John Frederick is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Frederick is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Frederick is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Rinaldi is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Rinaldi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Attack, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Rinaldi is currently accepting new patients.

Jonathan Schwartz is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Schwartz has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Apoplexy, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Schwartz is currently accepting new patients.

David Zhao is an Interventional Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. Dr. Zhao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Zhao is currently accepting new patients.

William Downey is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Downey is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Patent Foramen Ovale, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Downey is currently accepting new patients.

Larry Watts is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Watts is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Necrosis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Patent Foramen Ovale Repair. Dr. Watts is currently accepting new patients.

Terence Hill is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Concord, North Carolina. Dr. Hill is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Apoplexy, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Attack, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Hill is currently accepting new patients.

Neal Kon is a Thoracic Surgeon in High Point, North Carolina. Dr. Kon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Tumor, Atrial Myxoma, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Kon is currently accepting new patients.

Bradley Lenoir is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Lenoir is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Regurgitation, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Lenoir is currently accepting new patients.

David Cox is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Cox is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Coronary Heart Disease, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Cox is currently accepting new patients.

Glen Kowalchuk is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Kowalchuk has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), Angioplasty, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Kowalchuk is currently accepting new patients.

David Hobson is a General Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon in Concord, North Carolina. Dr. Hobson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Hobson is currently accepting new patients.

I specialize in thoracic aortic disease and valvular heart disease. My career focus has been taking care of complex and high-risk cardiac surgery patients. I gain tremendous satisfaction from my interactions with my patients and value the long-term relationships I have with many of them. In addition, I enjoy teaching the next generation of surgeons and improving the field through research. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with family and traveling. Dr. Chen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Aortic Regurgitation, Heart Valve Repair, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Robert Applegate is an Interventional Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Applegate is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Applegate is currently accepting new patients.

Karl Richardson is a Cardiologist in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Richardson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Necrosis, Arrhythmias, Heart Attack, Pacemaker Implantation, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Richardson is currently accepting new patients.

I'm proud to work at Duke as it has a tremendous hospital and tremendous people to work with. The quality of care here is excellent and really can’t be compared to anywhere else. That’s what keeps me here. We do more complex heart surgeries here than almost anyone else in the country. When you need heart surgery, you want it done by someone who does a lot of it. Our numbers are comparable to the top places in the country. We do complex surgery and we do it well. The thing about heart surgery is that we make people better. That’s what I really like – helping people who couldn’t breathe or couldn’t walk because their heart was failing, and we were able to make them better. Dr. Gaca is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Stenosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Eric Skipper is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Skipper is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Skipper is currently accepting new patients.

My particular area of interest is what we call structural heart disease in adults. That usually involves valve problems, things like muscle bound hearts, tumors of the heart or sometimes arrhythmias. Another area of interest for me is minimally invasive surgery, which involves entering the heart area through the ribs on the side rather than through the breast bone, either manually with a camera or robotically. Surgeons are very hands-on people. We like doing things. But most of all we like helping people, talking with patients and their families, and helping them make up their minds about whether to have a procedure done, what kind of procedure to have, and helping them get through the procedure afterwards. That’s what we really enjoy doing. That’s really satisfying. Dr. Glower is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Mitral Stenosis, Atrial Myxoma, Heart Valve Repair, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Peter Kane is a Vascular Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon in Wilmington, North Carolina. Dr. Kane has been practicing medicine for over 28 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

John Ikonomidis is a Thoracic Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Ikonomidis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Ikonomidis is currently accepting new patients.