Dr. Justin Van Meeteren is a board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiothoracic surgeon with Midwest Heart and Vascular Specialists. He is affiliated with Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo. Dr. Van Meeteren offers nearly 10 years of experience, and is a participating surgeon in the TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) program within the structural heart center at the Heart & Vascular Institute at HCA Midwest Health. He offers expertise in heart and lung surgery, thoracic aneurysm repair, Maze procedure, mitral valve surgery, valve repair or replacement (aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and pulmonary), and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or thoracotomy. He has received professional honors including the O.T. Clagett Traveling Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery from the Mayo Clinic and a NEOCOM research award, and has completed a fellowship in minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Additionally, Dr. Van Meeteren has authored numerous articles, presentations and papers in his field.