Long Island Jewish Medical Center is home to the Heart Institute — among the leading cardiothoracic care programs in New York. Our cardiac surgery program offers a full complement of surgical interventions such as coronary artery bypass. In addition to offering groundbreaking technology, our surgical program provides you with the advantage of a non-site multi-disciplinary team of cardiologists, electrophysiologists, interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons, dietitians, physical therapists and social workers. This team often expands to include immediate care from on-site physicians from every medical specialty required. Our multi-disciplinary approach and expertise has gained us the reputation of being the best prepared surgical practice to handle procedures that may be complex and/or complicated by underlying illness/age.

Our large volume, consisting of many complex and complicated procedures in all areas assures you that you are receiving the best care possible from some of the most experienced and expertly skilled surgeons in the world.

These same surgeons are committed to continually studying and evaluating new methods of surgical treatment and improving surgical outcomes through clinical and laboratory research. Our staff is equally concerned with helping you and your family through the anxious days before and after surgery. We meet with patients before surgery to explain the process, answer questions and provide take home information. During the surgery an operating room nurse gives hourly updates so the family knows how the surgery is going. And after the surgery we assign a nurse case manager who works with the patient and family during the hospitalization and serves as the point of contact once the patient leaves the hospital.

Part of our commitment to delivering the best patient care is providing individuals with as much quality information regarding an illness and treatmentas is required to make them feel comfortable with their options and choices. We hope that the information contained on our web site meets your needs. If not, we ask that you feel free to contact us to request additional information or advice.

Long Island Jewish Medical Center Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery offers patients the full range of surgical options, including minimally invasive still heart and beating heart techniques, for most valve patients and many patients requiring coronary artery bypass surgery. These techniques have become the standard of care here because they fit in so well with our philosophy of achieving optimal surgical repairs while preserving patients' quality of life.