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Robert Michler

Robert E. Michler, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Dept. of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Med
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery 3400 Bainbridge Avenue Suite 5A
New York, NY  10467
United States
1 718-920-2100
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Role: 
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Background

Harvard University (B.A. 1978) Magna Cum Laude
Dartmouth Medical School (M.D. 1981) Leopold Schepp Scholar
Columbia P&S, General Surgery and CT Surgery Residency (1981-1989)
Harvard/Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatric CT Surgery Residency (1989-1990)
Columbia Presbyterian Med. Ctr./Director, Heart Transplantation (1990-1997)
Associate Professor (Tenure) Columbia University
McCoy Endowed Professor & Chief, Division CT Surgery, The Ohio State Univ. Med. Ctr. (1997-2005)
Professor and Chairman, Department CT Surgery and Department of Surgery, Montefiore Med. Ctr./ Einst
Surgeon-in-Chief, Montefiore Medical Center (2005-Present)
Director, Heart Center, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2005-Present)
Samuel I. Belkin Endowed Chair; Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2007-Present)

Other Interests

Valve sparing aortic surgery
Mitral valve repair
Aortic aneurysm surgery
Stem cells for myocardial regeneration
Surgical ventricular reconstruction
Heart failure surgery
Minimally invasive valve surgery
Atrial fibrillation surgery
Heart Hospital development, organization and governance
Heart Care International/Not-for-profit organization providing heart surgery to indigent children

Research

2013 – 2018

Network for Cardiothoracic Surgical Investigation in Cardiovascular Medicine $5,000,000

National Institutes of Health (2UM1HL088939)

Role: Principal Investigator

 

2007 – 2012

Network for Cardiothoracic Surgical Investigation in Cardiovascular Medicine $2,000,000

National Institutes of Health (U01-HL-69015)

Role: Principal Investigator

 

2008 – 2013

Rebuilding the Failing Heart $500,000

National Institutes of Health (1P01HL092968)

Role: Co-Investigator