For more than 25 years, a team of physicians and researchers at the Weill Cornell Medical College has been pushing the frontiers of valvular heart disease research, evaluation and treatment.

Their work is at the core of The Howard Gilman Institute for Valvular Heart Diseases of Weill Cornell Medical College.

The Institute and its Marlene and Paolo Fresco and Donna and William Acquavella Cardiovascular Suite help cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and other physicians take advantage of the most current concepts in evaluation and treatment of heart valve diseases.

Its staff also provides state-of-the art evaluation and care to individuals who suffer from valvular heart disease.

The Institute co-directors, Jeffrey S. Borer, MD and O. Wayne Isom, MD, are leaders in their fields and direct a team of clinical cardiologists and surgeons as well as research scientists who are at the cutting-edge of this area of emerging public health concern.