Board Certified in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Hoffberger has received awards on Vitals for:
- Patients’ Choice recognition reflects the difference a particular physician has made in the lives of his/her patients.
- Compassionate Doctor certification is granted to physicians who treat their patients with the utmost kindness. The honor is granted based on a physician’s overall and bedside manner scores.
- Vitals On-Time + Promptness Award recognizes doctors with consistent high ratings for timeliness of appointments. The honor is granted based on a physician’s overall and promptness scores.
Honors, Leadership Roles, and Professional Appointments
- 1992 – President, Lambda Omicron Gamma Medical Fraternity
- 1994 – Nathaniel J. Loeb Memorial Award for Service
- 1996 – BRAVO! Hospital Award, Also received in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001
- 1999 to 2001 – Coordinator, Department of General Surgery Guest Lecture Series
- 2005 – Nominating Committee, Department of Surgery, Oakwood Hospital Medical Center
- 2006 – Minimally Invasive/Robotic Cardiothoracic Surgery Steering Committee, Oakwood Hospital Medical Center
- 2007 – Chairman, Cardiothoracic Surgery Quality Improvement Initiative, Oakwood Hospital Medical Center
- 2007 to 2010 – Board Member, American Osteopathic Board of Surgery
- 2007 – Test Construction Committee Member and Oral Board Examiner, American Osteopathic Board of Surgery
- 2008 – Surgery Trainer of the Year, Botsford General Hospital
- 2009 – Detroit’s Hour Magazine “Top Docs” Cardiovascular Surgery
- 2010 to 2014 – Northwest Medical Center Heart and Vascular Center, Designed, recruited, initiated, and grew the cardiac surgical program and CVICU to its current volume and outcomes
- 2011 to 2013 – Secretary, CVTS, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
- 2013 to 2015 – Chair-Elect, CVTS, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
- 2013 to 2015 – Chairman, CVTS, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
- 2013 to 2015 – Board of Governors, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
- 2015 – Northwest Medical Center – Truven Top 50 Cardiovascular Programs, STS 3-Star Designation in Cardiovascular Disease
- 2015 to Present – Sarasota Memorial Hospital, STS 3-Star Designation
- 2020 to 2025 – Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Reference Center Award for Mitral Valve Repair
The Mitral Foundation and American Heart Association
Reference Surgeon: Jonathan Hoffberger, DO, FACOS, FACS - 2025 – U.S. News & World Report #20 America’s Leading Doctors, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies
- American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
- American College of Surgeons
- American Osteopathic Association
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Florida Osteopathic Medical Association
Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award
The Mitral Foundation and the American Heart Association have created a recognition program to identify, award, and promote the nation’s best medical centers for mitral valve repair surgery. Dr. Hoffberger was named the Reference Surgeon.
Patients and physicians need a way to differentiate hospitals and surgeons who have mastered complex mitral valve reconstruction and have consistently delivered high quality outcomes. While clinical guidelines recommend mitral valve repair over replacement, too many patients who would benefit from repair receive replacement valves, with higher rates of death or complications within five years after surgery.
Numerous large-scale clinical outcomes studies show a strong correlation between the number of cases performed by experienced mitral valve surgeons and the resultant clinical outcomes. This recognition program uses volume, resource, and clinical performance measures to award these experienced hospitals and surgeons
The Experts in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Top 35 in Cardiac Surgery Hospitals in the Nation
Healthgrades released its State Hospitals Rankings List, which includes Sarasota Memorial Hospital in the top hospitals nationwide for cardiac surgery. May 10, 2022.
“A” in Hospital Safety
Sarasota Memorial Hospital received another “A” in the spring 2022 Hospital Safety report cards released by the Leapfrog Group May 10, 2022.
Named Top Cardiovascular Hospital
Named among 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in US in the 2021 Fortune/IBM Watson Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals list. SMH-Sarasota was the only hospital in Southwest Florida to make the 2021 list.
U.S. News “Best Hospitals”
Earned “high performer” ratings in all 15 procedures and conditions — including cardiac bypass surgery, aortic valve surgery, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement(TAVR).
Medical Outcomes “Top Honors”
Awarded Top honors for medical outcomes and excellence by the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) annual “Get With The Guidelines” assessments.
TAVR is Number 1
First hospital in Southwest Florida to earn Transcatheter Valve (TAVR) Certification from the American College of Cardiology, in recognition of our heart team’s expertise in TAVR. SMH is one of 25 hospitals nationwide to receive this certification.
