The Donahue Center for Valvular Heart Disease

About Us

	Cardiac surgeon George Magovern Jr., M.D., evaluates a patient referred for valve replacement or repair.

For more than half a century, Allegheny General surgeons have forged a depth of experience in pioneering new techniques and technologies in valve care – from performing Pennsylvania’s first heart-valve replacement in the 1950s to tackling complicated procedures such as aortic root replacement to inventing the revolutionary sutureless valve.