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Our Team

Our surgeons at The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine have a range of experiences to suit your surgical needs.

Our Leaders

Leonard N. Girardi, M.D.

Leonard N. Girardi, M.D.

Chair

Nasser K. Altorki, M.D.

Nasser K. Altorki, M.D.

Vice Chair

Sandhya K. Balaram, M.D., Ph.D.

Sandhya K. Balaram, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief of NYP-BMH

Iosif M. Gulkarov, M.D.

Iosif M. Gulkarov, M.D.

Chief of NYP-Queens

Charles A. Mack, M.D.

Charles A. Mack, M.D.

Vice Chair of Quality

Cardiovascular Surgeons

Chair, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief of NYP-BMH, Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief of NYP-Queens, Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Vice Chair of Quality, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery

Pediatric Heart Surgeons

Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Adjunct Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery

Thoracic Surgeons

Vice Chair, Division Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division Chief of Thoracic Surgery NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens
Assistant Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division Chief of Thoracic Surgery NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Assistant Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery

Interventional Pulmonologist

Assistant Professor of Medicine in Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiovascular Physicians

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine in Cardiothoracic Surgery

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