Stanford Hospital recognized as 2023 Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award recipient

July 11, 2023

Stanford Hospital receives recognition from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation for excellence in mitral valve repair.

The American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation have awarded the 2023 Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award to Stanford Health Care, a recognition designated to select medical centers in the United States with a record of excellent clinical outcomes in mitral valve repair surgery.

Stanford earned the award for demonstrating adherence to evidence-based treatment guidelines and for their ongoing commitment to reporting and measuring quality and outcome metrics specific to mitral valve repairs.

This marks the fourth consecutive year that Stanford has achieved this recognition since the launch of the Reference Center program in November 2019. Stanford is one of four medical centers in the West to receive this designation.

For more information, visit the Stanford Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Stanford Health Care Mitral Valve Repair Surgery websites.

More information about the American Heart Association and Mitral Foundation Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award is available at www.heart.org.