Allan S Stewart MD FACS

Summary

• I completed my General Surgery training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and then specialized in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center. Following his fellowship, I completed advanced training in Heart/Lung Transplant Surgery at Columbia University and joined the faculty at New York/Presbyterian Hospital from January 2005 until November 2013. I was then recruited to lead the Center for Aortic Disease at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, where he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery. Additionally, I served as the Medical Director for Mount Sinai International. In that role, I consulted throughout the world in cardiovascular programmatic development. Searching for an opportunity to make a more global impact, I moved to Miami and became the Medical Director and Chief of Cardiac Surgery at HCA Healthcare East Florida Division, where I am created a destination for cardiovascular surgery to impact Latin America and the Carribean. I am also an advisor for Wellness/Longevity Programs and a content creator.
  
  My sub-specialty in in Aortic Surgery and transcatheter valves, has generated over 50 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. I am a peer reviewer for the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, BMJ, and JTCVS and was a site-principal investigator of many seminal clinical TAVR trials including PARTNER I, II, SURTAVI, and SENTINAL. I was a graduate of the inaugural class of t Surgical Leadership Program at Harvard Medical School.
  
  I have operated and/or lectured on six continents in 21 countries. I have been honored in Castle Connelly’s Best Doctors in America and New York Magazines’ Best Thoracic Surgeon’s list for eleven consecutive years and am a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, and American College of Cardiologists.
  
  When not performing surgery, I am a black belt in Okinowan Goju Ryu, a triathlete, and a content creator