A heart surgeon, also known as a cardiothoracic surgeon, is a physician specializing in surgery of the heart and chest organs. They perform procedures to treat conditions like coronary artery disease, heart valve problems, and congenital heart defects, as well, as lung and esophageal issues.

The 10 Best Heart Surgeons in the world-updated 2025, come from around the world. All listed have 25 years or more in practice. They hail from the USA (2), UK (2), India (3), Spain (2), Canada, and South Africa. Dr. Naresh Trehan-India has performed over 40,00 surgeries and two prestigious Padma awards.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the worlds leading cause of death, claiming nearly 18 million lives each year, according to the world health organization. Heart attacks and strokes under-score the vital need for specialized cardiac care.

In a spiritual sense, I want to remind you that an evil heart takes its tolls also. Listen to the news each day and you will see. An evil heart is deceitful. According to this verse in Jeremiah, the default condition of our heart is not love, but deceit. The tools used by the surgeons above are not capable of helping you.

According to Max Lucado, Grace is God as heart surgeon, cracking open your chest, removing your heart—poisoned as it is with pride and pain—and replacing it with His own. Rather than tell you to change, He creates the change.

You do not have to clean up so He can accept you. No, He accepts you and begins cleaning you up. Grace is everything Jesus. Grace lives because He does, works because He works, and matters because He matters.

To be saved by grace is to be saved by Him—not by an idea, doctrine, creed, or church membership, but by Jesus himself. So, stop taking any credit for what you have done and give all the credit to Him.

God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romas 5:8).