Charles Mack MD Associate Professor
Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine Vice Chairman, Quality and Patient Safety
56-45 Main Street3 South - S376Flushing, NY 11355
Overview of Dr. Mack
Dr. Charles Mack is Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is Vice-Chairman, Quality and Patient Safety in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is also of Chair, Tri-Campus Quality and Patient Safety (Weill Cornell, NewYork Presbyterian Queens and NewYork Brooklyn Methodist). He is Associate Program Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency - Cardiac Track. In addition, he serves as the Director of Cardiovascular Services at NewYork Presbyterian Queens and Director of the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. He received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and has been in practice 24 years. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery and cardiovascular surgery, valvular surgery, and heart failure surgery /ECMO. He has a special interest in Quality and Cardiac Surgery. He has more than 60 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 1999 - 2001- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 1992 - 1999
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1992
Fordham UniversityBS, 1983 - 1987
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1994 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2001 - 2005
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Alpha Omega Alpha Tufts University of Medicine Merle Wood Scholar of the Andrew G. Morrow Society of Cardiovascular Surgeons Research Award
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons, 2001
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology, 2001
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Prosthetic valve thrombosis on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: Risk factors and outcomes.Berhane Worku, Camilla Rossi, Nabeel Sami, Ivancarmine Gambardella, Sandhya Balaram
Perfusion. 2025-11-01 - Contemporary surgical techniques and outcomes in total arch replacement: Focus on cerebral and end-organ protection.Eilon Ram, Christopher Lau, Giovanni Gagliardo, Ivancarmine Gambardella, Charles Anthony Mack
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals. 2025-10-09 - Long-term clinical outcomes of 1020 open repairs of descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.Christopher Lau, Eilon Ram, Lamia Harik, Alexander Gregg, Katherine Krieger
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-10-08
Press Mentions
Cardiac Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center Earns Top Rating from the Society of Thoracic SurgeonsJune 1st, 2023
Committees
- Site Reviewer, American College of Surgeons Quality Verification Program 2023 - Present
- AATS Quality Gateway Member, American Association for Thoracic Surgery 2020 - Present
- Chair, Membership Committee, New York Society for Thoracic Surgery 2021 - 2022
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