Expert Heart Team review for San Jose area patients. Virtual consultations with 48-hour turnaround.
San Jose and the broader Silicon Valley sit in the shadow of Stanford Health Care, one of the nation's premier cardiac surgery programs. Stanford's expertise in adult congenital heart disease, aortic surgery, and heart transplantation draws patients from across Northern California and beyond. Good Samaritan Hospital and El Camino Health provide additional cardiac surgery volume, and the South Bay metro performs approximately 2,000 cardiac procedures annually. The proximity to Stanford creates a binary dynamic for patients: either get surgery at Stanford or go to a community program. This oversimplification misses the nuance that certain community programs may have excellent outcomes for routine procedures, while Stanford's advantage is most pronounced for complex and rare conditions. Additionally, Stanford's wait times can be substantial, and not all insurance plans provide in-network access. WhiteGloveMD helps South Bay patients navigate the Stanford question with data rather than assumptions. Our Heart Team evaluates whether the specific case complexity warrants Stanford's subspecialty expertise or whether a high-quality community program would deliver equivalent outcomes with less wait time and logistical burden.
Silicon Valley patients expect data-driven decision-making in every aspect of life, and cardiac surgery should be no different. Our Heart Team provides the rigorous, evidence-based analysis that this community demands, with clear benchmarking against both Stanford and national outcomes.
48-hour turnaround. Dual-physician Heart Team review. Starting at $495.