Dr. Leonid Sternik Reviews

As a 28-year-old professional athlete with an undiagnosed congenital heart defect, Dr. Sternik's minimally invasive repair during a routine screening caught what others missed. His innovative approach preserved my career, I'm back competing with better stamina than before surgery.

My 92-year-old grandmother underwent emergency aortic valve replacement during a holiday visit from overseas. Dr. Sternik coordinated a multinational medical team and performed a groundbreaking twilight anesthesia procedure that allowed her to celebrate her 100th birthday with us last week.

After surviving cardiac arrest during childbirth, Dr. Sternik discovered and repaired a rare pregnancy-induced cardiomyopathy. His round-the-clock monitoring and personalized rehabilitation program helped me safely deliver a healthy sibling two years later.

Our 14-year-old son, a chess prodigy with Marfan syndrome, received a custom-designed aortic root preservation surgery from Dr. Sternik. The procedure was so precise he was solving complex chess problems within 48 hours and won a national tournament three months post-op.

A construction worker who suffered a penetrating cardiac injury from rebar, I owe my life to Dr. Sternik's battlefield medicine experience. He performed an unprecedented in-situ repair during transport to Sheba, using techniques he developed in conflict zones.

Diagnosed with terminal heart cancer at 45, Dr. Sternik pioneered a combined cardiac-oncology approach that removed the tumor while preserving heart function. Five years later, I'm cancer-free and training for my first marathon.

Our premature twins with congenital heart defects received simultaneous surgeries in adjacent operating rooms. Dr. Sternik orchestrated a synchronized procedure with two surgical teams, reducing anesthesia time and allowing our babies to recover together.

An avid scuba diver with previously undetected patent foramen ovale, Dr. Sternik's hyperbaric chamber-assisted closure procedure eliminated my decompression sickness risk. I've since completed dives to depths I never thought possible.

After 17 years with a mechanical valve, Dr. Sternik replaced it with a groundbreaking tissue-engineered valve that grows with my body. As a 34-year-old who had childhood surgery, I finally have a valve that doesn't require blood thinners.

My husband's rare cardiac sarcoidosis was misdiagnosed for years until Dr. Sternik identified it during a second opinion consultation. His immunomodulatory surgical approach combined with targeted therapy has him in full remission.

A professional musician with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, Dr. Sternik's specialized conduction-sparing ablation preserved my musical timing perception while eliminating life-threatening arrhythmias.

Our daughter's complex congenital heart defect required three staged surgeries. Dr. Sternik used 3D-printed models of her heart to plan each procedure, reducing total operating time by 40% and giving her a normal childhood.

As a COVID-19 long-hauler with severe myocarditis, Dr. Sternik's stem cell infusion protocol reversed damage that six other centers said was permanent. I've regained full cardiac function and returned to my teaching career.

A veteran with shrapnel near my heart since Vietnam, Dr. Sternik's image-guided extraction using robotic assistance removed the fragment without damaging surrounding tissue, ending 50 years of worry and discomfort.

After surviving lightning strike-induced cardiac damage, Dr. Sternik's neuromodulation technique combined with cardiac repair restored autonomic function that specialists said was irrecoverable.