New York University (B.A. 1972)
Universite de Paris(VII) Medical School (MD, PhD 1981)
Hopital Louis Mourier, Paris Critical Care Fellowship (1979-1981)
The Mount Sinai Hospital (NY) Critical Care Reasearch Fellowship (1981-1982)
Long Island Jewish Medical Center General Surgery Residency (1982-1987)
Long Island Jewish Medical Center Cardiothoracic Residency (1987-1989)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (1994-2002)
Columbia University (1998-2002)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (2004-2006)
Off-pump, all-arterial, no aortic-touch CABG
Small-incision CABG and Valve operations
Complex Mitral Valve Repairs
Surgery for Atrial fibrillation
Pulmonary Embolectomy
Aortic Surgery
Heart failure surgery
Music
Sailing