Overview
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 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Atrial Myxoma, Mitral Stenosis, Patent Foramen Ovale Repair, and Heart Valve Repair.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 28 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
711 Medical Village Dr, Edgewood, KY 41017
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
5 Clinical Trials
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Atrial MyxomaDr. Castillo-Sang isDistinguished. Learn about Atrial Myxoma.
- Mitral Valve RegurgitationDr. Castillo-Sang isDistinguished. Learn about Mitral Valve Regurgitation.
- Advanced
- Heart Valve RepairDr. Castillo-Sang isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Valve Repair.
- Mitral StenosisDr. Castillo-Sang isAdvanced. Learn about Mitral Stenosis.
- Patent Foramen Ovale RepairDr. Castillo-Sang isAdvanced. Learn about Patent Foramen Ovale Repair.
- Experienced
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Castillo-Sang isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Castillo-Sang isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Castillo-Sang isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Congenital Mitral MalformationDr. Castillo-Sang isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Mitral Malformation.
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)Dr. Castillo-Sang isExperienced. Learn about Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).
- Heart TumorDr. Castillo-Sang isExperienced. Learn about Heart Tumor.