Dr. Ivancarmine Gambardella is an assistant professor and attending in cardiothoracic surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine – New York Presbyterian Hospital.Since graduating with honors at Federico II medical school in Naples, Italy in 2000, Dr. Gambardella has fervently dedicated his entire professional life to cardiothoracic and vascular surgery in high volume institutions between various European countries (Italy, England, Ireland) and the United States. In addition to the practice of the conventional aspects of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, Dr. Gambardella pursued further expertise in the niches of complex valvular and aortic reconstructions in centers of excellence such as Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Baylor College of Medicine – Texas Heart Institute in Houston, and Weill Cornell – NY Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He is a member of professional societies both in the United States (e.g. Society of Thoracic Surgeons) and Europe (e.g. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery).