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St. Vincent's Appoints Wilson Ko, M.D., Chairman of its newly formed Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Wilson Ko has joined St. Vincent's as chairman of its department of cardiothoracic surgery, a newly formed department which, in addition to appointing top notch surgeons new to St. Vincents, brings together into one service the well respected surgeons already practicing in St. Vincent's departments of cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery. Together, these professionals are dedicating themselves to creating a cardiothoracic surgery center of excellence at St. Vincent's.
Dr. Ko's professional experience has well prepared him for the task. He is a highly skilled surgeon who for more than 20 years has delivered results that are among the best in New York State. He has served as professor and chief of cardiothoracic surgery . . .more.
Serving surgery patients along with Dr. Ko are Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Michael Zervos, and attending surgeons Drs. Kamellia Dimitrova, Adam Saltman, and Christos Stavropolous.
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Our surgeons are highly experienced and skilled in all aspects of adult and adolescent cardiothoracic surgery. We emphasize minimally invasive techniques, which generally lessen the discomfort after surgery and frequently shorten the hospital stay.
We offer the following cadiac surgery procecures:
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Off-pump coronary artery bypas surgery
- Complete arterial revascularization
- Complete mitral valve repair
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Aortic homograft
- Tumor resection
- Aortic aneurysm repair
- Atrial septal defect reapair
- Atrial fibrillation ablation
We offer the following lung, thoracic disease procedures:
- Lung tumor - cancer - bleb resection
- Video assisted thoracoscopy
- Bronchoscopy
- Mediastinoscopy
- All chest tumor resection
- Esophageal surgery
Please click here for more information on thoracic surgery
Just click on the links below for some of Dr. Ko's articles on heart surgery.
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery - CABG
Mitral Valve Repair
Off Pump "Beating Heart" Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
And, click on the links below for more important health information:
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