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Michael
Zervos, M.D.
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| Dr. Michael Zervos serves as chief of thoracic surgery at St. Vincent’s Manhattan, an assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgeryat New York University Medical School and an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at NYU LangoneMedical Center.
Dr. Zervos’ main interests are in all areas of lung cancer, providing diagnosis, staging, and ultimately surgical treatment. He explores alternative options to standard treatments and considers patients with high-risk problems who have been turned down for surgery elsewhere. He is skilled in treating lung cancer with minimally invasive approaches, which are less painful for the patient and offer faster recovery. Other areas of expertise include esophageal cancer, mesothelioma, pleural tumors, mediastinal tumors,sarcoma resections and aggressive surgery for lung cancer,including Pancoast tumors, and chest wall and vascular reconstruction.
Minimally invasive approaches for benign lung and esophageal disease (hiatal hernia, achalasia, reflux), pleural disease, and hyperhidrosis are also offered).
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Wilson
Ko, M.D.
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| Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery |
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| Dr. Ko has joined St. Vincent's as chairman of the newly formed department of cardiothoracic surgery. He formerly served as professor and chief of cardiothoracic surgery at the State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center. Before that he was director of cardiothoracic surgery at New York Hospital Queens. He has also held academic, clinical and research appointments at The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College at Cornell University, Cornell University Medical College, and The Chicago Medical School.
After receiving his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Ko went on to earn his medical degree-graduating as class valedictorian-from The Chicago Medical School. He subsequently completed an internship and a residency in general surgery at The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, a research fellowship in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Laboratory at Cornell University Medical College, and a thoracic and cardiovascular surgery fellowship at The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
An accomplished researcher and a prolific author, Dr. Ko has served as principal investigator in a wide range of clinical studies, and has been published in numerous peer-reviewed academic, research and clinical journals, including Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Best Practices in Healthcare, and Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Widely respected among his peers, Dr. Ko serves as a member of leading scholastic and professional societies, and has been selected for inclusion in both the Castle Connolly Guide to Top Doctors New York Metro Area (2003-2009) and New York Magazine's "Top Doctors'" issues (2007-2009).
Dr. Ko's cardiac surgical specialties include coronary artery bypass, valve repair and replacement, aortic aneurysm repair, tumor resection, atrial sepal defect repair, atrial fibrillation ablation; his lung and thoracic disease specialties include lung tumor, cancer and bleb resection, video-assisted thoracoscopy, bronchoscopy, mediastinoscopy, chest tumor resection, and esophageal surgery.
He has special interest in off-pumpcoronary artery bypass, complete arterial revascularizarion, complex mitral valve repair, and minimally invasive approaches to cardiac and thoracic surgery.
He is fluent in English and Cantonese, and has knowledge of Mandarin.
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Adam
E.
Saltman, M.D.,Ph.D
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| Thoracic Surgery |
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| Dr. Saltman serves as an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan. He holds the academic appointment of associate professor of surgery at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, and is board certified in general and thoracic surgery, in advanced trauma life support and as a medical examiner.
Dr. Saltman earned his medical degree from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. He subsequently completed internship and residency training programs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School and as a resident and chief resident in cardiothoracic surgery at Deaconess.
A noted scholar, investigator and author, Dr. Saltman is regularly invited to present to colleagues at various symposia throughout the country, has had nearly 50 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and has served as an invited reviewer for some of the top cardiothoracic publications, including Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Journal of Heart Valve Disease and Pacing and clinical Electrophysiology.
Dr. Saltman is well known for his work in the field of surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation, having developed and practiced a new procedure for the closed-chest, beating-heart treatment of this very troublesome rhythm problem.
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