Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology manages the anesthetic care of patients with cardiac valvular disease, coronary artery disease, surgically treatable pulmonary disease and diseases of the thoracic aorta.

 

Location:
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Main Building – 1st Floor

Surgical Suite Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Anesthesiologists are on call all other times.

 

Faculty:
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Les Yarmush, MD (Chief)		Peter Walker (Chairman)
Debra Lederman, DO		Joshua Kaback, MD
Thomas Eide, MD		James Mihalcik, MD
Claudio Lumerman, MD		Avraham Markowitz, MD
David Hersch, MD		Sheldon Newman, MD
Mark Glick, MD		Gerald Schiff, MD
		Joseph Simpson, MD

 

Les Yarmush, MD; Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Residency Training:
Anesthesia, Staten Island Hospital, Staten Island, NY

Fellowship:
Cardiac Anesthesia, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Pediatric Anesthesia, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

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Debra Lederman, DO; Attending
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY

Residency Training:
Resident & Chief Resident, Anesthesia, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY

Fellowship:
Cardiac Anesthesia, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY

Cardiac Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Cardiac Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

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Thomas Eide, MD; Attending
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Residency Training:
Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Fellowship:
Clinical Fellow in Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Subspecialty Training:
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

Academic Title:
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

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Claudio Lumerman, MD; Attending
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
University de Buenos Aires, School of Medicine Buenos Aires, Argentina

Residency Training:
Anesthesiology
Ezeia Zonal Hospital
Maimonides Medical Center

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David Hersch, MD; Attending
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
Autonomous University of Guadalajara School of Medicine, Guadalajara, Mexico

Residency Training:
Resident 7 Chief Resident in Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Subspecialty Training:
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (6 months), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

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Mark Glick, MD; Attending
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
Queen’s University of Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Residency Training:
Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Surgery
The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY

Fellowship:
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

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James Mihalcik, MD; Head, Systems/Outcome
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
University of Florida, School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL

Residency Training:
Resident & Chief Resident in Anesthesia, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Fellowship:
Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Anesthesia, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

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Avraham Markowitz, MD; Attending
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Residency Training:
Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Subspecialty Training:
Pediatric Anesthesiology (3 months)
Obstetric Anesthesiology (3 months)
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (6 months)
Montefiore Medical Center
Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American board of Anesthesiology

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Sheldon Newman, MD; Attending
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Residency Training:
Resident and Chief Resident, Anesthesiology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY

Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

Fellowship:
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

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Gerald Schiff, MD; Clinical Director
(718) 470-7394

Medical School:
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Residency Training:
Internal Medicine, The Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

Anesthesia, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

Fellowship:
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiologists

Academic Title:
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

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Joseph Simpson, MD; Head, Quality Assurance/Continuing Medical Education
(718) 470-7390

Medical School:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Residency Training:
Resident & Chief Resident in Anesthesia, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY

Fellowship:
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

Academic Title:
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

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