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Cardiothoracic Surgery Track

Rotation Schedule 

Track Director: Greg Ribakove MD, Associate Professor & Vice Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Center

Associate Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

Residents in the cardiothoracic track develop unique advanced skills in minimally invasive valve surgery, advanced valve repair surgery, catheter-based valve surgery, stent graft therapies for thoracic aneurysms, and advanced surgical therapies for heart failure.

First Year

  1. Acquired & congenital cardiac surgery (3 months)

    2. Location - Tisch Hospital

  2. Adult cardiac & general thoracic surgery/thoracic oncology (3 months)

    3. Location: Veteran's Administration Hospital

  3. General thoracic surgery/thoracic oncology (3 months)

    4. Location: Tisch Hospital

  4. Cardiac, general thoracic /thoracic oncology & trauma (3 months)

    5. Location: Bellevue Hospital

Second Year

  1. Acquired & congenital cardiac surgery (6 months)

    2. Location: Tisch Hospital

  2. General thoracic surgery/thoracic oncology (3 months)

    3. Location: Tisch Hospital

  3. Cardiac surgery, general thoracic/thoracic oncology & trauma (3 months)

    4. Location: Bellevue Hospital

Third Year

By the start of the third year, the resident will be exceptionally equipped to actively participate in numerous surgical areas:

  • minimally invasive valve surgery
  • advanced valve repair surgery
  • catheter based valve surgery
  • stent graft therapies for thoracic aneurysms
  • advanced surgical therapies for heart failure
  1. Advanced adult-acquired cardiac

    2. M (12 months. Note: This year can include 1-3 months of elective)
    Location: Tisch Hospital
    Exposure: minimally invasive surgery, valve repair and catheter based surgery, thoracic aneurysms and catheter based aneurysm surgery, ventricular restoration surgery for congestive heart failure.