“The patient should understand the decision before they consent to the incision.”
Rahul R. Handa, MD
Founder & CEO
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
ABOUT WHITEGLOVEMD
YOUR INCISION SHOULD BE YOUR DECISION™
Built for the decision before open heart surgery.
A complete record. An independent cardiac surgeon. An independent cardiologist. One co-signed, patient-facing report built to make the next conversation clearer.
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- independent physician perspectives
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- co-signed patient-facing report
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- after required records are complete
WHY WE EXIST
The decision deserved a better way to be reviewed.
A proposed heart operation can compress anatomy, risk, timing, technique, catheter-based alternatives, medical therapy, hospital experience, and family priorities into one frightening conversation.
WHITEGLOVEMD was built to slow that decision down without making access slower: assemble the necessary evidence, review it from both sides of the Heart Team, show the reasoning, and return it in language the patient can use.
THE ORIGIN
A team of cardiac specialists built the review they wished every patient could have.
WHITEGLOVEMD was built by board-certified cardiac surgeons and cardiologists who kept returning to the same question. Before an operation, the useful question is not simply whether a procedure can be performed. It is whether this is the right procedure, at the right time, for this patient, with the right team—and what reasonable alternatives still deserve discussion.
That question cannot be answered by a generic summary or a single clinical lens. It takes the complete case, two specialties reading independently, explicit uncertainty, and a deliverable that stays with the patient after the conversation ends. So the founding team designed the review together, around the person rather than the procedure.
THE CLINICAL THESIS
Clarity is a process—not a promise.
Four operating principles shape the way a case moves from uploaded records to a physician-signed patient report.
The complete record comes first.
The clinical question cannot be separated from the imaging, testing, history, proposed procedure, and information that may still be missing.
Two specialties read independently.
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist examine the same case from different clinical perspectives before they reconcile the decision.
Reasoning stays connected to evidence.
Key findings, risk estimates, guideline context, limitations, and unresolved questions remain visible instead of collapsing into a generic answer.
The patient receives something usable.
The final deliverable is written for the next conversation with the treating team—not for a chart archive the patient cannot understand.
WHITEGLOVE Heart Team
One complete case.
Two independent reads.
One usable report.
The 24-hour medical-review window begins only after the records and imaging required for the case have been received and confirmed complete.
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Records support
Upload what you have or authorize the records team to help identify and request the material required for review.
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Independent physician reads
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist each review the complete case before conferring.
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One co-signed report
The WHITEGLOVE Insights™ report organizes the decision, alternatives, risk context, open questions, and practical next steps.
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Conversation when you want it
A live physician consultation can be added depending on the service level you choose.
PHYSICIAN-SIGNED REPORTWHITEGLOVE Insights™
Your decision,
organized.
WHITEGLOVE Insights™
The product is not reassurance. It is an organized decision.
The report is designed to preserve what matters: the documented clinical picture, where two physicians agree, what remains uncertain, how risk and guidelines apply, which options deserve discussion, and what questions should come next.
Explore a sample report
FROM THE FOUNDER
“We built the review I wanted every patient to have before a major cardiac decision.”
Surgeons and cardiologists are trained to see different parts of the same problem. Patients experience all of it at once. WHITEGLOVEMD exists to bring those perspectives together around the person—not around a procedure.
Rahul R. Handa, MDFounder & CEO
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
WHAT WE COMMIT TO
A company standard should be visible in the work.
These commitments shape the member experience, the physician workflow, and how the platform is evaluated as it grows.
Patient agency
The purpose is to make the decision clearer—not to take it away from the person living with it.
Clinical humility
Uncertainty, missing information, model limitations, and differences between reasonable approaches should remain visible.
Independence
The review is organized around the documented case rather than a hospital’s procedure volume or a single specialty’s default.
Specialty depth
The platform begins with cardiac surgery because narrow clinical depth matters more than generic breadth in a high-stakes decision.
Source integrity
A conclusion is only as trustworthy as the facts beneath it. Source attribution and physician verification are part of the product.
Measurable learning
Service quality, decision change, experience, and outcomes should be measured with defined methods—not assumed from a projection.
ABOUT WHITEGLOVEMD
The questions behind the company.
Still deciding whether the service fits your situation? Begin with a complimentary orientation. No referral or records are required for that first conversation.
Request a conversationWhy was WHITEGLOVEMD created?
WHITEGLOVEMD was created to give patients and families a more structured way to examine a proposed heart-surgery decision. The service brings the complete record, an independent cardiac surgeon, an independent cardiologist, and one patient-facing report into a single review process.
Who founded WHITEGLOVEMD?
WHITEGLOVEMD was founded by Rahul R. Handa, MD, a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, and built with a team of board-certified specialists—cardiac surgeons and cardiologists, with added depth in electrophysiology, imaging, vascular, and aortic care. The clinical model reflects how surgeons and cardiologists weigh a major cardiac decision together, not from a single specialty’s point of view.
Why does every written review include two physician perspectives?
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist can emphasize different parts of the same decision. Independent review followed by reconciliation helps place anatomy, operative strategy, catheter-based options, medical therapy, risk, and the longer-term plan into one clinical picture.
Is WHITEGLOVEMD affiliated with a hospital?
WHITEGLOVEMD provides an independent educational medical-record review. It is not the treating hospital and does not replace the cardiologist, surgeon, or clinical team responsible for diagnosis, candidacy, treatment, or follow-up.
What is the WHITEGLOVE Insights™ report?
It is the co-signed patient-facing deliverable produced from the review. It can organize the current clinical picture, Heart Team perspective, guideline and risk context, reasonable alternatives, missing information, questions raised, and practical next steps supported by the documented case.
When does the 24-hour review window begin?
The 24-hour medical-review window begins only after the records and imaging required for the case have been received and confirmed complete. Time spent identifying or collecting missing material occurs before that window.
Does the service tell a patient what treatment to choose?
No. WHITEGLOVEMD provides educational decision support and independent medical-record review. The patient makes decisions with the clinicians responsible for their care, and those clinicians determine diagnosis, candidacy, treatment, and follow-up.
Can family members participate?
A patient can involve family or another support person where the selected service and the patient’s permissions allow it. Family involvement can help preserve questions and make the next conversation easier to navigate.
What is included in a written review?
The written Heart Team review includes two independent physician reads—an independent cardiac surgeon and an independent cardiologist—reconciled into one co-signed, patient-facing report. Higher service levels can add a live physician consultation or concierge support. Send us a message and the team will walk through what fits your situation.
What should someone do with urgent symptoms?
Call 911 or seek immediate emergency care for new or severe chest pain, severe shortness of breath, fainting, stroke symptoms, or rapid worsening. An online review must never delay urgent evaluation.
START WITH THE QUESTION
Understand the decision before you consent to the procedure.
Begin with the written Heart Team review. Add a live physician consultation only if you want it.
