Recommended Doctor
Jonathan C FONG MD
Cardiology - Florida Ocala

Dr. Fong was through in explaining aortic valve replacement. He prayed with us before surgery. He was able to perform the procedure minimally which resulted in quick healing. He is the best in our book!

I am very grateful to you and your team for giving me a new lease on life. I could not have been in better hands. Thanks to you all I feel like a new man. My recovery was swift. God bless everyone at Venice-Ocala Heart Institute!

The most caring surgeon in our area!

Total success in every way- including taking care of some unforeseen problems.

I want to tell you how very grateful I am to you-and to the good lord, for saving my life. I was so happy to hear you say that you would pray with me and my family before surgery. I was a great comfort to all of us.

Most caring professional I have encountered.

I as John's fiance, have worked in the medical field for 21 years. I have never had the pleasure of such a great facility in all my medical experience . The best staff, the best hospital ever! Thank you for making this very scary medical issue much easier.

I was treated great. I would recommend Dr. Fong and Dr. Dayo in a minute.

I feel very fortunate to have had Dr. Fong perform my heart surgery. I spoke to another of his patients in the hospital and found him to also have a high regard for Dr. Fong.- CK

Dr. Fong is a miracle. He is the only cardio surgeon that will ever operate on me or any of my family members. He is Christian and prays with you. This is very reassuring going into surgery. He is not only the best surgeon, but also a great person.–PF

I wish to thank you so much for giving my life back to me!
The seven hour ex-Maze operation was a great success and I have continued to improve my health and strength in the six months since the operation. Most important to me is the fact that since the operation to the best of my knowledge, I have not suffered any atrial fibrillation events. I have begun playing golf again and am exercising on a daily basis without the tiredness and fatigue that previously had become such a part of my life.
Thank you again for the wonderful life I am now enjoying.
-NP

My wife and I want you to know that Venice Regional Hospital’s cardiac care system is outstanding and second to none! I have had access to some of the finest hospitals in America, but believe VOHI is in a class of its own. Dr. Fong who performed my surgery is a world-class surgeon. His skills and steadfast Christian witness makes him a wonderful representative for your facility.

Wonderful! Dr. Fong is an amazing and humble heart surgeon. My surgery was performed in less than 2 hours. God bless Dr. Fong and the Venice Ocala Heart Institute. I have a healthy new life ahead of me!

I would like to thank Dr. Fong for the exceptional surgery he performed on my husband. What a relief that he was able to perform such a task. I would highly recommend Dr. Fong to anyone who needs to have a procedure done.

I can never say enough praise for Dr. Fong- they don't come any better. God knew what he was doing when he chose him to be a surgeon!

I was most impressed with the team effort and everyone involved during my treatment, including the Venice-Ocala Heart Institute doctors and assistants as well as all of the VRMC personnel. It was a pleasure to see such a well-run, efficient, yet very caring group of health care providers perform as a seamless team.

I recently underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery at the Heart Center of Venice Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Fong, along with the excellent staff at the facility made a trying time less so. I want to thank them all for the wonderful and caring attention I received.

The follow up health care, from Omni Home Care, monitored by Ken, the nurse, was extremely helpful as well as comforting.

Dr. Fong came highly recommended, and he lived up to his reputation and my expectations.

I drove 2,000 miles from northern Minnesota with symptoms of heart pain, to have Venice Ocala Heart institute treat my heart. I passed the Mayo Clinic and other clinics for treatment here.

We were very impressed with Dr. Fong and his staff at Venice Regional Medical Center during my recent heart attack and heart bypass surgery.

I recently went coronary bypass surgery performed by Dr. Fond and his team of professionals of the Venica-Ocala Heart Institute. In my opinion, one can not find a program better than this one. My care was excellent and the outstanding reputation of the Heart Program and Venica-Ocala is well deserved.

Dr. Fong was a great surgeon. I felt he did a wonderful job on my bypass.

I received excellent care from Dr. Fong and his staff. The staff, from the aids to the nursing staff, were caring, responsive and competent. Thank you!

Dr. Fong was very thorough in his explanation of my surgery. He is a caring physician who knows what to do and how to do it!

Dr. Fong performed open heart surgery on my husband June 23, 2010. This doctor is a gift to mankind. His whole manner of dealing with serious situations makes us look at him in awe. And I must add to thank God for giving him to patients in need of his skills.

Dr. Fong was brilliant as well as caring and compassionate and he explained the procedures that would be used during the surgery and what we could expect. The booklets and information sheets were most helpful. Following Dr. Fong's instruction, the recovery was quicker than anticipated!

Moreover, the staff and the entire hospital staff were very kind and helpful. Thank you!

After being told I had had a heart attack, I met Dr. Dayo. They ran tests and found I needed 6 bypasses- Dr. Fong did the surgery. Dr. Fong and Dr. Dayo are truly men of God- They trust in him and acknowledge that their Gift is from Him. I knew God led me to them to take care of me. The staff from top to bottom is wonderful.

Dr. Jonathan Fong through his medical skills and comforting personality, made me feel much less apprehensive about the procedure. Venice Regional Medical Center is most fortunate to have such an outstanding cardiac surgeon. I will certainly recommend him to all my friends.

I have recovered very well and I feel great! In a Rehabilitation Clinic in my country I made a test under physical pressure (EKG), the results were all excellent. The chief medical doctor was impressed and spoke with great respect of your heart surgery.

All my time I was looked after in a very professional way at the hospital. So many thanks also go to the team of nurses and other people involved looking after me. I indeed felt very well and safe at all times.

I was a patient at the Venice Regional Medical Center in the Cardiac Care unit for heart bypass surgery. I was first seen in the emergency room, then sent to a cardiologist for further tests, and on the Dr. Jonathan Fong and Dr. Mateo Dayo for surgery. The doctors were wonderful and the surgery went well, but I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THE CARE I RECEIVED AT THE HOSPITAL WAS OUTSTANDING!

Your staff of nurses, aids, and others were wonderful, very professional, caring, and always thoughtful. They really loved what they were doing.

From Dawn (nurse) who took me through pre-testing to the volunteer who “wheeled” me downstairs to go home, everyone made this procedure much less stressful than I had feared.

Your expertise in replacing my Aortic Heart Valve with 4 bypasses is obvious from my post-op health.

The professional courtesies extended to my retired doctor brother by your phone calls pre and post op were above the call of duty. The time you took with my RN sisters who were present here in Venice was not even expected by them, but was certainly appreciated.

The care provided by Dr. Fong, Dr. Dayo, PAs Jennifer and Stephanie, the nurses and ancillary staff was certainly “state of the art.” Special thanks to Dr. Drier for anesthesia twice without disrupting my right TMJ.

During Pre-Op, Post-Op, Recovery, and my stay, it seemed that everything possible was done to further my recovery and/or make me less uncomfortable.