Robert E Michler MD Surgeon-in-Chief, Chairman, Professor

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Surgeon-in-Chief, Chairman & Professor Dept. Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery/Dept. Surgery

Montefiore-Einstein Dept. of Cardiothoracic & Vascular SurgeryGreen Medical Arts Pavilion 5th Floor 3400 Bainbridge AvenueBronx, NY 10467
Phone+1 718-920-2100

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Summary

Dr. Robert Michler is a heart surgeon in NYC and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the Montefiore Health System, including Montefiore Medical Center, White Plains Hospital, and Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. He is a Harvard graduate and received his medical degree from Dartmouth. He received fellowship training at Harvard and Columbia before joining the faculty at Columbia. Dr. Michler has been in practice for 31 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in adult complex cardiac surgery, mitral valve repair surgery, aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, CABG surgery, and transplant surgery.

Dr. Michler is one of only a handful of US surgeons to be named a "Mitral Valve Repair Reference Surgeon" by the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation for the quality of his MV repair surgery.

Education & Training

Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolChief Residency, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1989 - 1990
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Chief Residency, Thoracic Surgery - Integrated, 1988 - 1989
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Thoracic Surgery - Integrated, 1987 - 1988
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center1986 - 1987
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center1982 - 1987

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Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 1997 - 2028
CT State Medical License 1992 - 2027
MA State Medical License 2022 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1982 - 2027
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2006-2014
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2009, 2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006-2008, 2014

Clinical Trials

Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Tezosentan in Patients With Pre-operative Pulmonary Hypertension, Due to Left Heart Disease, Undergoing Open Heart Surgery
TERMINATED
PHASE3
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
COMPLETED
NA
Surgical Ablation Versus No Surgical Ablation for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery
COMPLETED
PHASE2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Long-term results of surgical ventricular reconstruction and comparison with the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial.
Mario Gaudino, Serenella Castelvecchio, Mohamed Rahouma, N Bryce Robinson, Katia Audisio
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024-02-01
10 citations
Cost-Effectiveness of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Versus Medicine in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: The STICH Randomized Clinical Trial.
Derek S Chew, Patricia A Cowper, Hussein Al-Khalidi, Kevin J Anstrom, Melanie R Daniels
Circulation. 2022-03-15
8 citations
Risk for non-home discharge following surgery for ischemic mitral valve disease.
Anuradha Lala, Helena L. Chang, Xiaoyu Liu, Eric J. Charles, Babatunde A. Yerokun
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021-12-01

Journal Articles

Prolonged primate cardiac xenograft survival withcyclosporine.
Michler RE, McManus RP, Sadeghi AM, Smith CR, Marboe CC,Thomas WG, Hardy MA, Reemtsma K, Rose EA, Surg Forum;36:359-60
Technique for primate heterotopic cardiac xenotransplantation.
Michler RE, McManus RP, Smith CR, Sadeghi AM, Rose EA, J Med Primatol;14(6):357-62
A simplified method for the occlusion of the venae cavae during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Sadeghi AM, Rose EA, Michler RE, Smith CR, Baumgartner WA, Ann Thorac Surg;41(6):678

Books/Book Chapters

Xenotransplantation: The Transplantation of Organs and Tissues Between Species.
Chapter: Immunobiology of pig-to-baboon lung xenotransplantation.
Itescu S, Shah AS, Artrip JH and Michler REEditors: Cooper DKC, Kemp E, Reemtsma K and White DJG.Spring-Verlag, New YorkEdition 2nd,
Heart Transplantation.
Chapter: Heart Transplant, Surgical Aspects,Medical Aspects, When to Refer
Jakobleff W, D’Alessandro D, Michler REEditors: Abraham W.McGraw Hill
Biomedical Engineering Principles of the Bionic Man: Series on Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering.
Chapter: Tissue Engineering of the Heart
Zembala MO, Bello RA, Michler REEditors: Hung, G.World Scientific Publishing CompanyEdition Volu,

Lectures

Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure: Is Anything on the Horizon?
92 nd Annual Meeting, American Associaition for Thoracic Surgery. San Franscico, CA
Enrollment Challenges in Cardiovascular Surgical Trials: Experience of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network.
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2011. Orlando, Florida
Contrarian Position: More Strokes, Vasvular Complications, Unknown Durability - Slow Down!
23rd Annual Scientific Symposium of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT). San Francisco

Other

Doctors are Using Machines to Manipulate Tiny Instruments.
Michler RE, Toledo Blade
To Save a Life.
Michler RE, 48 Hours
Open Hearts: An American medical team brings life to 25 dying children in Guatemala.
Michler RE, LIFE Magazine