JohnDPuskasMDMSc, FACC, FACS

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Professor of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel

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Office
440 West 114th Street
Mount Sinai Saint Luke’s Hospital
New York, NY 10025
Phone+1 212-523-2798

Fax+1 212-523-5344
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Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1994 - 1996
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1993
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2014 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
GA State Medical License 1994 - 2025
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

National Top Doctor Castle Connoly, 2014-2020
Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials

SMART Trial Longitudinal Follow-Up:Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Start of enrollment: 2007 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Randomized On-X Anticoagulation Trial Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 06
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Study of the PAS-Port® Proximal Anastomosis System in Coronary Bypass Surgery Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
Comparing the Effectiveness of a Mitral Valve Repair Procedure in Combination With Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Versus CABG Alone in People With Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Surgical Ablation Versus No Surgical Ablation for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Hybrid Revascularization Observational Study Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01
Completed
The eMESH 1 Feasibility Study Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Unknown status
Phase 1, Phase 2
ProspeCtive, nOn-randoMized, MulticENter Clinical Evaluation of Edwards Pericardial Bioprostheses With a New Tissue Treatment Platform (COMMENCE) Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 11
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Trial Start of enrollment: 2017 Oct 09
Completed
Not Applicable
Randomization of Single vs Multiple Arterial Grafts Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 07
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Coronary bypass surgery guided by computed tomography in a low-risk population.
Patrick W Serruys, Shigetaka Kageyama, Giulio Pompilio, Daniele Andreini, Gianluca Pontone, Saima Mushtaq, Mark La Meir, Johan De Mey, Kaoru Tanaka, Torsten Doenst, Ul...> ;European Heart Journal. 2024 Apr 7
Saphenous vein to the right coronary system from the right thoracic artery or the aorta. Long-term propensity-matched results of 2 groups.
Sotirios Prapas, Konstantinos Katsavrias, Mario Gaudino, John D Puskas, Michele Di Mauro, Panayiotis Zografos, Stefano Guarracini, Ioannis Linardakis, Ioannis Panagiot...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Mar 1
European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) expert consensus statement on perioperative myocardial infarction after cardiac surgery.
Mario Gaudino, Marcus Flather, Davide Capodanno, Milan Milojevic, Deepak L Bhatt, Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, William E Boden, P J Devereaux, Torsten Doenst, Michael Farko...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Feb 1
Consensus statement-graft treatment in cardiovascular bypass graft surgery.
Maximilian Y Emmert, Johannes Bonatti, Etem Caliskan, Mario Gaudino, Martin Grabenwöger, Martin T Grapow, Paul Phillip Heinisch, Teresa Kieser-Prieur, Ki-Bong Kim, Att...> ;Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2024 Jan 1
Feasibility and accuracy of real-time 3D-holographic graft length measurements.
Tsai, T., Kageyama, S., He, X., Pompilio, G., Andreini, D., Pontone, G., La Meir, M., De Mey, J., Tanaka, K., Doenst, T., Puskas, J., Teichgräber, U., Schneider, U., G...> ;European Heart Journal. Digital Health. 2024 Jan 1
Five-Year Outcomes After Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement With a Novel Tissue Bioprosthesis.
Pibarot, P., Borger, M., Blackstone, E., Bavaria, J., Mumtaz, M., Griffith, B., Svensson, L., Thourani, V., Puskas, J.> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Dec 21
Coronary Artery Aneurysms, Arteriovenous Malformations, and Spontaneous Dissections-A Review of the Evidence.
Chen, S., Sandner, S., Tatoulis, J., Dimagli, A., Malas, J., Puskas, J., Bowdish, M., Gaudino, M., Schwann, T.> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Dec 9
2 citations
Outcomes According to Coronary Revascularization Modality in the ISCHEMIA Trial.
Bjorn Redfors, Gregg W Stone, John H Alexander, Eric R Bates, Deepak L Bhatt, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Tulio Caldonazo, Michael Farkouh, Mohamed Rahouma, John Puskas, S...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024 Feb 6
1 citations
CCTA-based CABG SYNTAX Score: a tool to evaluate completeness of coronary segment revascularization after bypass surgery.
Nozomi Kotoku, Patrick W Serruys, Shigetaka Kageyama, Scot Garg, Shinichiro Masuda, Kai Ninomiya, Juan B Grau, Himanshu Gupta, Vikram Agarwal, Marie-Angèle Morel, Tors...> ;The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023 Dec 1
Coronary computed tomography angiography-based SYNTAX score for comprehensive assessment of advanced coronary artery disease.
Shigetaka Kageyama, Patrick W Serruys, Nozomi Kotoku, Scot Garg, Kai Ninomiya, Shinichiro Masuda, Marie-Angele Morel, Charles A Taylor, Campbell Rogers, Brian Thomsen,...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2023 Oct 26
Perioperative Implementation of Low-Dose Pregabalin in an Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery Protocol: A Pre-Post Observational Study.
Alopi Patel, Ami Shah, Anthony Apigo, Hung-Mo Lin, Yuxia Ouyang, Kristy Huang, Seana Friedman, Mekeleya Yimen, John D Puskas, Himani V Bhatt> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2024 Jan 1
2 citations
Expert systematic review on the choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and Th...
Gaudino, M., Bakaeen, F., Sandner, S., Aldea, G., Arai, H., Chikwe, J., Firestone, S., Fremes, S., Gomes, W., Bong-Kim, K., Kisson, K., Kurlansky, P., Lawton, J., Navi...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Oct 1
Seven-year outcomes following aortic valve replacement with a novel tissue bioprosthesis.
Thomas Beaver, Joseph E Bavaria, Bartley Griffith, Lars G Svensson, Philippe Pibarot, Michael A Borger, Omar M Sharaf, David A Heimansohn, Vinod H Thourani, Eugene H B...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Sep 29
Commentary: Should I stay or should I go now?
John D Puskas, Fabio Ramponi> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Sep 21
Mid-term outcomes of the COMMENCE trial investigating mitral valve replacement using a bioprosthesis with a novel tissue.
David A Heimansohn, Craig Baker, Hiroo Takayama, Francois Dagenais, David S Talton, Mubashir A Mumtaz, Philippe Pibarot, John D Puskas, , Rodriguez, E., Evelio Rodriguez> ;JTCVS Open. 2023 Sep 1
1 citations
Public reporting for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: The quest for the optimal scorecard.
Hiba Ghandour, Aaron J Weiss, Mario Gaudino, Michael Halkos, Danny Chu, Bradley S Taylor, John Puskas, Deepak L Bhatt, Marco Zenati, John Stulak, Todd Rosengart, Husam...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Sep 1
1 citations
Complex coronary artery disease revascularization planning with computed tomography and 3-dimensional hologram.
Tsung-Ying Tsai, Shigetaka Kageyama, Fabio Ramponi, Jagat Narula, Charles Taylor, Adam Updegrove, Scot Garg, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W Serruys, John Puskas> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2023 Aug 1
2 citations
Expert systematic review on the choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and Th...
Gaudino, M., Bakaeen, F., Sandner, S., Aldea, G., Arai, H., Chikwe, J., Firestone, S., Fremes, S., Gomes, W., Bong-Kim, K., Kisson, K., Kurlansky, P., Lawton, J., Navi...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
Treatment recommendation based on SYNTAX score 2020 derived from coronary computed tomography angiography and invasive coronary angiography.
Shinichiro Masuda, Patrick W Serruys, Shigetaka Kageyama, Nozomi Kotoku, Kai Ninomiya, Scot Garg, Alan Soo, Marie-Angele Morel, John D Puskas, Jagat Narula, Ulrich Sch...> ;The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023 Sep 1
6 citations
Merging virtual and physical experiences: extended realities in cardiovascular medicine.
Tsung-Ying Tsai, Yoshinobu Onuma, Adriana Złahoda-Huzior, Shigetaka Kageyama, Dariusz Dudek, Qingdi Wang, Ruth P Lim, Scot Garg, Eric K W Poon, John Puskas, Fabio Ramp...> ;European Heart Journal. 2023 Sep 14
3 citations
Multiple arterial versus single arterial grafting in patients with diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
Doaa Alsaleh, Erick Sun, Anas Alzahrani, Shinobu Itagaki, John Puskas, Joanna Chikwe, Natalia Egorova> ;JTCVS Open. 2023 Mar 1
3 citations
Impact of Periprocedural Adverse Events After PCI and CABG on 5-Year Mortality: The EXCEL Trial.
Sneha S Jain, Ditian Li, Ovidiu Dressler, Lak Kotinkaduwa, Patrick W Serruys, A Pieter Kappetein, Joseph F Sabik, Marie-Claude Morice, John Puskas, David E Kandzari, D...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2023 Feb 13
3 citations
Appropriateness of the Modality of Revascularization According to the SYNTAX Score II 2020 in the FASTTRACK CABG Study: An Interim Report on Patient Selection.
Kai Ninomiya, Patrick W Serruys, Scot Garg, Shinichiro Masuda, Shigetaka Kageyama, Nozomi Kotoku, Marie Angele Morel, Charles Taylor, John D Puskas, Jagat Narula, Ulri...> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2023 May 1
3 citations
Unroofing of an anomalous right coronary artery originating from the left coronary sinus.
Fabio Ramponi, Armita Kibirpour, Elizabeth Pocock, Omar Lattouf, John Puskas> ;Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2023 Jan 6
3 citations
Low-Dose vs Standard Warfarin After Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement: A Randomized Trial.
Michael W A Chu, Marc Ruel, Allen Graeve, Marc W Gerdisch, Ralph J Damiano Jr, Robert L Smith 2nd, William Brent Keeling, Michael A Wait, Robert C Hagberg, Reed D Quin...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Apr 1
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Journal Articles

Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft with Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
John D Puskas, Leonard N Girardi, JAMA
Original Investigation Left Main Revascularization with PCI or CABG in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: EXCEL Trial
John D Puskas, David E Kandzari, Gennaro Giustino, Roxana Mehran, Martin B Leon, Philippe Genereux, Michael 3rd Ragosta, Charles A Simonton, Irving L Kron, Gregg W Stone, ScienceDirect

Lectures

Randomized, Controlled Trial of Intensive vs. Conservative Glucose Control in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (GLUCO-CABG)
Atlanta, GA - 6/13/2014

Authored Content

Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft with Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingJuly 2020
Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft with Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingJuly 2020
New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main DiseaseFebruary 2018
New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main Disease the EXCEL TrialFebruary 2018
New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main DiseaseFebruary 2018
New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main Disease the EXCEL TrialFebruary 2018
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Press Mentions

How Bloodless Open Heart Surgeries Are PerformedMarch 3rd, 2023
Heart Health Warning: A Man Scheduled for Hip Replacement Ends up Having Quadruple Bypass SurgeryFebruary 16th, 2023
Surgeons Performing Beating Heart Surgery for Many PatientsFebruary 16th, 2023
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