Dr. James P. Locher

Carl Backer is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Backer is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Vascular Ring, Double Aortic Arch, Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Backer is currently accepting new patients.

Geoffrey Answini is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Answini is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Answini is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang is a a cardiac surgeon and director of the Advanced Valve Center and of the LVAD program at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, KY (greater Cincinnati area). He trained at Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University in Saint Louis for Cardiac Surgery. He has focused his entire career to minimally invasive mitral valve surgery with emphasis on mitral valve repair, and heart failure therapy with LVADs. Dr. Castillo-Sang‘s program has achieved 3/3 stars from the STS for mitral valve care since 2019. He has performed over 800 minimally invasive operations and is passionate about dissemination of minimally invasive repair techniques. He is the creator of the only online minimally invasive mitral and tricuspid valve surgery course (www.miniheartvalves.com) for surgeons and allied health. He is a founding member and part of the steering committee for the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery Club (www.ecsclub.org). Dr. Castillo-Sang has worked with industry to bring about new instruments and retractors for minimally invasive surgery and is a passionate speaker on minimally invasive endoscopic techniques. Dr. Castillo-Sang has lectured nationally and internationally on the topic of endoscopic valve surgery. Dr. Castillo-Sang is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Atrial Myxoma, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Patent Foramen Ovale Repair, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Castillo-Sang is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery and American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Castillo-Sang is currently accepting new patients.