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Emile A. Bacha, M.D.

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

Locations and Appointments


New Patients
Treats Children

CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
Suite 274
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted


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

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery
  • Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Congenital Heart Center
  • Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

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

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2015-2016: New York Magazine's Top Doctors
  • 2009: TSFRE (Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education) Education Award Recipient
  • 1998: Finalist, Young Investigators Award, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • 1995: Simone et Cino del Duca Foundation Research Award
  • 1985-1989: Scholar of the German National Scholarship Foundation

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