Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Surgery

UF Health thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons offer a wide range of surgical procedures for congenital, traumatic, infectious, and other diseases of the chest. The focus of the division is generally on the heart, the great vessels of the chest and the lungs.

UF Health surgeons and cardiologists collaborate to offer the full spectrum of care for patients with atrial fibrillation. UF Health cardiovascular surgeons and cardiologists are collaborating to provide complete care for patients. Treatments range from medicine to surgery, and each patient’s treatment plan is tailored specifically to what is the best for them.

UF Health cardiothoracic surgeons work together with UF Health vascular surgeons at the UF Health Aorta Center to treat all types of aortic diseases. The multidisciplinary team provides rapid, cutting-edge, quality medical and surgical care to all patients with known or suspected aortic disease.

All aspects of congenital cardiac care function as an interactive team at the University of Florida. The interventional catheterization lab, the cardiologists, the surgeons, the intensive care units, and nursing staff, must function as a single unit to provide the best care available for these complex patients.

Because UF Health is an academic medical center, the multidisciplinary UF Health cardiac team is better equipped than most other centers to deal with mitral valve repair, with easier access to advanced technologies, techniques and training.

We offer heart transplantation services for children and adults. This program combines the expertise of cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists to perform the transplant and to care for patients long after. Learn about preparing for a heart transplant and what to expect during and after surgery.

We have a large number of short- and long-term clinical trials underway involving the use of new pharmacotherapeutic agents or new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of heart and vascular related issues.