To: The Mitral Valve Repair Team at The Mount Sinai Hospital
From: Catherine D.
Date: April 4, 2023
Subject: One Year Anniversary!

Hi Dr. E!

Hope you are doing well. 

I wanted to share a picture with you from April 11th. My 1 year Heartiversary!!! Steve and I went to the Mets game to celebrate this very important milestone! I am sure you can understand how indebted I feel towards you and the team at Mount Sinai for saving my life. The feelings of gratitude are just as strong in year one as they were on day one as they will be for every year to come. I am forever thankful!!

XOXO

Catherine❤️

To: The Mitral Valve Repair Team at The Mount Sinai Hospital
From: Catherine D.
Date: May 31, 2022
Subject: One Year Anniversary!

I am so very thankful to the wonderful team at Mount Sinai and most especially to Dr. El-Eshmawi for saving my life. Dr. E as I like to affectionately call him is a kind, caring and compassionate surgeon. The confidence he had in his ability to make the repair put my mind at ease, he answered all of my many questions, and his bedside manner was amazing! My life was in his skilled hands. Dr. E will always have a special place in my now mended heart!

Thank you for taking such good care of my heart Dr. E! You have hands of gold. I will always be in awe of what you did. I am so very grateful for you!

Catherine D.