Robert E. Michler

Robert E. Michler
Residence Greenwich, CT
Alma mater Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (Residency),
Boston Children's Hospital (Residency),
Dartmouth Medical School (M.D.),
Harvard University (B.A. Magna Cum Laude)
Occupation Cardiothoracic Surgeon, author, lecturer

Robert E. Michler, MD is an American surgeon who specializes in complex heart surgery, especially mitral and aortic valve repair. He is Surgeon-in-Chief at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, New York. He is also the Samuel I. Belkin Chair, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery and Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care.

Professional career

Dr. Michler has performed nearly 5,000 open heart procedures ranging from complex valve repair, coronary artery bypass, and aneurysm surgery to heart transplantation and mechanical hearts in his 25-year career. He is a noted authority in all types of heart surgery and this surgical expertise has made him a highly sought after international lecturer and consultant.

Michler’s research interest in repairing the injured heart has led to clinical trials in autologous skeletal myoblast and cardiac stem cell transplantation. He is an NIH-funded investigator and leader in clinical trial enrollment. Michler and his teams have advanced minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery procedures and surgical robotics.[1] This work led to Food and Drug Administration approval for selective cardiac robotic procedures including mitral valve repair and coronary bypass surgery.[2][3]

Michler has particular interest and experience as a turnaround specialist in the healthcare industry. His work experiences at New York Columbia Presbyterian, the Ohio State University Medical Center, and the Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine have led to the creation and implementation of programs in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, general surgery, organ transplantation, plastic and reconstructive surgery, pediatric surgery, breast surgery and cancer care. Michler was central to the planning, design, and philanthropic development of the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital. He served as the first executive director of the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital.

Michler has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, recently publishing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a frequent editor and media authority on heart disease topics.[4][5][6] Michler lectures extensively, both nationally and abroad, on topics ranging from heart surgery, to strategies for increasing clinical trial enrollment, to “team building” in healthcare, to the creation of a heart hospital.

Formerly, he was the John G. and Jeanne B. McCoy Endowed Chair, Professor of Surgery, and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Before joining the Ohio State University, Michler was a tenured Associate Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and served as the director of the Cardiac Transplant Program, one of the largest cardiac transplant programs in the nation, at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.

Education and training

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. Michler completed his residency in General Surgery, a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Transplantation and a residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He was awarded the Blakemore Research Prize for three consecutive years. He completed a chief residency in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery with Dr. Aldo Castaneda at the Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital.

Heart Care International

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 1,500 children with heart disease and performed heart surgery on over 1,000 children. He has received numerous honors including “Person of the Week” by Peter Jennings of ABC World News Tonight, the Pace Humanitarian Award, and “The Order of Christopher Columbus” by Hipólito Mejía, President of the Dominican Republic.

Honors

Publications

In addition to numerous book chapters, his peer-reviewed Journal articles include

References

  1. ↑ Kolata, Gina (4 April 2000). "Next Up: Surgery by Remote Control". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Grady, Denise (July 19, 2004). "Putting Weakened Heart in Experimental Hands". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Hamilton, Anita (June 4, 2001). "Forceps! Scalpel! Robot!". Time.
  4. ↑ "Bill Clinton's Stent Procedure". CBS News. February 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Unnecessary Heart Implant?". CNN American Morning. January 5, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Preventing Heart Attacks". ABCNews. September 29, 2011.
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