Overview of Dr. Gulkarov Dr. Iosif Gulkarov is a cardiac surgeon at Weill Cornell Medicine. He received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and has been in practice 21 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Russian. He specializes in cardiovascular surgery that includes coronary artery bypass grafting, all types of open valve surgery, transcatheter valve surgery (TAVR, TAVI, ViV, valve in valve minimally invasive valve surgery, endovascular and open aortic surgery, atrial fibrillation surgery (MAZE procedure, hybrid Convergent procedure, exclusion of left atrial appendage).
Education & Training New York-Presbyterian Hospital 2008 - 2010
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Fellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2009 - 2009
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Residency, Surgery, 2001 - 2008
New York University School of Medicine Class of 2001
Certifications & Licensure Awards, Honors, & Recognition Fellowship with ACCP American College of Chest physicians, 2012 Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology Publications & Presentations PubMed
Nonoperative Management of Iatrogenic Right Atrial Appendage Pseudoaneurysm During Catheter Ablation.
Manongi, N., Gulkarov, I., Kim, S., Moustakakis, E., Goldbarg, S.> ;JACC. Case Reports. 2024 Jan 3 Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure refractory to high frequency percussive ventilation.
Berhane Worku, Sandi Khin, Ivan Wong, Ivancarmine Gambardella, Charles Mack, Ankur Srivastava, Monika Tukacs, Felix Khusid, Salik Malik, Sandhya Balaram, Noah Reisman,...> ;Heart & Lung. 2023 Nov 15 Outcomes and Direct Cost of Isolated Nonemergent CABG in Patients With Low Ejection Fraction.
Iosif Gulkarov, Arash Salemi, Amber Pawlikowski, Rakan Khaki, Matthew Esham, Adam Lackey, Subroto Paul, Louis H Stein> ;Innovations. 2023 Nov 15 Ministernotomy aortic valve replacement: The cost of preference.
Berhane Worku, Iosif Gulkarov, Ivan Gambardella> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022 Dec 1 Cautionary tale of right ventricular perforation during Micra™ leadless pacemaker insertion.
Iosif Gulkarov, Louis H Stein, Ravindranath N Karanam, Adam Lackey, David Dobesh, Ahsanuddin Ahmad, Arash Salemi> ;Health Science Reports. 2022 Nov 1 Embolization during cardiac surgery; to prevent or intercept.
Berhane Worku, Iosif Gulkarov, Charles Mack> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022 Sep 1 Meta-analysis of the effect of vascular complications on mortality in patients undergoing femoral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Iosif Gulkarov, Berhane Worku, Seleshi Demissie, Mina Guerges, Arash Salemi, Marcus D'Ayala, Khusid, E., Elizabeth Khusid> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2021 Feb 1 Renal replacement therapy in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: Who and how.
Berhane Worku, Sandi Khin, Mario Gaudino, Ivan Gambardella, Erin Iannacone, Haleh Ebrahimi, Sergey Savy, Lilia Voevidko, Charles Oribabor, Brinda Desiraju, Iosif Gulka...> ;The International Journal of Artificial Organs. 2021 Aug 1 Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction From Preserved Leaflet After Mitral Valve Replacement.
