Robert E. Michler

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First Name
Robert
Last Name
Michler
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1841370491
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Patient Type
Adult
Department
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Gender
Male
Email
rmichler@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-2100
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
Rank
Professor
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Surgery
Rank
Professor
Type
Clinical
Title
Surgeon-in-Chief, Montefiore Health System
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Type
Clinical
Title
Chairman, Surgery
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Clinical
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Chairman, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
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Clinical
Title
Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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Professor, Department of Surgery
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Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
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Type
Administrative
Title
Samuel Belkin Professorial Chair (YU)
Type
Administrative
Title
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
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Administrative
Title
Chair, Department of Surgery
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3400 Bainbridge Avenue
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Zip
10467-240
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Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Medical Arts Pavilion
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3400 Bainbridge Avenue
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
Dartmouth Medical School
Education Type Label
Fellowship
Education Institution
Children's Hospital of Boston
Education Type Label
Residency
Education Institution
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Professional Interests

<p><a title="View Robert Michler's Montefiore profile" href="https://montefioreeinstein.org/profiles/1841370491/robert-e-michler&quot; target="_blank">Robert E. Michler, MD</a>, has served as the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Montefiore Medical Center since 2008. He is Chairman of the Department of Surgery (2007) and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic &amp; Vascular Surgery (2005) at the Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Michler holds the Samuel I. Belkin Chair and is Professor with Tenure at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p>
<p>Dr. Michler is an internationally renowned <a title="View Montefiore's heart and surgical service" href="https://montefioreeinstein.org/heart/services/procedures-interventions&…; target="_blank">cardiothoracic surgeon</a> and researcher. He is a highly sought after surgeon and known leader in several surgical specialties, including complex multiprocedural cardiac surgery, mitral and aortic <a title="View Montefiore's heart valve disease and treatment" href="https://montefioreeinstein.org/heart/conditions/heart-valve-diseases&qu…; target="_blank">valve repair surgery</a>, surgery for congestive heart failure, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and <a title="View Montefiore's hear transplantation" href="https://montefioreeinstein.org/heart/services/programs-centers/cardiolo…; target="_blank">heart transplantation</a>. Of particular note, Dr. Michler was one of the first to perform <a title="View Montefiore's minimally invasive and robot surgery" href="https://montefioreeinstein.org/heart/conditions/heart-valve-diseases&qu…; target="_blank">minimally invasive and robotic surgery</a> in heart patients. His pivotal work in robotics led to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of this advanced technology for <a title="View Montefiore's mitral valve repair" href="https://montefioreeinstein.org/heart/conditions/heart-valve-diseases/mi…; target="_blank">mitral valve repair</a> and coronary artery bypass surgery.</p>
<p>He is an NIH-funded investigator, serving as Principal Investigator for the NIH/NHLBI-sponsored Cardiothoracic Surgical Clinical Trials Network. He has participated in over 50 clinical trials including the use of myoblasts and stem cells for heart failure.</p>
<p>In 2017, Dr. Michler received the Vladimir Borakovsky Prize from the Russian Ministry of Health in Moscow for &ldquo;his personal contributions to the development of cardiovascular surgery&rdquo;.</p>
<p>Dr. Michler lectures extensively, both nationally and abroad, and is a regular Expert Opinion author on heart related topics including stem cell therapies, ischemic mitral regurgitation and ischemic heart failure. Over the years, Dr. Michler has provided regular commentary to NBC Nightly News, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>In his unique role as Chairman of both the Department of Surgery and the Department of Cardiothoracic &amp; Vascular Surgery, Dr. Michler applies his dynamic leadership to expand Montefiore-Einstein's role at the forefront of surgical innovation. In 2017, he was responsible for establishing the Lung and Heart-Lung transplantation and end stage pulmonary failure program at Montefiore-Einstein.</p>
<p>Formerly, Dr. Michler held the John G. and Jeanne Bonnet McCoy Endowed Chair, tenured Professor of Surgery, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of Heart &amp; Lung Transplantation at The Ohio State University Medical Center. He also served as the Associate Director of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute. Dr. Michler was integral to the planning, design, and philanthropic development for the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital. Dr. Michler served as the first Executive Director of the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital.</p>
<p>Before joining The Ohio State University faculty, Dr. Michler was a tenured Associate Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and Director of the Heart Transplant Program at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.</p>
<p>Dr. Michler received his undergraduate education <em>Magna Cum Laude</em> from Harvard University. He received his medical education at Dartmouth Medical School where he was a Leopold Schepp Scholar. Dr. Michler completed his residency in General Surgery, a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Transplantation and a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.</p>
<p>Dr. Michler has received numerous honors including &ldquo;Person of the Week&rdquo; by ABC World News Tonight, the Pace Humanitarian Award, and &ldquo;The Order of Christopher Columbus&rdquo; by Hippolito Mejia, President of the Dominican Republic.</p>

