Jian Ye

Biography

 Dr. Ye received his Medical Degree and MSc. in China in 1983 and 1988, respectively, and then had extensive clinical training in cardiovascular surgery in China, at the Cleveland Clinic in USA, and at the University of Manitoba & University of Alberta in Canada. His special clinical interests include complex surgical mitral and tricuspid valve repair, minimally invasive surgery, transcatheter heart valve implantation, and aortic surgery. Dr. Ye is a pioneer in the development and clinical application of transcatheter heart valves for heart valve disease. Working with other team members, Dr. Ye has performed many successful transcatheter heart valve procedures in humans for the first time, such as transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for aortic stenosis in 2005, transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation for failed bioprostheses in 2007, transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation for aortic regurgitation in 2011, transapical JenaValve implantation for aortic stenosis or regurgitation outside Europe in 2013, transapical mitral valve replacement for mitral regurgitation in 2014, and transapical mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation using the NeoChord device outside Europe in 2015. Dr. Ye has been teaching and training physicians and surgeons in transcatheter heart valve implantation and mitral valve repair in many countries over the past 10 years. Dr. Ye was a CIHR and Heart and Stroke Foundation grantee for many years, and served as a scientific reviewer for Canadian, Singapore and Chinese National Granting Agencies, as well as many medical journals. Dr. Ye has been a principal investigator of many clinical trials and studies. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters, and has been invited to give lectures at numerous national or international meetings, and hospitals in many countries.

Research Interest

  Complex mitral valve repair Minimally invasive transcatheter heart valve surgery Aortic surgery Off-pump coronary artery bypass Clinical and basic research