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WITH MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BAY MEDICAL SACRED HEART IS THE AREA’S LEADER IN CARDIAC CARE.Dr. Ibrahim Yazji, Dr. Greg England, Dr. Lynn SetoLeading EdgeHeart Surgery In Panama CityCOASTAL CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONSCoastal CV Surgeons 801 E. 6th St., Suite 309 Panama City, FL P: (850) 785-9559 Coastalcvsurgeons.comWith the highly skilled heart surgery team at Bay Medical Sacred Heart, residents no longer have to travel out of town for complex cardiac surgeries. The team is ready 24/7 to perform traditional open heart surgery as well as other less invasive techniques. In addition to being the only open heart surgery team in our region, Bay Medical cardiac surgeons and car- diologists o er minimally invasive valve replacement through a small incision in the leg. This procedure, called transaortic valve replacement (TAVR), is only available at about 10 percent of hospitals in the na- tion. This procedure has given a new life to many pa- tients who previously had no options, because they were too ill for traditional open surgery.“Bay Medical has been able to stay on the leading edge of cardiac care because we have such a highly trained and experienced team,” says cardiothoracic surgeon Greg England, MD. “From the emergency medicine physicians, to the cardiologists and sur- geons, to all of the clinical sta , it is a team e ort to ensure the very best care for our patients.”With more than 40 years of experience, Bay Medi- cal Sacred Heart is the area’s leader in cardiac care. Our three cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons work alongside our eight cardiologists and nearly 200sta dedicated to heart care to perform more than 6,000 cardiac cases each year.THE SURGEONSDr. Greg England is board certi ed by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He is a graduate of West Virginia Uni- versity School of Medicine. After completing his res- idency at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, he completed his fellowship training at the West Virginia University School of Medicine.Dr. Ibrahim Yazji is a graduate of the University of Florida Medical School and completed his residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. With fel- lowship training in cardiothoracic surgery and general surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Cen- ter, he completed an advanced fellowship in aortic surgery at the University of Texas in Houston.Dr. Lynn Seto is board certi ed by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She attended Je erson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA., and was in res- idency at Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY before completing her fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.ADVERTORIAL SECTION41