Expert Heart Team review for Philadelphia area patients. Virtual consultations with 48-hour turnaround.
Philadelphia's cardiac surgery heritage is anchored by Penn Medicine, which has been at the forefront of heart transplantation and valve innovation for decades. Thomas Jefferson and Temple University add significant volume and specialization — Temple being one of the nation's busiest heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support centers. The metro area performs approximately 4,200 cardiac surgical procedures annually. The academic intensity of Philadelphia's medical community mirrors Chicago's siloed referral problem. Penn, Jefferson, and Temple each maintain largely separate referral networks, and patients are typically channeled within their insurer's preferred system. A patient in the Penn network is unlikely to be referred to Temple's ventricular assist device program, even if Temple's volume and outcomes are superior for that specific intervention. WhiteGloveMD helps Philadelphia patients cut through network-driven referral patterns. Our Heart Team evaluates surgical recommendations on clinical merit alone, benchmarking plans against outcomes data from all major Philadelphia programs and national centers of excellence.
Philadelphia patients gain an independent perspective free from the insurer and network dynamics that dominate referral patterns in this market. Our Heart Team reviews every case against national benchmarks, ensuring the recommended approach is clinically optimal regardless of which health system made the referral.
48-hour turnaround. Dual-physician Heart Team review. Starting at $495.