Iosif Gulkarov, Mukund Das, Krystyna Bronchard, Mohammed Imam, Frank M. Rosell, Adam Lackey, Kumudha Ramasubbu, Ashwad Afzal> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Jul 1 High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation Rescue Therapy in Morbidly Obese Patients Failing Conventional Mechanical Ventilation:
Anatoliy Korzhuk, Ashwad Afzal, Ivan Wong, Felix Khusid, Berhane Worku, Iosif Gulkarov> ;Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2020 Jun 1 A comparison of existing risk prediction models in patients undergoing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Berhane Worku, Mario Gaudino, Dimitrios V. Avgerinos, Kumudha Ramasubbu, Ivancarmine Gambardella, Iosif Gulkarov, Sandi Khin> ;Heart & Lung. 2020 Mar 29 Early Structural Deterioration of a Sutureless Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve
Michael Cinelli, Leonard Schwartz, Jonathan Spagnola, Iosif Gulkarov, Frank M. Rosell, Adam Lackey, Mohammed Imam, Charles Schwartz> ;Cardiology Research. 2020 Mar 10 The Effect of Acute Limb Ischemia on Mortality in Patients Undergoing Femoral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Iosif Gulkarov, Thomas W. Bobka, Adham Elmously, Arash Salemi, Berhane Worku, Ivancarmine Gambardella, Marcus D'Ayala> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2020 Jan 1 A Simple Scoring System to Predict Survival after Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Berhane Worku, Sandi Khin, Mario Gaudino, Dimitrios Avgerinos, Ivan Gambardella, Marcus D'Ayala, Kumudha Ramasubbu, Iosif Gulkarov, Arash Salemi> ;The Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology. 2019 Sep 1 Convergent ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: Single center experience
Iosif Gulkarov, Brian Wong, Marcin Kowalski, Berhane Worku, Ashwad Afzal, Alexander Ivanov, Kumudha Ramasubbu, Bharath Reddy> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2019 Aug 2 Endovascular Management of Tracheo-Subclavian Fistula
Thomas W. Bobka, Daniel C. Sukato, Nikita Kohli, Berhane Worku, Iosif Gulkarov, Marcus D'Ayala> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2018 Nov 1 Distal Perfusion Cannulation and Limb Complications in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Adham Elmously, Bobka T, Khin S, Afzal A, de Biasi Ar, William DeBois, Guy Ts, Marcus D'Ayala, Iosif Gulkarov, Arash Salemi, Berhane Worku> ;The Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology. 2018 Sep 1 Use of High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation to Expand Organ Donor Pool.
Francis Benn, Ashwad Afzal, Berhane Worku, Felix Khusid, Bashar Fahoum, Iosif Gulkarov> ;Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2018 Apr 1 High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation Facilitates Weaning from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adults.
Iosif Gulkarov, James Schiffenhaus, Ivan Wong, Ashwad Afzal, Felix Khusid, Berhane Worku> ;The Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology. 2018 Mar 1 The use of high-frequency percussive ventilation after cardiac surgery significantly improves gas exchange without impairment of hemodynamics
Charles Oribabor, Iosif Gulkarov, Felix Khusid, Emma Fischer Ms, Adebayo Esan, Nancy Rizzuto, Anthony J. Tortolani, Paris Dattilo, Justin Ugwu, Brent Kenney> ;Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy. 2018 Jan 1 High-frequency percussive ventilation in cardiac surgery patients failing mechanical conventional ventilation.
Ivan Wong, Berhane Worku, Jeremy A. Weingarten, Alexander Ivanov, Felix Khusid, Ashwad Afzal, Robert F. Tranbaugh, Iosif Gulkarov> ;Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Dec 1 Recurrent Pneumothoraces: Making the Link to Catamenial Pneumothorax
Ivan Wong, Ashwad Afzal, Iosif Gulkarov, Regis Chang, Angelo Trinidad Reyes, Berhane Worku> ;The American Journal of Medicine. 2017 Jun 1 Factors Associated with Successful Thrombus Extraction with the AngioVac Device: An Institutional Experience.
Marcus D'Ayala, Berhane Worku, Iosif Gulkarov, Akhilesh K. Sista, James Horowitz, Arash Salemi> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2017 Jan 1 The AngioVac Device: Understanding the Failures on the Road to Success.
Berhane Worku, Arash Salemi, Marcus D DʼAyala, Robert F. Tranbaugh, Leonard N. Girardi, Iosif Gulkarov> ;Innovations. 2016 Nov 1 Catamenial Pneumothorax With Hepatic Herniation
Ashwad Afzal, Ivan Wong, Angelo Trinidad Reyes, Iosif Gulkarov, Berhane Worku> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2016 Nov 1 Join now to see all Press Mentions Jersey City Medical Center Poised for Cardiac Practice Growth February 4th, 2021
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Join now to see all Research History Cardiovascular research Basic science research focused on biology of intimal hyperplasia in vein grafts 2003 - 2005 
New York-Presbyterian Hospital2008 - 2010
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2009 - 2009
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2008
NY State Medical License 2002 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2018 - 2023
Jersey City Medical Center Poised for Cardiac Practice GrowthFebruary 4th, 2021
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New York
New York-Presbyterian QueensFlushing, New York
