Michael Argenziano, MD
Emile Bacha, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has appointed Emile Bacha, MD Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Michael Argenziano, MD Chief of the Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery within the Division.
In addition to his new leadership role, Dr. Bacha is director of congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital/Columbia. He has developed sophisticated “hybrid” procedures that combine open surgery with minimally invasive techniques to correct complex congenital heart defects, and has been instrumental in developing new methods of improving surgical safety
In addition to his new appointment, Dr. Argenziano is director of minimally invasive cardiac surgery, director of the surgical arrhythmia program, and director of the thoracic surgery residency at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. Dr. Argenziano has pioneered the use of robotic and minimally invasive surgery for heart disease.
