Surgery was just recommended
You want to understand why this operation, why now, and what the evidence actually shows.
Virtual heart surgery second opinion
Heart surgery recommended. Get a two-specialist second opinion.
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist independently review your records and imaging, confer, and deliver one co-signed report you can use with your treating team.
No referral or call is required to purchase. Every package includes both physician reviews and one co-signed report.
- 2independent physician reviews
- 1co-signed written report
- ≤24 hrguaranteed after all required records and imaging are received and confirmed complete
Built for this exact moment
The operation may be right. You should still understand why.
A useful second opinion can confirm the current plan, reveal an unanswered question, or identify another relevant path. It does not need to create disagreement to change the quality of the decision.
Read the complete heart-surgery guideThe recommendation still feels unclear
You know the procedure name, but the timing, tradeoffs, or alternatives were not made understandable.
The case is complex or high-risk
Redo surgery, multiple procedures, major comorbidities, or conflicting measurements deserve another disciplined review.
You want to compare reasonable paths
Open surgery, catheter treatment, medical therapy, monitoring, or another approach may need to be placed in context.
WHITEGLOVE Insights™
The written answer you can bring into every appointment.
The reviewers connect the recommendation to your actual record, make their reasoning visible, and give you practical questions for the clinicians who know and treat you.
The recommendation, reconstructed
The diagnosis, symptoms, test findings, imaging, and proposed operation in one coherent clinical story.
Timing and urgency, explained
What supports acting now, what may allow time, and which uncertainty must go back to the treating team.
Relevant options and tradeoffs
Surgical, catheter-based, medical, or monitoring paths when they are genuinely supported by the record.
The next conversation, prepared
Specific questions to take to the cardiologist, surgeon, and program responsible for your care.
Four clear service levels
The written review stays the same. You choose the access.
Every package includes independent review by a cardiac surgeon and cardiologist and one co-signed report. Higher levels add live physician access and support.
Compare every package detail01WRITTEN REVIEW
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Insights™
$495ONE-TIME
The complete independent review and co-signed report, without a live physician consultation.
- Two independent specialist reviews
- One co-signed patient-facing report
- In 24 hours or less, guaranteed, after all required records and imaging are received and confirmed complete
02ONE REVIEWER LIVE
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Consult
$995ONE-TIME
The same written review, plus a private live conversation with one reviewing physician.
- Everything in the written review
- One reviewing physician joins live
- Dedicated time for patient and family questions
03MOST POPULAR · BOTH REVIEWERS LIVE
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Heart Team
$1,495ONE-TIME
The same written review, plus both reviewing physicians together in one live conversation.
- Everything in the written review
- Cardiac surgeon and cardiologist join live
- Both specialty perspectives in one conversation
04ONGOING SUPPORT
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Concierge
$2,495ONE-TIME
The Heart Team conversation plus concierge access through the day of surgery.
- Everything in Heart Team
- Concierge access after the consultation
- Support continues through the day of surgery
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The WHITEGLOVE Heart Team
Surgical and cardiology judgment belong in the same decision.
Each case is assigned both specialties. They review independently before conferring, so one perspective does not simply echo the other.
Meet the full Heart Team
Cardiac surgery
Rahul R. Handa, MD
Cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon · Founder
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Interventional cardiology
Sandeep M. Patel, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI
Structural and interventional cardiologist · Co-founder
View physician profileIndependent first. Together second. Co-signed at the end.
The assigned reviewers examine the same required records and imaging before their findings are brought into one report.
How it works
Start with the recommendation—not a perfect file folder.
You can send the first message in your own words. Our team helps identify what the physicians need before the review clock begins.
- 01
Tell us what was recommended
Use your own words. No referral and no records are required to send the first message.
- 02
We help organize the record
Upload what you have. With your authorization, our team helps identify the reports and imaging the reviewers need.
- 03
Two physicians review independently
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist examine the same complete record, then confer on the findings.
- 04
Receive one co-signed report
Your report is delivered in 24 hours or less, guaranteed, after all required records and imaging are received and confirmed complete. It gives you the reasoning, relevant options, tradeoffs, and questions for your treating team.
Already have a surgery date?Tell us in the first message so the team understands the timing.
Choose a package Condition-specific guidance
Go directly to the review that matches the recommendation.
Direct answers
What patients and families ask first.
If your question is specific to a diagnosis, timing, or scheduled operation, send it to the team in your own words.
Ask about my situationShould I get a second opinion before heart surgery?+
Another review may be useful when the recommendation, timing, alternatives, risk, or choice of surgeon and program remains unclear. If your situation may be urgent, first ask the clinicians responsible for your care whether there is time for another review.
What if the second opinion agrees with my current team?+
Agreement can still be valuable. A strong review makes the reasoning, expected benefit, risk, timing, alternatives, and remaining questions easier to understand. The purpose is clarity, not manufactured disagreement.
Who reviews my case?+
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist independently review the same required records and imaging, confer, and co-sign one patient-facing WHITEGLOVE Insights™ report.
What records are usually needed?+
The exact record depends on the decision. It may include cardiology and surgery notes, echocardiography, catheterization, CT or MRI, laboratory results, prior operative reports, the proposed plan, and the actual imaging—not only the written report.
When does the 24-hour turnaround begin?+
Your report is delivered in 24 hours or less, guaranteed, after all required records and imaging are received and confirmed complete.
Do I need a referral or need to travel?+
No referral is required, and the review is completed virtually. You can begin from home. With your authorization, the records team can help identify and request relevant missing materials.
Can I speak with a reviewing physician?+
Yes. Consult includes one reviewing physician live. Heart Team includes both reviewing physicians together. Concierge adds support through the day of surgery. Insights™ is the written-review-only package.
How much does a virtual heart surgery second opinion cost?+
The four one-time package prices are $495 for Insights™, $995 for Consult, $1,495 for Heart Team, and $2,495 for Concierge. Every package includes two independent physician reviews and one co-signed written report.
Should I delay urgent care while I wait?+
No. Do not delay urgent or time-sensitive care for an online review. Continue following your treating team’s instructions, and call 911 or seek immediate emergency care for possible emergency symptoms.
Independent educational review
A second set of eyes—not a replacement for your treating team.
WHITEGLOVEMD reviews the required records and imaging and explains the decision in writing. Your treating clinicians remain responsible for examination, testing, prescriptions, treatment, urgent decisions, and ongoing care.
Before the decision becomes final
Tell us what was recommended and what still feels unanswered.
You do not need the right medical words, a referral, or every record to begin.
Four one-time packages · no referral · fully virtual