Emile A. Bacha, M.D.
Locations and Appointments
New Patients
Treats Children
CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center
ColumbiaDoctors - 525 East 68th Street
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Insurances Accepted
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- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amerigroup of New Jersey
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- MVP Health Care
- QualCare
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Emile A. Bacha, M.D.
Dr. Emile Bacha is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon with a subspecialization in pediatric cardiac surgery. From 2000-2004, he was the Surgical Director of the Congenital Heart Center at the University of Chicago. From 2004-2009, he was Senior Associate in Cardiac Surgery at the Children's Hospital Boston and Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, as well as Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Program Director, and Director of the Pediatric Heart Valve Center. Since January 2010, Dr. Bacha has been Director of the Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery program at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Weill Cornell Medical School. In July 2011, he was appointed Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Board Certifications
- Cardiac Surgery
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Expertise
Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
Congenital Heart Disease
Heart Surgery
Heart Transplant, Pediatric
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Pediatric Heart Transplant
Valve Reconstruction/Repair
Education
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Boston
Fellowship: Hospital Marie-Lannelongue, France
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical School: Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University (Germany)
Residency: Emory University Affiliated Hosptials
Residency: Klinikum Grosshadern University Hospital
Languages
- English
- French
Titles & Positions
Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery
Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Congenital Heart Center
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Education
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Boston
- Residency: Klinikum Grosshadern University Hospital
- Fellowship: Hospital Marie-Lannelongue, France
- Medical School: Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University (Germany)
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Residency: Emory University Affiliated Hosptials
Awards & Honors
- 1985-1989: Scholar of the German National Scholarship Foundation
- 1995: Simone et Cino del Duca Foundation Research Award
- 1998: Finalist, Young Investigators Award, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- 2009: TSFRE (Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education) Education Award Recipient
- 2015-2016: New York Magazine's Top Doctors
Titles & Positions
- Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery
- Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery
- Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Congenital Heart Center
Board Certifications
- Cardiac Surgery
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Languages Spoken
- English
- French