Welcome to the Offical Account of the Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus! Follow us to learn more about the program & the unique experiences it offers, first-hand from our amazing group of residents and faculty!

New Year ... New Beginnings! Thank you Morgan Moroi for hosting our Annual Resident Holiday Party!

Today we had the distinct pleasure of a Grand Rounds presentation by Dr. Toby Cosgrove, Former CEO & Current Executive Advisor of Cleveland Clinic, followed by an insightful roundtable discussion with our residents on leadership in surgery & healthcare. Thank you, Dr. Cosgrove!

Wednesday morning didactics: Intraoperative TEE with Dr. Jack Shanewise MD, our Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia!

Our PGY-4 (Sameer Singh) and PGY-1 (Fady Soliman) starting the holiday weekend with back-to-back procurements! 🫁🫀

Use of the Nikaidoh operation for complex d-TGA/VSD/LVOTO Emile BACHA Columbia Children's Health ColumbiaUniPedsHeartCenter

Congrats to our new incoming PGY-1s! Megan Chung and Alice Vinogradsky! 🎉 🎊 Time to get to work! #Match2024 Columbia Surgery

Last week, a milestone was reached: 50 robotic heart operations in just 6 months! Heart surgeon, Dr. Arnar Geirsson says, "I am very proud of the team Columbia Medicine to have reached this milestone. It’s a testament to the dedication of all team members and the quality of care you

Excellent Columbia Surgery Chairman Conference Presentation and Discussion this morning by current PGY-1 Dr. Viswajit Kandula!

FerrariLab @Columbia ‘s amazing residents at #AATS2024 . Super proud of you 👍 but now back to the lab, scientists! 👩‍🔬 🐀 🐁 🐖 🐑 🧪 🧫 🧬 🫀 Columbia Surgery AATS

Journal Club this month was Chiefly! Thank you for a great discussion Chief David Blitzer!

Dr. ArnarGeirssonMD and Michael LaLonde PA-C with Columbia I6 Residents: Sameer Singh (PGY-4), Michael Simpson (PGY-5) and Clinton Erwin (PGY-5) at the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Robotic Cardiac Surgery Course this weekend! Columbia Cardiothoracic Surgery Columbia Surgery Clinton Erwin

More than 30 of our surgeons have been named as 2024 Super Doctors in NYT Magazine. These rankings are compiled from thousands of recommendations by physicians in the NY area. Congratulations to all the Columbia Medicine doctors! 🎉 Check it out here: columbiasurgery.org/news/more-30-c…

Congratulations to our graduating chief residents, Dr. David Blitzer and Dr. Michael Salna! We are very proud of you and look forward to your prosperous careers ahead! Columbia Cardiothoracic Surgery Columbia Surgery TSRA David Blitzer

Innovation in lung transplantation, this morning at our CTS grand rounds. Wow, how far we have come in just 10 years!! Columbia Surgery

Yesterday we celebrated the fabulous wedding of our very own Dr. Isao Anzai. Congratulations Isao and Aileen!!

Congratulations Dr. ArnarGeirssonMD !! 🎉💯

Who doesn’t love a little US open?! US Open Tennis Columbia Cardiothoracic Surgery