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Emile A. Bacha: congenital heart surgery

Congenital repair from septal defects to complex neonatal pathways · New York, United States

Research by Yevhenii Kozlov · Co-Founder of BookimedUpdated 8 October 2026Sources linked throughout

At a glance

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.

Different defects, different repairs

Columbia lists ASD/VSD repair, arterial switch, tetralogy-of-Fallot repair and Norwood/Glenn/Fontan pathways.

Sources: Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia

Valve and hybrid expertise

Bacha’s institutional profile includes congenital valve reconstruction, minimally invasive surgery and hybrid procedures.

Sources: Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile

Early robotic experience

A coauthored 2023–2025 programme series reported 26 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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Emile A. Bacha

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Chair of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief; congenital cardiac surgeon

Chair of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief; congenital cardiac surgeon · New York, United States.

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Benefits and limitations

Potential advantages

  • The congenital programme covers both straightforward septal defects and wider valve/outflow reconstruction, with pathways extending into adult care.

    Sources: Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia

Trade-offs and limits

Procedure-specific research

An early robotic congenital series

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.

Clinical programme

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New York, United States

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.

Sources: Pediatric Heart Surgery at Columbia · Emile A. Bacha, MD — surgeon profile · Early outcomes of a formal robotic congenital cardiac surgery program.

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