Your heart is in the best hands at our acclaimed cardiovascular institute.
Maimonides Heart & Vascular Institute is a national leader in heart and vascular excellence, innovation, and outstanding patient outcomes.
Maimonides performs an estimated 1,000 open heart surgeries and cardiac surgical procedures each year. Cardiothoracic surgery patients require the highest level of post-operative care. Maimonides recently expanded its Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit to provide patients recovering from heart surgery with dedicated support in a comfortable environment with amenities that ensure the best possible experience.
Maimonides Medical Center is the only hospital in New York State to receive the 2023 America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care Award and the only hospital in New York City to receive the America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery for two years in a row (2022-2023).
The otolaryngology team at Maimonides is expanding with the addition of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists Jana Ghulmiyyah, MD and Prayag Patel, MD.
Breathing isn’t something most people think about but, for some, it doesn’t come naturally. Knowing your child has asthma is the first step to dealing with it. Dr. Michael Marcus discusses what to look out for and what to do about it.
