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SynCardia Certified Centers

The SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart is instantly available off the hospital shelf at the following SynCardia Certified Centers. To become a Certified Center, hospitals must apply for and complete a rigorous, four-phase certification program, including the first proctored implant by an experienced Total Artificial Heart surgeon.
›› Certification Overview
›› Who Is Being Certified

Asia:

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St. Vincent's Hospital

Sydney | Australia
Surgeon(s): Dr. Phillip Spratt, Dr. Paul Jansz
Website

Europe:

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Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien (Vienna General Hospital)

Vienna | Austria
Surgeon(s): Prof. Georg Wieselthaler, Prof. Gunther Laufer
Website

North America:

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Montreal Heart Institute

Quebec | Canada
Surgeon(s): Dr. Michel Carrier
Website

Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck
(University Hospital Innsbruck)

Innsbruck | Austria
Surgeon(s): Dr. Herwig Antretter
Dr. Daniel Hoefer
Website

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Milwaukee, WI | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Alfred Tector,
Dr. Michael Savitt, Dr. Frank Downey
Website

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
(University Hospital of Nantes)

Nantes | France
Surgeon(s): Prof. Daniel Duveau, Dr. Ousama Al Habash,
Dr. Jean Christian Roussel
Website

Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University

St. Louis, MO | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. I-wen Wang
Website

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
de Rouen

Rouen | France
Surgeon(s): Dr. Pierre-Yves Litzler
Website

Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute

Cleveland, OH | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Nicholas Smedira,
Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski
Website

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
et Régional de Tours (CHRU Tours)

Tours | France
Surgeon(s): Prof. Michel R. Aupart
Website

Columbia/New-York Presbyterian

New York, NY | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Yoshifumi Naka
Website

Groupe Hospitalier La Pitié-Salpêtrière

Paris | France
Surgeon(s): Prof. Alain Pavie,
Prof. Pascal Leprince
Website

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Michael Acker, Dr. Y. Joseph Woo
Website

Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (German Heart Institute Berlin)

Berlin | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Roland Hetzer, Dr. Alexander Stepanenko,
Dr. Thomas Krabatsch
Website

INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center

Oklahoma City, OK| United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. James Long
Website

EJK Duisburg

Duisburg | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Reiner Koerfer, Prof. Dr. Gero Tenderich

Website

Intermountain Medical Center

Salt Lake City, UT | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Stephen Clayson
Website

Herz-und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (Heart and Diabetes Center NRW)

Bad Oeynhausen | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Latif Arusoglu,
Dr. Michiel Morshuis,
Prof. Jan F. Gummert,
Dr. Kavous Hakim-Meibodi
Website

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Francisco Arabia, Dr. Dawn Jaroszewski,
Dr. Patrick DeValeria
Website

Herzzentrum Leipzig GmbH Universitaetsklinik

Leipzig | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. F.W. Mohr, Prof. Hartmuth Bruno Bittner
Website

Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston, TX | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Matthias Loebe
Website

Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover
(Hannover Medical School)

Hannover | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Martin Strüber, Frau Dr. Anna Meyer,
Prof. Axel Haverich
Website

Ohio State University, Ross Heart Hospital

Columbus, OH | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Robert S.D. Higgins, Dr. C.B. Sai-Sudhakar
Website

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (University Hospital Erlangen)

Erlangen/Nuremburg | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Rene Tandler, Dr. Michael Weyand
Website

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, PA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Walter Pae, Dr. Edward Stephenson
Website

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (University Hospital of Freiburg)

Freiburg | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Dr. Christian Schlensak
Website

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. David L.S. Morales
Website

Universitätsklinikum Köln (University Hospital of Cologne)

Cologne | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Thorsten Wahlers, Dr. Thorsten Wittwer
Website

Texas Heart Institute

Houston, TX | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Igor Gregoric
Website

Universitätsklinikum Münster (University Hospital of Muenster)

Munster | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Hans Scheld, Prof. Dr. T.D.T. Tjan,
PD Dr. med. Andreas Hoffmeier
Website

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Stuart Jaimeson, Dr. Jack Copeland
Website

Papworth Hospital

Cambridge | Great Britain
Surgeon(s): Dr. Steven Tsui, Dr. John Dunning
Website

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, IA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. James Davis
Website

Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

Padova | Italy
Surgeon(s): Prof. Gino Gerosa, Dr. Antonio Gambino,
Dr. Roberto Bianco
Website

University Medical Center

Tucson, AZ | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. M. Cristina Smith
Website

Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini

Rome | Italy
Surgeon(s): Prof. Francesco Musumeci, Dr. Antonio Loforte
Website

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, MD | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Bartley Griffith, Dr. Sina L. Moainie
Website

Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine (HKUM)

Kaunas | Lithuania
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Rimantas Benetis,
Dr. Algimantas Busrikis
Website

University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center

Ann Arbor, MI | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Francis Pagani, Dr. Jonathan Haft
Website

Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
(Sahlgrenska University Hospital)

Gothenburg | Sweden
Surgeon(s): Dr. Lars Wiklund, Dr. Ulf Kjellman
Website

USC University Hospital

Los Angeles, CA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Michael Bowdish
Website

Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery

Moscow | Russia
Surgeon(s): Prof. Leo Bockeria, Dr. Konstantin Shatalov
Website

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Richmond, VA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Dr. Gundars Katlaps
Website

Ege University

Izmir | Turkey
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ozbaran,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tahir Yagdi,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cagatay Engin
Website

Florence Nightingale Hospital

Istanbul | Turkey
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Suha Kucukaksu, Dr. Erman Pektok
Website