1987 | Laying the Foundation
Dr. Raney joins Hoag Memorial Hospital Medical Staff with Dr. Douglas Zusman to revitalize its Cardiac Surgery Program. Two years later they successfully establish a recognized cardiac surgical program and initiate a cardiac transplant program. For the subsequent thirty years, Dr. Raney lead this program as medical director of cardiac surgery at Hoag.
Early Hoag Achievements
Tripled
Cardiovascular surgical pump cases performed on a heart lung machine within six years.
Introduced
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.
Added
Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery.
Supported
Initiation of computer charting and the Intensivists Program.
Performed
Four hundred cardiovascular procedures, quadrupling the hospital’s numbers in ten years.
Established
First Heart Valve Center on the West Coast in 2006.
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Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Top Levels of Distinction
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Heathgrades
5 Star Distinction in Cardiac Surgery
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Hoag Hospital
James & Pamela Muzzy Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery
Hoag Physicians Recruited
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Dr. Colin Joyo
World Renowned Echocardiographer
Dr. Pravin M. Shah
Hoag’s first Endovascular Surgeon
Dr. Jacques Kpodonu
Stanford Cardiovascular Surgeon
Dr. Anthony Caffarelli
Hoag’s first fully dedicated Thoracic Surgeon
Dr. Daryl Pearlstein
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Dr. Asad Shah
2012 | Hoag TAVR Program
Dr. Raney cofounds Hoag’s TAVR program and is instrumental in developing a Hybrid Suite for to implement this revolutionary non-invasive life-saving procedure.
Recent Hoag Achievements
Established
Mitral Valve Repair program.
Championed
Acquisition of the first Intuitive Robot.
Cofounded.
TAVR Program (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program).
Instrumental
In development of Hybrid Suite for TAVR Program.
Championed
Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery and Robotic Lung Surgery Programs.
Hired
First Physician Assistant at Hoag.