The Mount Sinai Hospital The Mitral Foundation
  • Julie Swain, MD

    Julie Swain, MD

    Vice Chair, Clinical Performance
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
    Mount Sinai Health System
    Director, Center for Medical Devices, Mount Sinai Heart
    Professor
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Julie Swain, MD, serves as Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vice Chair of Clinical Performance, CV Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System and Director of the Center for Medical Devices (CMeD) at Mount Sinai Heart. Her extensive experience in cardiac, vascular, and thoracic surger...

  • Robin Varghese, MD

    Robin Varghese, MD

    Professor
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    System Director, Cardiovascular Critical Care

    Robin Varghese MD, MS, FRCSC, is a Professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and the Director of Cardiovascular Critical Care for the Mount Sinai Health System including The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, and Mount Sinai South Nassau.

  • Ricardo Lazala

    Ricardo A. Lazala, MD

    Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
    The Mount Sinai Hospital
    Senior Director of Cardiovascular Surgery Clinical Services
    Mount Sinai Health System

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesiology
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Ricardo A. Lazala, MD, is Vice Chair for Clinical Operations in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Senior Director of Cardiovascular Surgery Clinical Services for the Mount Sinai Health System. He is responsible for the day-to-day operational leader...

  • Stafford Broumand, MD

    Stafford Broumand, MD - Plastic Surgeon

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Surgery
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Stafford R. Broumand, MD, is on the voluntary attending surgical staff of The Mount Sinai Health System. He is an assistant clinical professor of surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Broumand received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and went on to c...

  • Cardiac Anesthesiology

    Our team of cardiothoracic anesthesiologists are leaders in transesophageal echocardiography as well as clinical outcomes. The Cardiac Anesthesiology group consists of Board Certified Anesthesiologists who are specifically dedicated to the care of cardiac surgery patients. Their constant dedication to these surgical procedures allows us to optimize your care and make your procedure as safe and rew...

  • Intensive Care Team

    The Cardiothoracic Surgery Intensive Care team consists of a group of attending physicians board certified in critical care medicine and anesthesiology or cardiac surgery. Our CSICU is one of the few in the nation that provides around the clock coverage by board certified Critical Care Physicians Specialists (aka an Intensivist).Having a dedicated intensivist involved in the care of cardiothoracic...

  • Physician Assistants

    The excellent physician staff is complemented by a staff of nationally certified (NCCPA and AAPA) and registered Physician Assistants. These health care professionals are licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. As part of their responsibilities, The Physician Assistants conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventive health c...

  • Magnet Recognized Nurses

    Magnet RecogntionThe Mount Sinai Hospital has received national recognition for excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, which is considered the gold standard, and the nation's highest recognition for nursing excellence. Only about 8 percent of U.S. hospitals have received the Magnet® designation. First awarded in 2004, The Mount Sinai Hospital...

  • Innovations

    Mitral surgeons at The Mount Sinai Hospital are also leading clinical trials that may one day revolutionize less invasive mitral valve repair and replacement.Dr. Adams is the national co-principal investigator of the NeoChord FDA pivotal trial, which is establishing the efficacy of closed beating heart mitral valve repair through a mini-thoracotomy compared with open surgery. In November 2016, Dr....

  • Advancing Physician Education

    The Mitral Foundation is an important part of the Mount Sinai team’s mission to be a leading resource for education in the treatment of mitral valve disease.The Mitral Foundation Center hosts several surgical education courses every year, in which surgeons come from all over the world to learn advanced techniques in valve reconstruction from Dr. Adams and his team. The Mitral Foundation is leading...