
John D Puskas MD MSc, FACC, FACS
Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel
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440 West 114th StreetMount Sinai Saint Luke’s HospitalNew York, NY 10025
Phone+1 212-523-2798
Fax+1 212-523-5344
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Education & Training
- Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 1994 - 1996
- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1986 - 1993
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1986
Certifications & Licensure
- GA State Medical License 1994 - 2025
- NJ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 2014 - 2025
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- National Top Doctor Castle Connoly, 2014-2020
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials
- SMART Trial Longitudinal Follow-Up:Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Start of enrollment: 2007 Jan 01
- Randomized On-X Anticoagulation Trial Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 06
- Study of the PAS-Port® Proximal Anastomosis System in Coronary Bypass Surgery Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsMajor Bleeding and Mortality After Revascularization of Left Main Disease.Gennaro Giustino, Joseph F Sabik 3rd, Patrick W Serruys, John D Puskas, Dimitri Karmpaliotis
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024-12-10 - Five-year comparison of clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of pure aortic stenosis with pure aortic regurgitation or mixed aortic valve disease in the COMMENCE tr...Vinod H Thourani, John D Puskas, Bartley Griffith, Lars G Svensson, Philippe Pibarot
JTCVS Open. 2024-12-01 - Midterm survival, clinical, and hemodynamic outcomes of a novel mechanical mitral valve prosthesis.Marc Ruel, Michael W A Chu, Allen Graeve, Marc W Gerdisch, Ralph J Damiano Jr
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024-11-29
Journal Articles
- Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft with Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingJohn D Puskas, Leonard N Girardi, JAMA
- Original Investigation Left Main Revascularization with PCI or CABG in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: EXCEL TrialJohn D Puskas, David E Kandzari, Gennaro Giustino, Roxana Mehran, Martin B Leon, Philippe Genereux, Michael 3rd Ragosta, Charles A Simonton, Irving L Kron, Gregg W Stone, ScienceDirect
Authored Content
- Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft with Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingJuly 2020
- Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft with Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingJuly 2020
- New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main DiseaseFebruary 2018
- New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main DiseaseFebruary 2018
- New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main Disease the EXCEL TrialFebruary 2018
- New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main Disease the EXCEL TrialFebruary 2018
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Press Mentions
- How Bloodless Open Heart Surgeries Are PerformedMarch 3rd, 2023
- Heart Health Warning: A Man Scheduled for Hip Replacement Ends up Having Quadruple Bypass SurgeryFebruary 16th, 2023
- Surgeons Performing Beating Heart Surgery for Many PatientsFebruary 16th, 2023
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Other Languages
- French
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