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About St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

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History

A Heritage of Surgical Excellence

Academic Affiliation

Academic Affiliation with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Division of Breast Surgery

	Alison Estrabrook, MD,FACS
	Paul I. Tartter, MD, FACS
	Sharon Rosenbaum Smith, MD, FACS
	Ayemoe Thu Ma, MD, FACS

Roosevelt Comprehensive Breast Center

St. Luke’s Breast Services

Division of Cardiac Surgery

	Sandhya K. Balaram, MD, PhD
	Daniel Swistel, MD
	Karan Omidvari, MD

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SLR Robotics
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Division of Colorectal Surgery

	Nipa D. Gandhi, MD
	Lester Gottesman, MD, FACS, FASCRS
	Richard L. Whelan, MD, FACS, FASCRS
	Fadi F. Attiyeh, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Research
Colorectal Fellowship
Colonoscopy

Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery

	Scott J. Belsley, MD, FACS
	Faiz Bhora, MD, FACS
	Cliff Connery, MD, FACS
	Grace J. Kim, MD, FACS
	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS
	Richard L. Whelan, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Research

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Leif O. Holgersen, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians

Under the leadership of Leif....

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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

	Joseph Dayan, MD
	Richard H.S. Karpinski, MD
	William Samson, MD
	Mark L. Smith, MD
	Mark Sultan, MD, FACS

The Division of Plastic Surgery is an extraordinarily active...

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Division of Thoracic Surgery

	Cliff P. Connery, MD, FACS
	Faiz Y. Bhora, MD, FACS
	Yvonne Cruz, RN
	Renee Cortez, RN
	Andy Nabong, MA
	Patricia Stacey

Research
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Transplant Surgery

	Alan I. Benvenisty, MD, FACS
	Germaine Chan, MD
	Stanley Cortell, MD, MPH
	Melvin Gilbert, MD
	James Jones, MD
	Fred Kimmelstiel, MD,FACS
	Ira Meisels, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Steven Smith, MD
	Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS
	Vaughn Whittaker, MBBS
	Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD

Division of Trauma and Critical Care

	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	Danne Lorieo, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Susan Talbert, MD
	Raymond V. Wedderburn, MD

The Trauma Center at St. Luke's Hospital is one of the five state…
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Division of Vascular Surgery

	Alan I. Benvenisty, MD, FACS
	John C. Lantis, MD, FACS
	Donna M. Mendes, MD, FACS
	George J. Todd, MD, FACS

Vascular Lab
Diseases Treated
Research

Division of General Surgery

	Fadi Attiyeh, MD, FACS
	Arnold Belgraier, MD
	Scott Belsley, MD, FACS
	Cliff Connery, MD, FACS
	Alison A. Estabrook, MD, FACS
	Grace J. Kim, MD, FACS
	Fred M. Kimmelstiel, MD, FACS
	Ninan Koshy, MBBS
	Danne Lorieo, MD
	James J. McGinty, Jr., MD, FACS
	Eric D. Moore, MD
	Geoffrey Pollack, MD
	Susan Talbert, MD
	Julio Teixeira, MD, FACS

Aneurysm Center

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Aneurysm Center

Bariatric

Bariatric Surgery Program

Endovascular

Endovascular Surgery Program

Hepatobiliary

Hepatobiliary Surgery Program

Latin Initiative

Latin Initiative Program

Limb Salvage & Wound Healing

Limb Salvage & Wound Healing Program

Robotics

Robotic Surgery Program

Residency Program

Surgical Residency Training Program
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Contact Information

Physicians

Mairead Casey RPA-C

Email: macasey@chpnet.org
(O) 212-523-2798 (F) 212-523-5344

Education

Physician Assistant Graduate Certificate 2002	Cornell Medical School New York

B.Sc. Biology 1996	University of Portsmouth, England, UK

Certificates

NCCPA Board Certification
NYS License
BCLS
ACLS

Professional Affiliations

Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery

Interests

Clinical Research coordinator for studies involving:
Mechanical Heart valves and low dose anticoagulation.
Atrial Fibrillation after surgical ablation

Meet Our Physicians

Sandhya K. Balaram, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Columbia University

Daniel Swistel, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Columbia University

Karan Omidvari, MD

Contact Us

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
(212) 523-2798

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