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NEW 3PM EST START TIME: Join Me LIVE In A Ross Procedure Training Course

Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Page last updated: March 7, 2025

Ready to experience something extraordinary?

This Friday, March 7, I will attend a live Ross Procedure Training Course taught by Dr. Vaughn Starnes, the Surgeon-in-Chief at Keck Medicine of USC. (So you know, Dr. Starnes performed a Ross Procedure on me in 2005. Since then, nearly 20 years later, my heart is perfect. I’ve had no re-operations. I am not on any medications or blood thinners. And, I am SCUBA diving again with my son.)

Here’s the fun part… Using Facebook Live, I’m going to broadcast several key moments from Dr. Starnes’ upcoming training that will include a “Wet Lab” in which cardiac surgeons practice the Ross Procedure using an actual pig heart.

To join me for this live event at Facebook, click here at 3pm EST on Friday, March 7.

How Can You Join Me On Facebook Live?

To join me, simply visit the HeartValveSurgery.com Facebook Page at 3pm EST, Friday, March 7. Throughout that time, I will intermittently “Go Live” to educate the patients in our community about aortic valve disease, their treatment options, the Ross Procedure and more.

Click here to join me for this special event at Facebook at 3pm EST on Friday, March 7.

Thanks Dr. Starnes, Dr. Baker, USC and LifeNet Health

Many thanks to Dr. Starnes, Dr. Baker, Keck Medicine of USC, and the LifeNet Health team for including me in this special educational event!

So you know, LifeNet Health is a very unique company that cryopreserves human pulmonary valves which are used during the Ross Procedure.

Cardiograft Pulmonary Valve by LifeNet Health Cardiograft Pulmonary Valve (LifeNet Health)

If you didn’t know… During the Ross Procedure, a patient’s disease aortic valve is replaced. Then, the patient’s pulmonary valve is switched into the aortic position. Lastly, a donor pulmonary valve, like the one shown above from LifeNet Health, is positioned in the patient’s pulmonary position.

Written by Adam Pick
- Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.