, Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, COVID-19, and Cardiac Ablation.

    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Distinguished in Aortic Dissection
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston,, MA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Mark Lindsay is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Boston,, Massachusetts. Dr. Lindsay is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Marfan Syndrome, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), Myhre Syndrome, and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.

    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Thoracic Surgery
    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Thoracic Surgery

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center

    70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ashraf A. Sabe, MD is board-certified in general and cardiothoracic surgery.  He is a cardiac surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who specializes in advanced aortic, endovascular, and minimally invasive valve surgery.  He is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and serves as the director of the medical student clerkship and as associate program director for the residency in cardiac surgery. Dr. Sabe graduated Alpha Omega Alpha with a medical degree (MD) from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, in Cleveland, OH.  He completed his general surgery residency and served as administrative chief resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.  He completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency, serving as administrative chief resident, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an advanced aortic and endovascular fellowship at Duke University.  He also completed an advanced minimally invasive valve fellowship at Leipzig Heart Institute, Germany. Dr. Sabe is the associate surgical director of the structural valve disease program at BWH.  He specializes in advanced aortic and endovascular surgery, minimally invasive surgery including transcatheter valve procedures, complex valve surgery, redo cardiac surgery and treatment of atrial fibrillation. Dr. Sabe is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Dissection, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Sabe is board certified in Surgery, General and Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery.

    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery
    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center

    70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Matthew T. Menard is the director of the vascular and endovascular fellowship program and co-director of the Endovascular Surgery Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s (BWH). He is a vascular and endovascular surgeon at BWH and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS).Dr. Menard received his medical degree from HMS. He then completed a general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a vascular surgery fellowship at BWH. He is board certified in both general and vascular surgery.The author of over 40 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Menard’s clinical interests include surgery for aortic aneurysms, arterial occlusive disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease and thoracic outlet syndrome. Dr. Menard is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Peripheral Artery Disease, Arterial Insufficiency, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aneurysm Repair, and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Menard is board certified in Vascular Surgery.

    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Thoracic Surgery
    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Thoracic Surgery

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    110 Francis Street, Suite 2A, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Japanese

    Masashi Kai is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Kai is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Dissection, Cardiogenic Shock, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Heart Transplant, and Embolectomy.

    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Thoracic Surgery
    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Thoracic Surgery

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    110 Francis Street, Suite 2A, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Liu is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Liu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Dissection, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Liu is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery.

    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery
    Advanced in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    110 Francis Street, Suite 5B, 
    Boston, MA 
     (1.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, German
    Offers Telehealth

    Lars Stangenberg is a Vascular Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Stangenberg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Carotid Artery Disease, Stent Placement, and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Stangenberg is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

    Experienced in Aortic Dissection
    Experienced in Aortic Dissection

    Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic

    1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, 
    Jamaica Plain, MA 
     (1.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Peter H. Stone is director of the Vascular Profiling Research Group and the Cardiovascular Division Faculty Mentorship Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. A cardiovascular medicine specialist, he is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Stone received his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College. He completed an internal medicine residency at University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, a cardiology fellowship at Pacific Medical Center (now California Pacific Medical Center) and cardiology research fellowship at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Dr. Stone is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.His research focuses on coronary artery disease (CAD), specifically the vascular biology of atherosclerosis, innovative strategies to risk-stratify individual coronary plaques and novel pharmacologic and device CAD therapies. He leads multicenter clinical trials investigating risk assessment of coronary plaques, and new anti-ischemia therapies. He has written over 190 peer-reviewed publications and received research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Stone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Atrial Fibrillation, Sitosterolemia, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Stone is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease.

    Experienced in Aortic Dissection
    Cardiology | Radiology
    Experienced in Aortic Dissection
    Cardiology | Radiology

    Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic

    1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, 
    Jamaica Plain, MA 
     (1.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Hicham Skali is a staff cardiologist, a member of the Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and at Brigham and Women’s/ Massachusetts General Health Care Center at Foxborough. He is also the associate director of the BWH Cardiac Rehabilitation program. Dr. Skali is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Skali received his medical degree from University Hassan II/Faculté de Medicine de Casablanca in Morocco. He completed an internal medicine residency and a cardiovascular medicine fellowship at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, followed by a cardiac imaging fellowship at BWH. Dr. Skali is certified as a diplomat in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, as well as board certified in nuclear cardiology and echocardiography.Dr. Skali is also director of the Cardiac Imaging Core Laboratory, and a senior member of the Clinical Endpoints Center at BWH. His research focuses on understanding the complex interactions between clinical and imaging biomarkers, as well as cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in high-risk populations with diabetes or kidney diseases. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Lami is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Arrhythmias, Angina, Atherosclerosis, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Lami is board certified in Nuclear Cardiology.

