For Cardiologists

Give your patients the Heart Team they deserve.

Independent, documented second opinions for your patients facing cardiac surgery — with STS-benchmarked surgeon matching, composite risk scoring, and complete report documentation.

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The Reality

Three problems every referring cardiologist faces.

1

Your patient needs surgery, and you're trying to figure out where to send them.

You know the surgeons at your hospital. You might know a few at the academic center across town. But do you know who has the best outcomes for this specific procedure, at this specific risk level? STS data says volume and outcomes vary enormously — and most cardiologists don't have easy access to that data.

2

You call a surgeon for a "curbside consult" — and now there's no documentation.

Informal phone consults are the norm in cardiology. But they create documentation gaps, liability exposure, and no traceable decision trail. If the patient has a complication, that curbside consult doesn't exist in the record.

3

Your patient comes back after surgery with a bad outcome, and you didn't have a Heart Team review.

ACC/AHA guidelines mandate Heart Team decision-making for complex valve disease, left main CAD, and borderline surgical candidates. Most hospitals don't actually implement it. WhiteGloveMD gives you an external Heart Team review with full documentation.

What You Get

Tools built for the referring cardiologist.

Structured Heart Team Referral

When your patient needs a surgical opinion, WhiteGloveMD provides a structured Heart Team review — not just a surgeon's opinion in isolation. Your referral comes back with a complete, documented assessment signed by both a cardiologist and a cardiac surgeon.

STS-Benchmarked Surgeon Matching

Sentinel queries publicly reported STS outcomes data to recommend surgeons based on procedure-specific volume, mortality, and complication rates. Star ratings exist for a reason — your patients deserve access to them.

Defensible Documentation

Every referral generates a White Glove Insights™ Report — a 13-section, guideline-referenced document that lives in the patient's chart. Defensible, traceable, complete. Not a phone note on a sticky pad.

Complete Independence

WhiteGloveMD has no hospital affiliations and no surgical volume incentives. Recommendations are based solely on clinical evidence and patient-specific data. Your patient gets an opinion untainted by institutional interests.

Composite Risk Scoring

Every case receives a three-model risk analysis: STS-PROM, EuroSCORE II, and AATS. Cross-model comparison highlights when models disagree — which is often the clinical decision point that matters most.

Join the WhiteGloveMD Network

Interested in serving as a reviewing cardiologist? WhiteGloveMD is building a national panel of Heart Team physicians for asynchronous case reviews. Flexible scheduling, competitive compensation, meaningful clinical work.

STS Star Ratings

The data your patients can't access — until now.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons maintains the most comprehensive cardiac surgery outcomes database in the world. Star ratings are publicly reported for participating programs — but most patients and referring physicians never see them.

1-Star — Mortality and/or complication rates above expected
~20% of programs
2-Star — Mortality and complication rates as expected
~60% of programs
3-Star — Mortality and complication rates below expected
~20% of programs

WhiteGloveMD's Sentinel platform uses this publicly available STS data — along with CMS Hospital Compare and state medical board records — to match patients with surgeons based on procedure-specific outcomes.

Referral Workflow

How referrals work.

1

Patient Signs Up

Your patient creates an account and uploads their records. Or you can call us and we handle intake.

2

Heart Team Reviews

A cardiologist and cardiac surgeon review independently. Clintelligence™ AI provides risk analysis and surgeon matching.

3

Report Delivered

The White Glove Insights™ Report is delivered to the patient — and a provider-facing summary can be sent directly to your office.

Ready to refer a patient or join the network?

WhiteGloveMD is actively onboarding referring cardiologists and reviewing Heart Team physician applications.

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