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Dr. Stelzer's roots go back to middle America having been born in Minnesota and raised in Nebraska. After graduation from college in Texas he came to New York for medical school and residency training. He is known as a "people person" who enjoys spending time getting to know his patients and keeping in touch with them. Dr. and Mrs. Stelzer have two terrific, talented children, a wonderful son-in-law and three delightful grandchildren... His interest in valvular heart surgery began with aortic homograft surgery in 1985 and quickly expanded to the Ross Procedure with Ronald Elkins at the University of Oklahoma in 1986. Establishing the root replacement modification as the standard for the Ross Procedure has been Dr. Stelzer's most significant contribution to the field. (See History section.) He also has extensive experience with the more standard techniques of valve repair and replacement with tissue and mechanical devices as well as coronary artery surgery including multiple arterial..