A New Way Into Your Heart: TAVR, a Listen and Learn Lecture with Robert Jumper, MD.

St. Vincent’s Medical Center is sponsoring a free talk open to the general public entitled “A New Way into Your Heart: TAVR” as a part of their 2013 Spring Listen & Learn Lecture Series. The talk will take place on Thursday, April 18, from 5:30 – 7:00pm at Cinzano’s Restaurant, 1920 Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield.  Light refreshments will be available at 5:30pm. 

The lecture will feature interventional cardiologist Dr. Robert Jumper, discussing this revolutionary new cardiac procedure called TAVR, trans-aortic valve replacement. This new, non-surgical, minimally invasive procedure brings hope to cardiac patients suffering from aortic stenosis, who are not candidates for traditional open heart surgery.

The TAVR program at St. Vincent’s is the first in Fairfield County. The revolutionary procedure is performed in St. Vincent’s state-of-the-art Hybrid Operating Room, which features advanced imaging equipment, and provides the capability of combining less invasive cardiac catheterization procedures with open heart techniques. Dr. Jumper will explain that TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, is uniquely suited to help the elderly because it uses the hardening, or calcified, spots common in older heart valves to hold the new valve in place.  A question and answer session will follow the talk.

Co-Medical Director of the Vascular Program at St. Vincent’s Medical Center Robert D. Jumper, MD, received his bachelor’s degree from Iona College and his medical degree from New York Medical College. He completed his residency at Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, his cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowships at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Jumper is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, interventional cardiology and nuclear medicine. Dr. Jumper has a comprehensive certification in adult echocardiography and sits on the National Board of Echocardiography. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a registered physician in vascular interpretation.

Listen and Learn is presented by St. Vincent’s Club 50 and Physician Services. The lecture on April 18^th at 5:30pm, is free of charge. Registration is required and attendance is limited.  For more information or to register for this lecture, please call St. Vincent’s toll-free Care Line at 1-877-255-SVHS (7847) or register online at www.stvincents.org/listenandlearn.