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Emile A. Bacha, M.D.

Pediatric/Congenital Cardiac Surgery
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Specialties
Pediatric/Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, more
Leadership
Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery | more

Locations and Appointments


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CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
Suite 274
New York, NY 10032
US
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525 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10065
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Insurances Accepted


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    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Special Needs
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    HMO
    PPO
    EPO
    POS
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    PPO
    EPO
    POS
    Select Care (Exchange)
    ConnectiCare
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    HMO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    PPO
    EPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    EPO - New Jersey Services
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Railroad
    Traditional Medicare
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    HMO - New Jersey Services
    PPO - New Jersey Services
    POS - New Jersey Services
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Empire Plan
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Compass (Exchange)
    POS
    PPO
    HMO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    Special Needs
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    POS
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Special Needs
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    HMO
    PPO
    EPO
    POS
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    PPO
    EPO
    POS
    Select Care (Exchange)
    ConnectiCare
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    HMO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    PPO
    EPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    EPO - New Jersey Services
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Railroad
    Traditional Medicare
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    HMO - New Jersey Services
    PPO - New Jersey Services
    POS - New Jersey Services
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Empire Plan
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Compass (Exchange)
    POS
    PPO
    HMO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    Special Needs
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
    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

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • French

Specialties & 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
  • 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

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

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

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