The 20 Best Patent Foramen Ovale Repair Doctors Near Me

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Patrick E. Ryan
Advanced in Patent Foramen Ovale Repair

Dr. Patrick E. Ryan

Thoracic Surgery
Swedish Medical Center
Swedish Cardiac Surgery
1600 East Jefferson Street, Suite 110, 
Seattle, WA 
Clinical Trials:Currently Recruiting for 1 Trial
Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

Advanced in Patent Foramen Ovale Repair
Swedish Medical Center
Swedish Cardiac Surgery
1600 East Jefferson Street, Suite 110, 
Seattle, WA 
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Overview

Dr. Ryan is a 2021 Seattle Met Top Doctor Award winner. Dr. Ryan's goal is to create a care environment that fosters truly informed decisions on the part of the patient and family, both in the decision making phase as well as during the complete recovery period.

Dr. Ryan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Patent Foramen Ovale Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Regurgitation, Atrial Myxoma, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Valve Repair.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University At Buffalo State University Of New York School Of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences , 1987
Residency
Baystate Medical Center , 1992
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in WA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Thoracic Surgery
Fellowships
State University of New York Upstate Medical University , 1994
Hospital Affiliations
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Swedish Cardiac Surgery
1600 East Jefferson Street, Suite 110, Seattle, WA 98122
Call: 206-320-7300
Other Locations
Swedish Cherry Hill
500 17th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Call: 206-320-2000

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Ryan has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Aortic Valve Replacement

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.


1 Clinical Trials

Edwards PASCAL TrAnScatheter Valve RePair System Pivotal Clinical Trial (CLASP IID/IIF): A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Pivotal Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair With the Edwards PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System Compared to Abbott MitraClip in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation
Edwards PASCAL TrAnScatheter Valve RePair System Pivotal Clinical Trial (CLASP IID/IIF): A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Pivotal Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair With the Edwards PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System Compared to Abbott MitraClip in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation
Enrollment Status: Recruiting
Publish Date: May 21, 2025
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable

2 Total Publications

Mid-term outcomes of concomitant Cox-Maze IV: Results from a multicenter prospective registry.
Mid-term outcomes of concomitant Cox-Maze IV: Results from a multicenter prospective registry.
Journal: Journal of cardiac surgery
Published: January 31, 2022
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Eric J. Lehr
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Swedish Cardiac Surgery

1600 East Jefferson Street, Suite 110, 
Seattle, WA 
 (0.1 miles away)
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Languages Spoken:
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Dr. Lehr is a perennial Seattle Met Top Doctor Award winner. Dr. Lehr is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Patent Foramen Ovale Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Regurgitation, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

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Seattle, WA 
 (3.0 miles away)
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Languages Spoken:
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Gabriel Aldea is a Thoracic Surgeon in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Aldea is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Patent Foramen Ovale Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Mitral Stenosis, Heart Valve Repair, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Samuel J. Youssef
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Thoracic Surgery
Experienced in Patent Foramen Ovale Repair
Dr. Samuel J. Youssef
Thoracic Surgery

Swedish Cardiac Surgery

1600 East Jefferson Street, Suite 110, 
Seattle, WA 
 (0.1 miles away)
206-320-7300
Languages Spoken:
English, Arabic, Coptic, Greek, Spanish
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Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

Dr. Youssef is a perennial award winner of the Seattle Met Top Doctor Award. His philosophy of care is to listen to patients and their hearts, empower them in understanding their conditions, and carry them through operations in the most skilled, scientific, and compassionate manner possible. Dr. Youssef is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Patent Foramen Ovale Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Valve Repair, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

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