Dr. Aurelie E. Merlo

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). His top areas of expertise are Mitral Stenosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Neal Kon is a Thoracic Surgeon in High Point, North Carolina. Dr. Kon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). 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.

George Hughes is a Thoracic Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Hughes is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). His top areas of expertise are Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Hughes is currently accepting new patients.