As a member of the Montefiore Health System, White Plains Hospital draws upon Montefiore’s rich, 65-year history of successful contributions to the cardiac field to remain at the forefront of cardiac surgery and deliver exceptional outcomes for even our most high-risk patients. Introduced to White Plains Hospital in 2021, cardiac surgeons use state-of-the-art operating rooms and the latest technology to meet the specialized needs of every patient, transforming the Hospital into one of the premier destinations for top-quality and life-saving cardiac care in the Hudson Valley.
Working closely with a network of cardiologists and specialists throughout the Hudson Valley, the Hospital can now provide patients access to complex cardiothoracic procedures and open-heart surgeries, meaning that patients diagnosed with surgically correctable heart disease can stay local to receive the lifesaving care they need.
Expert cardiac care
The White Plains Hospital Cardiac Surgical Team is led by Robert E. Michler, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief and Chairman of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Montefiore. Dr. Michler is an internationally renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, researcher and a leader in several specialties, including complex cardiac surgery, heart transplantation, valve repair surgery, ventricular reconstruction for congestive heart failure and minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
In his long and prestigious career, Dr. Michler has performed thousands of heart surgeries, including being one of the first to perform minimally invasive and robotic surgery in heart patients. His pivotal work in robotics led to FDA approval of this advanced technology for mitral valve repair and coronary artery bypass surgery. Dr. Michler has been named a “Mitral Valve Repair Reference Surgeon” by the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation for the quality of his work. This commendation is held by only a handful of heart surgeons in the United States. In 2017, Dr. Michler received the Vladimir Borakovsky Prize in Moscow from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for “his personal contributions to the development of cardiovascular surgery.”
