Dr Kendra Grubb is the Surgical Director of the Emory Structural Heart and Valve Center, Atlanta, US. Dr Grubb is dedicated to improving the lives of all patients, through innovation and by building collaborative teams to promote a patient-centred approach to the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Dr Grubb has led and participated in multiple clinical trials of innovative cardiac surgery technologies, including studies of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), MitraClip percutaneous therapy, and the GORE conformable TAG thoracic endoprosthesis for the primary treatment of aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta.