The Ross Procedure can be very effective for treating damaged aortic valves. It replaces a nonfunctioning aortic valve with the patient’s own pulmonary valve and a healthy donor valve replaces the original pulmonary valve. Erol Belli, MD, is a University of Florida associate professor of surgery and a board-certified thoracic and cardiac surgeon at UF Health Jacksonville who specializes in the Ross Procedure. Dr. Belli also serves as co-chief of the division of cardiothoracic surgery at the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, as well as director of aortic surgery at UF Health Jacksonville. https://ufhealthjax.org/conditions-an...