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36 Robert WoodJohnson
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MEDICINE
36 Robert WoodJohnson
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MEDICINE
"W
e can offer the
full spectrum of care
related to the aortic valve,
including several different
kinds of TAVR procedures.
As a result, we can really
tailor the treatment to
the patient's needs. There is
almost no circumstance
in which we can't treat a
patient now." says Leonard
Y. Lee, MD '92, professor and
interim chair, Department
of Surgery; James W.
Mackenzie, MD, Endowed
Chair in Surgery; and chief,
division of cardiothoracic
surgery, Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School
(center), with Saum A.
Rahimi, MD, assistant pro-
fessor of surgery (left);
and Zoltan G. Turi, MD, MPH,
MSCAI, FACC, professor of
medicine and associate director,
division of cardiovascular
diseases and hypertension,
Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School, and director of the
Structural Heart Program
at Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital.
PHOTO BY: JOHN EMERSON