Columbia / NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital · Decision guide
New York, United States · Congenital treatment from defect closure to staged reconstruction
Columbia’s congenital service treats ASD and VSD alongside complex neonatal disease, congenital valve abnormalities and single-ventricle pathways. Childhood care connects to adult congenital assessment within the programme.
The official service lists ASD/VSD repair, arterial switch, Fallot repair and Norwood/Glenn/Fontan pathways.
Sources: Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia
Bacha’s profile and the programme identify valve reconstruction and a dedicated congenital valve service.
Sources: Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile · Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia
A 26-patient 2023–2025 report involved selected children and adults, mainly with ASD or anomalous pulmonary venous return.
Sources: Early outcomes of a formal robotic congenital cardiac surgery program.
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Sources: Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia · Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile · Early outcomes of a formal robotic congenital cardiac surgery program.
Sources: Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia · Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile · Early outcomes of a formal robotic congenital cardiac surgery program.
New York · United States
cardiac surgeon
Emile Bacha’s Columbia practice spans congenital cardiac surgery in children and adults. The programme includes septal-defect repair, valve reconstruction, neonatal operations and staged single-ventricle pathways.
Sources: Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia · Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile
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Bacha coauthored a programme report of 26 selected children and adults treated during 2023–2025, most with ASD or anomalous pulmonary venous return. It reports early feasibility, with pleural effusions and pericarditis among complications.
How to interpret this: Uncontrolled early experience, not proof that robotic repair is better. Coauthorship does not establish who operated on each patient.
Sources: Early outcomes of a formal robotic congenital cardiac surgery program.
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