Aortic Symposium - April 29-30, 2010

Aortic Symposium 2010 is a 2-day medical symposium sponsored by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, in cooperation with the Mount Sinai and Westchester Medical Centers. The focus of the symposium will be on aortic disease and treatments.

Program committee members include Dr. Steven L. Lansman (co-chair) and Dr. David Spielvogel of the New York Cardiothoracic Group. The heart surgeons of the NYCTG provide cutting-edge surgical treatment for a wide range of cardiac and thoracic conditions, including heart transplant, mitral valve repair and aortic surgery.

Learn more about the Aortic Symposium 2010

Heart Surgeon Featured in Westchester Medical Center Advertising Campaign

Dr. Steven Lansman, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Westchester Medical Center, was recently featured in a WMC ad titled "We've created a medical center where people are treated like their lives depend on it. Because they do." The ad appeared in the Scarsdale Inquirer in September, 2009. Dr. Lansman specializes in heart transplant surgery, coronary artery surgery, ventricular assist device (lvad), aortic aneurysm and mitral valve surgery and was recently named to the 2009 Best Doctors list by New York Magazine.

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Mitral valve procedures include:

• Mitral Valve Repair
• Mitral Valve Replacement
• Mitral Valve Stenosis and Regurgitation
• Mitral Valve Surgery
• Mitral Valve Treatment
• Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair