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Arnar Geirsson, MD

Cardiac Surgery
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Surgery, morespecialties

Locations and Appointments


New Patients

ColumbiaDoctors at NewYork-Presbyterian The One

1111 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
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Insurances Accepted


Before your appointment, please contact the doctor's office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.

  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • Special Needs
  • POS
  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • 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
  • NYP Employee Plan
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • Special Needs
  • TRICARE
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • Empire Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Arnar Geirsson, MD


Languages Spoken

  • Icelandic

Specialties & Expertise

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
  • Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
  • Cardiac Valve Replacement
  • Cardiac Valve Surgery
  • Coronary and Structural Heart Interventions
  • Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
  • Heart Surgery
  • Heart Valve Disease
  • Heart Valve Repair
  • Heart Valve Replacement
  • Heart Valve Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Techniques
  • Minimally Invasive Valve Repair
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse
  • Mitral Valve Reconstruction
  • Mitral Valve Repair
  • Mitral Valve Replacement/Repair
  • Mitral Valve Surgery
  • Mitral/Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Structural Heart Disease

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Professor of Surgery at CUMC
  • Director, Cardiovascular Institute
  • Director, Surgical Heart Valve Program
  • Co-Director, Mitral and Tricuspid Center

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2021: Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award. American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation recognized Yale-New Haven Hospital as referral center for mitral valve repair. Arnar Geirsson lead mitral valve surgeon.
  • 2020: Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for Adult Cardiac Surgery presented at the 2020 Society of Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Jan 26-28, 2020. The Evolving Burden of Infective Endocarditis Due to Illicit Drug Use in the United States: An Analysis of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
  • 2019: Ingegerd and Viking Olov Bjork Scholarship. Invitation for partipating in the 2019 SATS/Swedish Thoracic meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, September 4-6, 2019.
  • 2016: Best article published in the EJCTS in 2016 at the Journal Family Session at the EACTS Annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Oct 1-5, 2016. The Incidence and Mortality of Acute Thoracic Aortic Dissection: Results from a Whole Nation Study. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
  • 2009: Career Development Award. Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education. "Role of micro RNA in Cardiac Ischemia and Heart Failure".
  • 2001: Research Fellowship Award. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. "Characterization of trophoblast factor suppressing MHC class II expression".

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