Specialties
Areas of Expertise
Aortic valve repair
Adult congenital heart surgery
Aneurysm surgery
Atrial fibrillation surgery
Complex cardiac surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Coronary artery disease
Mitral valve repair surgery
Pediatric heart defects
Stem cell therapy
Ventricular remodeling surgery
Expert Summary

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dr. Michler is a heart surgeon who specializes in complex aortic and mitral valve repair surgery. He is an NIH-funded investigator whose interest in repairing the injured heart has led to clinical trials in cardiac stem cell transplantation. Dr. Michler and his teams have advanced minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery procedures and surgical robotics. This work led to FDA approval for selective cardiac robotic procedures including mitral valve repair and coronary bypass surgery.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dr. Michler has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, including in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>,<span>&nbsp;</span><em>Circulation</em><span>&nbsp;</span>and the<span>&nbsp;</span><em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</em>. He is a frequent editor on cardiac surgery topics and lectures extensively, both nationally and abroad. Dr. Michler is the chairman and founder of a not-for-profit foundation, Heart Care International, which performs pediatric heart surgery in underserved regions of the world. To date, Heart Care International has helped over 1,000 children with heart disease and performed heart surgery on over 600 children. He has received numerous honors including &ldquo;Person of the Week&rdquo; by ABC&rsquo;s<span>&nbsp;</span><em>World News Tonight</em><span>&nbsp;</span>and the Order of Christopher Columbus.</span></p>

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Professional Title
M.D.
Clinical Focus

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure Surgery, Heart Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction, Valve Repair Surgery

Research Focus

Dr. Michler and his cardiothoracic surgery team are advancing the use of minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery procedures including coronary bypass, aortic and mitral valve repair procedures, autologous myoblast and stem cell injection therapy.

Selected Publications

<p>Williams JB, Peterson ED, Brennan JM, Sedrakyan A, Tavris D, Alexander JH, Lopes RD, Dokholyan RS, Zhao Y, O&rsquo;Brien SM, <strong>Michler RE</strong>, Thourani VH, Edwards FH, Gross T, Marinac-Dabic D, Smith PK. Endoscopic Association between endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting and mortality, wound complications, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing CABG surgery. JAMA. 2012;308(5):475-84.</p>
<p><strong>Michler RE</strong>, Rouleau JL, Al-Khalidi HR, Bonow RO, Pellikka PA, Pohost GM, Holly TA, Oh JK, Dagenais F, Milano C, Wrobel K, Pirk J, Ali IS, Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Di Donato M. Insights from the STICH trial: Change in left ventricular size after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without surgical ventricular reconstruction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013;146(5):1139-1145.</p>
<p><strong>Michler RE</strong>. Surgical Options for the Management of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2013;15(5):518-532.</p>
<p>Acker MA, Parides MK, Perrault LP, Moskowitz AJ, Gelijns AC, Voisine P, Smith PK, Hung JW, Blackstone EH, Puskas JD, Argenziano M, Gammie JS, Mack M, Ascheim DD, Bagiella E, Moquete EG, Ferguson TB, Horvath KA, Geller NL, Miller MA, Woo YJ, D'Alessandro DA, Ailawadi G, Dagenais F, Gardner TJ, O'Gara PT, <strong>Michler RE</strong>, Kron IL; the CTSN Mitral-Valve Repair versus Replacement for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(1):23-32.</p>
<p><strong>Michler RE</strong>. Stem cell therapy for heart failure. Cardiol Rev. 2014;22(3):105-16.</p>
<p>Smith PK, Puskas JD, Ascheim DD, Voisine P, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, Hung JW, Parides MK, Ailawadi G, Perrault LP, Acker MA, Argenziano M, Thourani V, Gammie JS, Miller MA, Pag&eacute; P, Overbey JR, Bagiella E, Dagenais F, Blackstone EH, Kron IL, Goldstein DJ, Rose EA, Moquete EG, Jeffries N, Gardner TJ, O'Gara PT, Alexander JH, <strong>Michler RE</strong>; Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network Investigators. Surgical treatment of moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation. N Engl J Med. 2014;371(23):2178-88.</p>
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EMR ID
4690
Biography

