A Baptist Heart Specialist can refer you to one of the cardiothoracic surgeons at Baptist Heart Hospital.
Request an Appointment with Baptist Heart Specialists
You can also ask your non-Baptist cardiologist to refer you to Baptist Heart Hospital for heart surgery or procedures.
When it comes to matters of the heart, you deserve the highest level of care and expertise.
At Baptist Health, we understand the profound impact heart conditions can have on your life, and that's why we have assembled a world-class team of cardiovascular specialists and state-of-the-art facilities to provide you with exceptional care and support.
We're here to provide you with comprehensive and advanced heart and vascular surgery solutions. Whether you're in need of life-saving interventions or exploring treatment options for a complex heart condition, we are committed to delivering the highest standard of care every step of the way.
Our cardiovascular surgery team follows a collaborative approach, working closely with a multidisciplinary team of experts, including cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and nurses, to develop tailored treatment plans for each patient.
A Baptist Heart Specialist can refer you to one of the cardiothoracic surgeons at Baptist Heart Hospital.
Request an Appointment with Baptist Heart Specialists
You can also ask your non-Baptist cardiologist to refer you to Baptist Heart Hospital for heart surgery or procedures.
We perform a variety of cardiovascular surgeries and procedures, including:
Baptist Heart Hospital, located on our downtown Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville campus, is the only freestanding hospital in Northeast Florida dedicated to heart and vascular care. It's home to more than 500 physicians, nurses and staff – all with specialized training in providing inpatient and outpatient cardiovascular and thoracic care.
The Structural Heart Program at Baptist Health is one of the top programs in the country, with higher volumes of treatment and better outcomes than national medians. The Valve Clinic at Baptist offers expert diagnosis and care from a multidisciplinary team of interventional cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons specializing in minimally invasive techniques.
The Heart Rhythm Center at Baptist Heart Hospital is the region’s first facility of its kind. Our new state-of-the-art center is focused exclusively on taking care of heart rhythm disorders and provides a one-stop destination for electrophysiology (EP) procedures, including catheter-based ablations and implanting defibrillators, pacemakers, and other devices.
Baptist Health is often the first and/or only system in the region to offer leading-edge technologies and serves as a national training site for new learners. Some of the cardiovascular “firsts” in our region include:
✔️ 1st to bring transcatheter mitral valve repair (MitraClip) to the region for high-risk patients with congestive heart failure and mitral regurgitation
✔️ 1st in Jacksonville to perform a TAVR procedure using conscious sedation and no groin incision, which makes recovery easier for patients and reduces their hospital stay to only one or two days
✔️ Only comprehensive LAAO program in the Jacksonville area to offer both FDA-approved devices for LAAO (WATCHMAN and Amulet)
✔️ 1st Transcatheter Mitral Valve In Ring procedure (TMVIR) in Florida
✔️ 1st in the state and second in the country to perform procedures as part of the Amulet IDE and CATALYST trial
✔️ One of the first centers in the Jacksonville area to perform a transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve procedure (TMVIV)
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville received its first three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for excellent patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures.
The three-star rating, which denotes the highest category of quality, places Baptist Jacksonville among the elite for heart bypass surgery in the United States and Canada.
The analysis of data for the recognition covers a three-year period from January 2020 to December 2022.
The number of interventional heart procedures that rely on real-time imaging continues to grow. Advanced cardiac imaging technology allows our doctors to visualize the heart's structures and guide procedures with precision, ensuring effective and safe treatments.
Baptist Health System Jacksonville is accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in echocardiography in the areas of adult transthoracic, transesophageal and stress.
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, or ERAS, is an innovative and evidence-based approach to surgery that results in improved outcomes for our patients at Baptist Health. Learn why ERAS is so beneficial to patients undergoing surgery at Baptist.
McClure underwent a minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure to fix a heart valve issue, restoring proper blood flow.
Taylor's rare coronary sinus heart structure was preventing access from the right atrium, complicating lead placement during pacemaker implantation surgery.
Smith's hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was successfully treated with alcohol septal ablation, a minimally invasive procedure that improves heart function by selectively destroying tissue.
Lancaster was one of Baptist Health's first patients to receive the BAROTSTIM NEO® System, an innovative pacemaker-like device designed to improve cardiovascular function.
The Edwards Lifesciences Transcatheter Mitral Valve In Ring (TMVIR) procedure is a great option for patients like Bowler who have previous mitral valve repairs.
Liniado's mitral regurgitation (MR), a common type of heart valve disorder characterized by leaking of the mitral valve, was treated using a MitraClip™ procedure.