    Experienced in Aortic Dissection
    Experienced in Aortic Dissection

    Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic

    1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, 
    Jamaica Plain, MA 
     (1.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Gregory Piazza is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).Dr. Piazza received his medical degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed a residency in internal medicine and fellowships in cardiology and advanced cardiovascular imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He also served as chief medical resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship in vascular medicine at BWH. Dr. Piazza is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, vascular medicine and echocardiography.Dr. Piazza’s practice focuses on the evaluation, management and prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE), thrombosis-related infertility, and stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. The author of over 140 peer-reviewed publications, his research investigates innovative treatment of VTE, thrombosis-related infertility, and prevention of stroke. Dr. Piazza has received research support from the National Institutes of Health."". Dr. Piazza is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Embolectomy, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Piazza is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease.

    Experienced in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery | General Surgery
    Experienced in Aortic Dissection
    Vascular Surgery | General Surgery

    Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, General Surgery Clinic

    1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, 
    Jamaica Plain, MA 
     (1.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Nicholas J. Swerdlow is a Vascular Surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Dr. Swerdlow graduated from Bates College with a Bachelor of Science in biological chemistry and received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed general surgery residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he also completed two years of vascular surgery research. He then continued his training at Beth Israel Deaconess, where he completed his vascular surgery fellowship.Dr. Swerdlow has over 40 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Circulation, the Journal of Vascular Surgery, and Annals of Surgery. His research interests include complex endovascular aortic surgery, advanced imaging in vascular surgery, and the implementation of new technology and devices.Dr. Swerdlow’s clinical practice includes the treatment of aortic aneurysms, specifically fenestrated/branched endovascular repair, peripheral arterial disease and limb preservation, and treatment of carotid artery stenosis. Dr. Swerdlow is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Carotid Artery Disease, Aneurysm Repair, and Stent Placement. Dr. Swerdlow is board certified in Vascular Surgery.

    Experienced in Aortic Dissection
    Experienced in Aortic Dissection

    Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic

    1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, 
    Jamaica Plain, MA 
     (1.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Stephen D. Wiviott, MD, FACC is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School (HMS, Honors). He served as a Medicine resident and Chief Medical Resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). Following his medical residency training, he served as a Cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a Senior Investigator with the TIMI study group. He attends in the Levine Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and general Cardiology service at Brigham and Women's Hospital.As an investigator, Dr. Wiviott has played important roles in the planning, implementation, leadership, and interpretation of multicenter, national, and international clinical trials in acute coronary syndromes including the TRITON-TIMI 38 trial, PRINCIPLE-TIMI 44 and of the TIMI 38 Coronary Stent Registry. He has also served in leadership of trials of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease as global PI of DECLARE – TIMI 58, CAMELLIA – TIMI 61, and DAPA ACT HF – TIMI 68 assessing CV safety and efficacy of metabolic therapies.  He is the Chairman of the TIMI Clinical Events Committee and recognized as an expert in event definitions and adjudications.  Dr. Wiviott is an author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications in major medical and cardiovascular journals including 15 original articles in the New England Journal of Medicine. He was named in 2014 and 2017 by Thomson Reuters and Clarivate Analytics as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” and in 2016-2020 as a “Highly Cited Researcher,” recognitions inclusive of the top 1% of researchers in Clinical Medicine by citation.  Building on his trials experience, Dr. Wiviott serves as Vice President for Clinical Trials Research and Administration for Mass General Brigham and leads the Mass General Brigham Clinical Trials Office.  The CTO provides contracting, budgeting, and clinical trial management services for Mass General Brigham hospital investigators and industry sponsors and is tasked with supporting and growing clinical trials research at Mass General Brigham. Dr. Wiviott is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Dissection. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Attack, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Atrial Fibrillation, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Angioplasty. Dr. Wiviott is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease.

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    What is the definition of Aortic Dissection?

    Aortic dissection is a serious condition in which there is a tear in the wall of the major artery carrying blood out of the heart (aorta). As the tear extends along the wall of the aorta, blood can flow in between the layers of the blood vessel wall (dissection). This can lead to aortic rupture or decreased blood flow (ischemia) to organs.

    When should I see an Aortic Dissection doctor near Jamaica Plain, MA?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing an Aortic Dissection doctor near Jamaica Plain, MA?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Aortic Dissection doctors near Jamaica Plain, MA?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Aortic Dissection doctors near Jamaica Plain, MA?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with an Aortic Dissection doctor near Jamaica Plain, MA?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Aortic Dissection doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Aortic Dissection doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with an Aortic Dissection doctor near Jamaica Plain, MA?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Aortic Dissection doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Aortic Dissection doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Aortic Dissection doctors near Jamaica Plain, MA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Aortic Dissection doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find an Aortic Dissection doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Aortic Dissection doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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