<p>Robert E. Michler, MD, has served as the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Montefiore Medical Center since 2008. He is Chairman of the Department of Surgery (2007) and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery (2005) at the Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Michler holds the Samuel I. Belkin Chair and is Professor with Tenure at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Michler is an internationally renowned <a href="https://www.montefiore.org/heart-surgical-services">cardiothoracic surgeon</a> and researcher. He is a highly sought after surgeon and known leader in several surgical specialties, including complex multi-procedural cardiac surgery, mitral and aortic <a href="https://www.montefiore.org/heart-valve-repair-and-valve-sparing-surgery… repair surgery</a>, surgery for congestive heart failure, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and <a href="https://www.montefiore.org/heart-transplant">heart transplantation</a>. Of particular note, Dr. Michler was one of the first to perform <a href="https://www.montefiore.org/minimally-invasive-and-robotic-cardiothoraci… invasive and robotic surgery</a> in heart patients. His pivotal work in robotics led to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of this advanced technology for <a href="https://www.montefiore.org/mitral-valve-repair-and-replacement">mitral valve repair</a> and coronary artery bypass surgery.</p><p>He is an NIH-funded investigator, serving as Principal Investigator for the NIH/NHLBI-sponsored Cardiothoracic Surgical Clinical Trials Network. He has participated in over 50 clinical trials including the use of myoblasts and stem cells for heart failure.</p><p>In 2017, Dr. Michler received the Vladimir Borakovsky Prize from the Russian Ministry of Health in Moscow for &ldquo;his personal contributions to the development of cardiovascular surgery&rdquo;.</p><p>Dr. Michler lectures extensively, both nationally and abroad, and is a regular Expert Opinion author on heart related topics including stem cell therapies, ischemic mitral regurgitation and ischemic heart failure. Over the years, Dr. Michler has provided regular commentary to NBC Nightly News, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.</p><p>In his unique role as Chairman of both the Department of Surgery and the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, Dr. Michler applies his dynamic leadership to expand Montefiore Einstein's role at the forefront of surgical innovation. In 2017, he was responsible for establishing the Lung and Heart-Lung transplantation and end stage pulmonary failure program at Montefiore Einstein.</p><p>Formerly, Dr. Michler held the John G. and Jeanne Bonnet McCoy Endowed Chair, tenured Professor of Surgery, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of Heart & Lung Transplantation at The Ohio State University Medical Center. He also served as the Associate Director of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute. Dr. Michler was integral to the planning, design, and philanthropic development for the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital. Dr. Michler served as the first Executive Director of the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital.</p><p>Before joining The Ohio State University faculty, Dr. Michler was a tenured Associate Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and Director of the Heart Transplant Program at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.</p><p>Dr. Michler received his undergraduate education Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University. He received his medical education at Dartmouth Medical School where he was a Leopold Schepp Scholar. Dr. Michler completed his residency in General Surgery, a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Transplantation and a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.</p><p>Dr. Michler has received numerous honors including &ldquo;Person of the Week&rdquo; by ABC World News Tonight, the Pace Humanitarian Award, and &ldquo;The Order of Christopher Columbus&rdquo; by Hippolito Mejia, President of the Dominican Republic.</p>

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Stephen J. Forest

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Stephen J. Forest
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Stephen
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Forest
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1942597083
Faculty ID
12902
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Full Time
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Department
einstein-dept-cardiothoracic-vascular
Gender
Male
Email
sforest@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-6515
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Academic
Department
Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
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Associate Professor
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Surgical Director, Advanced Pulmonary Failure and Lung Transplantation
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Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
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111 East 210th Street
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NY
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10461-2401
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Montefiore Medical Center
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Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion
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Medical Arts Pavilion
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3400 Bainbridge Avenue
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Bronx
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NY
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10467
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Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Fellowship
Education Institution
Montefiore Medical Center
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Residency
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Montefiore Medical Center
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M.D.
Clinical Focus

He has a clinical focus on the treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure through the use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices and organ transplantation. He also has a clinical interest in arterial revascularization for the treatment of advanced ischemic heart disease, particularly in patients with severely reduced cardiac function.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

Research Focus

Dr. Forest&rsquo;s research focus parallels his clinical interests. Through his utilization of the national transplant database, he has sought to improve the use of donor organs and improve outcomes in patients undergoing heart or lung transplantation.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

EMR ID
54085
Biography

<p>Stephen J. Forest, MD, is Surgical Director, Advanced Pulmonary Failure and Lung Transplantation and Associate Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. He has a clinical focus on the treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure through the use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices and organ transplantation. He also has a clinical interest in arterial revascularization for the treatment of advanced ischemic heart disease, particularly in patients with severely reduced cardiac function.</p><p>After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 2004, Dr. Forest attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2008. He continued at Montefiore-Einstein for his postdoctoral training, completing his residency in general surgery in 2014, his cardiothoracic surgery fellowship in 2016 and his MCS and transplant fellowship in 2016.</p><p>Dr. Forest&rsquo;s research focus parallels his clinical interests. Through his utilization of the national transplant database, he has sought to improve the use of donor organs and improve outcomes in patients undergoing heart or lung transplantation. Dr. Forest is an author on multiple publications in the field of heart failure and MCS, with his research published in many reviewed journals including the<em> Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant</em>, <em>Annals of Thoracic Surgery</em>, the <em>Journal of Cardiac Surgery</em>, <em>Annals of Vascular Surgery</em>, <em>ASAIO Journal, Circulation Heart Failure</em> and the <em>Journal of American College of Cardiology</em>. He is also a reviewer for <em>Clinical Transplantation</em>.</p><p>Dr. Forest is board certified, and is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. In 2013, he was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society in recognition of his outstanding achievement in teaching.</p>

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