NEWS :
400th Robotic Mitral
Valve Surgery
During the second Cardiac Master Class on Friday, June 20, 2008, Dr. Chitwood and his team performed the 400th Mitral Valve Surgery case using the Intuitive SurgicalŪ da VinciŪ Surgical System.
Robotic Mitral Valve Repair Using the Haircut Technique
Smith donation to fund $2 million chair at East Carolina Heart Institute. Read the full article here.
View a Virtual Patient Seminar on Mitral Valve Repair
View a Presentation on Mitral Valve Repair for Anterior Leaflet Bacterial Endocarditis
HOTEL
Special rates have been made available to program participants at the Hilton Hotel in Greenville, North Carolina.
Please contact the Greenville Hilton at (252) 355-5000. Please indicate you are attending the Cardiac Master Class.
Please make your reservation prior to August 14, 2008, as rooms will be released at midnight on this date. Check in time is 3:00 pm and check out time is 12 noon.
TRAVEL
If traveling by air, you may fly into Greenville, North Carolina (PGV) on USAirways through Charlotte, North Carolina or you may fly into Raleigh-Durham International (RDU) and rent a car.
Greenville is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes from RDU. If you are flying into PGV, please advise us of your time of arrival and we will provide transportation to the hotel.