I’m a structural heart physician assistant and I advocate every day for patients who have valve disease by listening to their concerns and helping them make the best decision about their care. I love working with our patient population and seeing how great they feel after their procedure. I also spread awareness about valve disease by educating our community through events like the one coming up for national valve disease awareness day! ♥️ PS I already have my cool heart shades!
A health care professional advocating for her patients
Recent Stories
Finding comfort in other people’s stories
By lending my voice to the conversation about valve disease, I hope my experiences can help other patients who feel as overwhelmed and intimidated as I first did, even in just a small way.
Nina Bamford’s story
Nina Bamford shares her experience with aortic stenosis. Nina recognized that her quality of life had declined due to valve disease, and sought treatment.
Linda shares to help others
After her symptoms started to worsen and her energy level dropped, Linda contacted her cardiologist and was diagnosed with mitral valve stenosis.
Susan shares her story to help others
I just thought that the shortness of breath with exercise was I wasn’t in as good of shape, my lungs had some scarring from radiation, and I had some chest tightness and I thought that was just anxiety.