Services and Treatments
Meet the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Team
Team Leaders
Michler, Robert E., MD

Title Surgeon-in-Chief; Chairman, Surgery; Chairman, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery; Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
Medical Education Dartmouth Medical School
Goldstein, Daniel, MD

Title Vice Chairman, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery; Director, Mechanical Assistance Program; Co-Director, Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapy; Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation
Medical Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
DeRose, Joseph J., MD

Title Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Medical Education Columbia Univ. College of Physicians & Surgeons
Lipsitz, Evan C., MD

Title Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery; Medical Director, Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory
Medical Education Columbia Univ College of Physicians and Surgeons
Team Members
Aldailami, Hasan, MD

Medical Education Weil Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Amini Hadjibashi, Anoushiravan, MD

Medical Education Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Chau, Mei L., MD, MD

Title Surgical Director, Structural Heart Program
Medical Education State University of New York
Forest, Stephen J., MD

Title Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Medical Education Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Indes, Jeffrey E., MD

Medical Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Scher, Larry A., MD

Medical Education Medical College of Wisconsin
Shariff, Saadat, MD

Title Attending Vascular Surgeon
Medical Education Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sugiura, Tadahisa, MD

Medical Education University of Tsukuba