Heart Valve Society

What Heart Valve Society does

The Heart Valve Society (HVS), founded in 2015 and headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, is a nonprofit international professional medical society that brings together cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, basic and clinical researchers, nurses, and allied health professionals focused on valvular heart disease. Its mission is to promote awareness, advance knowledge, and innovate to reduce the global burden of heart valve disease through a multidisciplinary approach. HVS operates as a community-led, event-driven organization rather than a technology vendor; its primary acquisition and retention vehicles are its annual scientific meetings (held since 2015 across Monaco, New York, Miami, Boston, Cairo, and other global cities) and a tiered membership program with publicly disclosed pricing of $230/year for Active members, $180/year for Associate members, and $105/year for Candidate members.

HVS's core products are its research and knowledge platforms. The HVS Aortic Valve Database is an international prospective registry that surpassed 10,000 enrolled patients in 2024, capturing patient characteristics, procedural data, and follow-up outcomes for surgical and transcatheter aortic valve treatment. The HVS Mitral & Tricuspid Valve Database is a newer longitudinal companion registry for mitral and tricuspid valve disease. Supporting outputs include the peer-reviewed Journal of the Heart Valve Society, the Weekly Valvular Heart Disease Publication Update, the Heart Valve Research Networks (Aortic VRN and Mitral VRN) with quarterly newsletters, an Interview Series, and the HVS Education Fund supporting young professionals attending the annual conference. The technology underlying these products is standard web/database infrastructure; no proprietary AI/ML capability is disclosed.

HVS generates revenue through three streams: recurring membership dues (subscription), annual meeting registration fees and exhibitor/sponsor fees (transaction/sponsorship), and tax-deductible donations to the Education Fund. Its GTM motion is community-led and event-driven — membership discounts on conference registration are positioned to offset dues, creating immediate payback plus year-round benefits such as committee eligibility, voting rights, and the member directory. HVS co-hosts its Valve Research Network meetings with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) under a partnership originating in 2014. Operating geographies span 30+ countries across North America, Europe, MEA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, and the society is governed by a physician Board of Directors with a six-person administrative staff.

Name

Heart Valve Society

Legal name

The Heart Valve Society

Website

https://heartvalvesociety.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Heart Valve Society is a nonprofit international medical society founded in 2015 that unites cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and researchers around valvular heart disease through membership tiers, an annual scientific meeting, and research databases (notably the 10,000+ patient Aortic Valve Registry).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Professional Society

NAICS

Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations (81393)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Heart Valves (TAVR/SAVR) & Valve Repair (HLAHAFAB)

Keywords

• Medical professional society
• Heart valve research
• Cardiology conferences
• Clinical research databases
• Cardiac surgery networks

Headquarters

HQ city

Beverly

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from various categories including Active, Associate, Candidate, and Nurse/Allied Health members provide recurring revenue.
2. Annual Meeting Registration: Conference registration fees, with discounted rates for members, generating revenue from scientific meetings.
3. Meeting Exhibitor and Sponsor Fees: Revenue from industry exhibitors and sponsors at the annual scientific meeting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Heart Valve Society is a multidisciplinary international professional medical society that promotes heart valve disease research across basic, translational, and clinical domains. It offers tiered individual memberships, an annual scientific meeting rotating through global venues, peer-reviewed journal publications, and operates international research networks with large prospective clinical databases (Aortic Valve Database with 10,000+ patients and the Mitral & Tricuspid Valve Database). The society serves cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists, researchers, and allied health professionals.

Product overview

The Heart Valve Society operates a membership-based medical research organization with a core focus on international clinical databases for valvular heart disease. The primary offerings include the HVS Aortic Valve Database (reaching 10,000+ patients) and the newly launched HVS Mitral & Tricuspid Valve Database, both international prospective registries supporting research, guideline evaluation, and quality assessment. Supporting programs include the Annual Meeting (rotating through global venues), peer-reviewed Journal of the Heart Valve Society, quarterly VRN Newsletters, Weekly Publication Updates, the HVS Education Fund supporting young professionals, and Heart Valve Research Networks facilitating international collaboration. Membership tiers provide access to conferences, networking events, and committee participation.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• HVS Membership Multi-tiered membership program for surgeons, cardiologists, researchers, trainees, and allied health professionals. Active Membership is $230/year for surgeons, cardiologists, and researchers; Associate Membership is $180/year for postgraduate trainees and healthcare practitioners; Candidate Membership is $105/year for students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows. Includes voting rights, eligibility for office, committee participation, conference registration discounts, and member directory access.
• HVS Annual Meeting Annual scientific conference held in rotating global venues (Monaco, New York, Miami, Boston, Cairo, Chicago, Amsterdam, etc.) bringing together scientists, cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons to share research on heart valve disease. Includes abstract submissions, awards, networking events, and member registration discounts.
• HVS Aortic Valve Database International prospective database for aortic valve disease that enrolls patients aged 18+ with aortic valve disease and/or aortic aneurysm receiving surgical or transcatheter treatment. Provides systematic uniform registration of patient characteristics, procedural aspects, and follow-up data for research and quality assessment. Reached 10,000+ enrolled patients by 2024.
• HVS Mitral & Tricuspid Valve Database International longitudinal database capturing patient demographics, procedural specifics, and outcomes for individuals with mitral and/or tricuspid valve disease undergoing surgical or transcatheter interventions. Operated as part of the Mitral Tricuspid Valve Research Network.
• Journal of the Heart Valve Society Peer-reviewed journal publishing research on heart valve disease, treatments, and clinical outcomes. Serves as the official scholarly publication of the Heart Valve Society.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000 patients enrolled in the Aortic Valve Database
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EACTS (European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014EACTS and HVS co-host annual Valve Research Network meetings alongside HVS annual meetings. The collaboration began in 2014 with joint meetings alternating locations between EACTS and HVS annual gatherings. This partnership facilitates international collaboration between European and international cardiac surgery and cardiology communities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS): Leading professional society for cardiac surgeons, including those performing valve replacement and repair. Directly comparable as a specialty society serving HVS's cardiac surgeon members, with established clinical databases (e.g., STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database) that overlap with HVS's registry mission.
• European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): European counterpart society for cardiac and thoracic surgeons; HVS's strategic partner since 2014 for co-hosted Valve Research Network meetings. Directly comparable as a specialty society serving cardiac surgeons and serving overlapping clinical and research interests in valve disease.
• Mitral Foundation: US-based nonprofit dedicated specifically to mitral valve disease research, education, and awareness. Highly comparable as a niche, mission-driven organization focused on a subset of valve disease that is also central to HVS's Mitral & Tricuspid Valve Database.

Broad incumbents

• American Heart Association (AHA): Major US cardiovascular nonprofit with scientific meetings, journals, and research grantmaking. Overlaps with HVS in serving cardiovascular researchers and clinicians interested in valvular heart disease but at a vastly broader cardiovascular scope.
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS): Established US-based professional society for thoracic and cardiac surgeons. Comparable to HVS in serving cardiac surgeons focused on valve surgery, though broader in scope across all thoracic surgery disciplines.
• American College of Cardiology (ACC): Largest US-based cardiology professional society with broad clinical scope. Overlaps with HVS in serving cardiologists focused on valvular heart disease but operates at much greater scale and covers all cardiology subspecialties, making it the principal alternative membership home for HVS's cardiologist members.
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC): The leading European cardiology society, publishing major valve disease guidelines and hosting large annual congresses. Comparable as a professional society serving the same cardiologist constituency as HVS, though operating at significantly broader scope and scale.

Others

• Edwards Lifesciences Foundation: Philanthropic arm of Edwards Lifesciences, a leading structural heart valve manufacturer. Comparable as a stakeholder in the heart valve ecosystem that funds research, education, and advocacy aligned with valve disease — potentially a partner/sponsor rather than direct competitor to HVS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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