Sameh Said

Sameh M. Said, M.B.B.Ch, M.D., MBA, FACC, FACS

Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
Chief, Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, and Westchester Medical Center. Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, New York Medical College
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Resident at Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University (2000-2003)
Assistant Lecturer at Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Alexandria University (2004-2011)
Non-ACGME Accredited Fellowship of Cardiac Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN (October 2005-July 2008)
Lecturer Cadiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt 2011-now
Integrated General and Thoracic Surgery Residency, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (July 2008- June 2014)
Instructor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (2011-2014)
ACGME-Accredited Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship, Lucile Packard Children Hospital, Stanford, CA (July 2014-June 2015)
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (2015-2017)
Associate Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (2017-2018)
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Masonic Children’s Hospital, University of Minnesota (2019-2022)
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2022)
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, New York Medical College, New York (2023-Present)
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (April-October 2025)

Neonatal and Infant Cardiac Surgery
Unifocalization Procedure and Pulmonary Arterial Branches Reconstruction
Complex Cardiac Reoperations
Functional Single Ventricle
Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
Ebstein Anomaly
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Ross Procedure
Minimally Invasive Repair of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants and Children

Minimally Invasive Repair of Congenital Heart Defects in Children

Hybrid Approaches for Congenital Heart Disease

Outcomes Research

Systematic Reviews and Metanalyses

Alexandria Medical School (M.B,B.Ch) Oct. 1998
Master Degree in Surgery, October 2003
ECFMG Certified, April4th, 2005
M.D, Ph.D. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Alexandria University, Egypt, 2009
American Board of Surgery Certification, 2013, Continous Certification 2025
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Certification, 2015/ 5-Year/ 10-Year MOCAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Subspecialty Certification, 2016/ 5-Year/10-Year MOCSenior Congenital Editor, CTSNet: July 2023
Carlson School of Management, Master of Business Adminstration Class of 2025