Best Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialists in Houston, TX

Dan Loberman MD, is a Cardiac Surgeon certified by the Israeli Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Loberman received his medical degree from the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel in 2002. In 2010, he was certified in cardiothoracic surgery after completing the Tel Aviv Medical Center cardiothoracic surgery residency, during which he received the Ami Cohen Young Investigator in Cardiac Surgery award, and the Hanoch Mildwidsky Outstanding Cardiac Surgery Resident award. Dr. Loberman then went on to complete both a congenital cardiac surgery fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in 2012, and the advanced adult cardiac surgery program (which included a transcatheter intervention fellowship) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in 2013. Dr. Loberman served as an attending cardiac surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School from 2013-2022. Since 2013, as part of the Brigham and Women's cardiac surgery division, he successfully established a minimally invasive mitral valve program and an atrial fibrillation hybrid procedure program at Cape Cod Hospital. He was appointed Director of minimally invasive valve surgery at Cape Cod Hospital in 2016, and later on, Chief of cardiac surgery at Cape Cod Hospital in 2019. Dr. Loberman authored numerous peer reviewed publications, as well as book chapters about mitral valve repair and replacement. Dr. Loberman is experienced in all aspects of adult cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass, valve replacement and repair, aneurism repair, re-operative surgery. He has specific interest in mitral valve repair, and the surgical hybrid procedure for treatment of atrial fibrillation. Dr. Loberman welcomes new patients and referrals.

Dr. Porat serves as the Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center and Houston Heart. Prior to attaining this position, he served as a professor with the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the McGovern Medical School. Dr. Porat specializes in complex and high-risk cardiac surgery as well as complex aortic surgery. His clinical and research interests include coronary artery bypass grafting, valvular heart disease, aortic aneurysms and dissections, adult congenital cardiac anomalies and circulatory support.Dr. Porat is active in scientific, research and professional communications. He is a member of leading professional societies including the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), the Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS), the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA), the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS), the Israeli Heart Society, the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery network (CTSNET) and many more scientific and professional organizations. He has published over 80 articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed medical journals and textbooks, and was named one of Houston's Top Doctors by Houstonia Magazine. Dr. Porat is committed to patient-focused care, guided by the principles of compassion and empathy, respect and integrity, while providing the highest quality of cutting edge clinical care.