Gabriel Aldea, MD, FACS, FACC, is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, the William K. Edmark Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the Surgical Director of the UW Medicine Heart Institute.

 Dr. Aldea is a nationally recognized leader with expertise in cardiac valve replacement and repair, management of aortic aneurysms, as well as catheter-based minimally invasive valve and aortic therapies.

0:46 - Dr. Aldea's Attraction to Cardiac Surgery
2:44 - More than Technicians
6:10 - Surgical Subspecialization
9:30 - Excelling in Complex Care Collaboration and Innovation
12:05 - Three Paradigm Shifts in Surgery
18:40 - TAVR Cardiac Surgeon Resistance
20:20 - Forecasting Therapies in 10 years
23:00 - Creativity in Cardiac Surgery
26:30 - Maintaining Quality (Mitral Valve Reference Center)
30:45 - Designation to Incentivize Implementation Science
38:00 - Frailty and Pre-Hab
45:30 - Endocarditis & Drug Use
55:00 - A Reader, Swimmer and Father of a Fellow

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