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Our surgeons provide expert care to patients who need:

  • Coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Valve repair/replacement
  • Surgery for adult congenital heart disease
  • Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

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We offer the most advanced surgical care for:

  • Lung and esophageal cancers
  • Emphysema
  • Hyperhidrosis
  • Hiatal hernia

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Our surgeons carefully monitor and expertly treat aortic disease, including:

  • Ascending Aortic Aneurysms
  • Aortic Arch Aneurysms
  • Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms
  • Descending Aortic Aneurysms
  • Aortic Dissections

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We provide world-class care for children with congenital heart disease, including:

  • Atrial and ventricular septal defects
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Coarctation of the aorta
  • Transposition of the great arteries

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Dr. O. Wayne Isom, Dr. Karl Krieger and the entire Cardiothoracic Surgery staff are thanked on air by Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa and David Letterman.

David I – Innovative Valve-Sparing Surgical Procedure Presented by: Leonard N. Girardi, MD; O. Wayne Isom, MD; Mary J. Roman, MD
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Drs. Isom and Krieger were cited by New York Magazine as among the top cardiac surgeons in the greater New York area. [more ]
Weill Cornell's  pediatric cardiothoracic surgery team is led by Dr. Jonathan Chen, who was listed on Crain's 2006 "40 Under Forty".
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Dr. Nasser Altorki to lead the new Lehman Brothers Lung Cancer Research Center at Weill Cornell
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Learn about the Everest II clinical trial – a catheter-based approach for the repair of mitral valve surgery – as well as new investigative treatments for lung and esophageal cancer. [more]


For news & information from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, read the latest issues of PDF Document Checkup Summer '08,
PDF Document Checkup Winter '08, PDF Document Insight '08 or PDF Document Insight '06.




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