Dr. Randall Wolf Directs the Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Center At
Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio
Introduction & Brief Video of The Wolf MiniMaze Procedure
The National Home of the Wolf MiniMaze®™
Dr. Wolf Also Performs the Wolf MiniMaze®™ At
Selected Hospitals in Europe and Asia
Please Contact Him Via Email: nessie.hicks@gmail.com or randallwolf@dataquesthealthcare.com or
Call 1-513-313-4060
Professor Wolf, beginning in 1999, pioneered a minimally invasive VATS approach for the surgical treatment of lone AF. He has performed over 600 Wolf miniMAZE procedures and has taught the procedure to over 500 heart surgeons from 20 countries. He has been visiting professor in 18 countries, including Oxford University, University of Tokyo and Peking University. Dr. Wolf was the first North American heart surgeon to perform DaVinci cardiac surgery. He is a Past President of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS), current President of the 21st Surgery Cardiothoracic Club, and President of Asian Affairs, Dataquest Healthcare Partners. He served as Professor of Surgery, Ohio State University (1998-2003) and Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati (2003-2007), and the inaugural Ethicon-Endosurgery Chair for Innovation in Surgery (2004-2007). He has over 100 peer reviewed papers and textbook chapters, and served as Co-editor of Innovations (2005-2007). When not in the operating theatre or lecturing, he performs stage and close-up magic.
Atrial Fibrillation Sufferers Applaud New Mini-Maze Option For Racing Hearts
“Developed by Dr. Randall K. Wolf in 2003, the new and innovative technique offers great future potential”
Developed by Wolf, a professor of cardiothoracic surgery and director of University of Cincinnati’s Center for Surgical Innovation, the technique requires surgeons to use special instruments Dr. Wolf helped design. The Wolf Mini-Maze procedure combines an “ablation” method and the "maze" procedure, without performing traditional open heart surgery.
“Until recently, surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation meant a highly involved and risky open-chest operation,” “The procedure is referred to as beating heart surgery and requires no heart or lung machine.”