Wilson Ko
Institutional Affiliation
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Specialty
- Adult Cardiac Surgery
- General Thoracic Surgery
Background
- University of Berkeley, Berkeley CA (Biochem BS, 1982)
- The Chicago Medical School (MD 1986, valedictorian)
- New York Hospital-Cornell General Surgery Residency (1986-1993)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Thoracic Surgery Residency (1993)
- New York Hospital-Cornell Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (1993-1995)
- New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon (1995-2006)
- New York Hospital-Queens Medical Center, Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery (1999-2006)
- State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Interests
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Mitral / Aortic Valve Repair & Replacement
- Lung Resection
- thoracic aortic aneurysm Repair
- off-pump coronary arterybypass
- endovascular stent-graft aortic aneurysm repair
- atrial fibrillation surgical ablation
- complex mitral valve repair
- limited access valve surgery
- video assisted thoracoscopy
Last Modified: 21-Jul-2008
