Services and Treatments
Meet the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Team
Team Leaders
Michler, Robert E., MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart)Title Surgeon-in-Chief
Chairman, Surgery
Chairman, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
Medical Education Dartmouth Medical School Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgery
Goldstein, Daniel, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart)Title Vice Chairman, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Mechanical Assistance Program
Co-Director, Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapy
Medical Education Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgery
Bello, Ricardo A., MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart)Medical Education University of Miami Medical School Board Certified Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Bhargava, Amit, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart), SurgeryMedical Education University of Wisconsin Medicine and Public Health Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgery
D'Alessandro, David A., MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart), SurgeryTitle Surgical Director, Cardiac Transplantation
Medical Education Columbia Univ College of Physicians and Surgeons Board Certified Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
DeRose, Joseph J., MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart)Title Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery
Medical Education Columbia Univ. College of Physicians & Surgeons Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgery
Goldstein, Kenneth A., MD
Vascular SurgeryMedical Education Albert Einstein College of Medicine Board Certified Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Jakobleff, William A., MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart)Medical Education American University of the Carribean
Keller, Steven M., MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart)Title Director, Thoracic Surgery, Weiler Division
Medical Education Albany Medical College Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgery
Kirk, Jeffrey S., MD
Surgery, Vascular SurgeryMedical Education American Univ. of the Caribbean, Monserrat, W.I.
Lipsitz, Evan C., MD
Vascular SurgeryTitle Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Medical Director, Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory
Medical Education Columbia Univ College of Physicians and Surgeons Board Certified Vascular Surgery
Porreca, Francis J., MD
Vascular Surgery, SurgeryTitle Weiler Director, Vascular Surgery
Medical Education Albert Einstein College of Medicine Board Certified Surgery
Scher, Larry A., MD
Vascular SurgeryMedical Education Medical College of Wisconsin Board Certified Vascular Surgery
Slovut, David P., MD, PhD
Cardiology (Heart), Interventional Cardiology (Heart)Title Director, Advanced Interventional Therapy
Medical Education University of MN at Minneapolis School of Med Board Certified Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
Stableford, Jennifer A., MD
Vascular SurgeryMedical Education Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch Sch of Med Board Certified Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Sticco, Charles C., DO
Vascular Surgery, SurgeryMedical Education Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Board Certified Surgery
Vitti, Michael J., MD
Vascular Surgery, SurgeryMedical Education New York University Board Certified Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Team Members
Weinstein, Samuel, MD
Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart), Congenital Cardiac SurgeryTitle Director, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Medical Education SUNY Health Sciences at Stony Brook Board Certified Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery
