Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, MD

Dr. Maurice Enriquez-Sarano is a cardiologist with expertise in heart valve diseases and cardiac imaging. He got his MD degree and medical training from Sorbonne University, Paris, France.  He joined the Mayo Clinic, was the founding director of the Heart Valve Clinic and Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and was a founding member and past-president of the Heart Valve Society. Dr. Sarano authored over 500 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, with h-index 113 (Scopus) to 125 (Google) and mentored numerous trainees who became leading scholars in valve diseases. He is Senior Scientist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute and founder of ValThera (ValThera.io), a startup developing innovative transcatheter treatment for tricuspid regurgitation.  He is a member of “La Chaine de L’espoir” and president of the board of “United Surgeons for Children”, supporting the treatment of patients affected by Valvular Heart Diseases in low-resources countries.