Cardiology Grand Rounds - Marko Boskovski, MD

Marko Boskovski, MD

Dr. Marko T. Boskovski is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at UCSF and Director of Ross and Aortic Valve Preserving Surgery. He specializes in complex surgery of the thoracic aorta (the part of the aorta, which is the body's largest artery, located in the chest). He has a special interest in aortic root surgery (repairing an enlarged section of the aorta to prevent a rupture or other problems), including the Ross procedure (which replaces a damaged aortic valve with the patient's pulmonary valve), valve-sparing aortic root replacement (techniques that preserve the patient's aortic valve) and aortic valve repair.