Main content Port Access Valve Surgery
Interview of Junaid H. Khan, M.D.

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Female Interviewer: Alta Bates Summit Medical Center presents Important Developments in Healthcare. Alta Bates Summit is one of the few Bay Area medical centers performing Port Access valve surgery, a radically different, minimally invasive procedure. Dr. Junaid Khan, Heart Surgeon at Alta Bates Summit.



Dr. Junaid Khan: Port Access valve surgery is a revolutionary way of doing minimally invasive heart surgery on the valves inside the heart. We're able to do valve operations without splitting the breastbone.



Interviewer: The benefit to the patient is what makes Port Access valve surgery such an advantage.



Dr. Khan: The real big advantage of Port Access valve surgery is an accelerated recovery from surgery, decreased pain, minimal scarring, shorter hospital stays and most importantly, a speedier return to daily life activities.



Interviewer: Developing important advances in health is part of how Alta Bates Summit Medical Center strives to enhance the health and well-being of people in the communities they serve through compassion and excellence. That's important. For information, go to altabatessummit.org.



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