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Robert Michler
Robert E. Michler, MD
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
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Congenital