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John M. Karamichalis, MD
Call (212) 305-5975 for appointments.

About John M. Karamichalis, MD:

John M. Karamichalis, MD is an experience board certified cardiothoracic surgeon with subspecialty certification in Pediatric cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He joined Columbia University Medical Center January 2021 and has been appointed as the Associate Program Director of the Columbia University Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program. He is experienced in the entire field of pediatric cardiac surgery with areas of expertise including the Ross procedure, valve repair procedures, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. He takes particular interest in patient outcomes, performance measures for surgeons, and pediatric cardiac surgery program development.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society and recipient of many awards throughout his career. He was recently awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) ad eundem. He holds an advanced research Doctorate degree from The University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division based on his world renown work at Boston Children’s on technical performance and outcomes in pediatric cardiac surgery.

Expertise:

Cardiac Surgery
Congenital Heart Disease
Pediatric/Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Valve Reconstruction/Repair

Languages:

English

Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Education:

Medical School: Oxford University
Residency: Creighton University
Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Colorado Children's Hospital

New Patients:

YES

Locations

Primary Locations:

CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
Suite 2-276
New York, NY 10032

For new and current patient appointments, call:
(212) 305-5975

Insurances:

Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

AETNA [NY Signature, Aetna Signature Administrators, NYP Employee Plan, Student Health]
Affinity Health Plan [Medicaid Managed Care]
Amerigroup of New Jersey [New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)]
CIGNA [PPO, EPO, POS, Great West (National), HMO, Medicare Managed Care]
Emblem/GHI [PPO, Medicare Managed Care]
Emblem/HIP [Medicare Managed Care, Vytra, Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan, EPO, ConnectiCare, PPO, HMO, POS, Select Care (Exchange), Essential Plan, ConnectiCare, POS, HMO]
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, Child/Family Health Plus]
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, EPO]
Fidelis Care [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
Healthfirst [Leaf (Exchange), Child/Family Health Plus, Medicare Managed Care]
Local 1199 [Local 1199, Local 1199]
MVP Health Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Essential Plan]
MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare, MagnaCare]
Medicare [Traditional Medicare, Railroad]
Multiplan [Multiplan, Multiplan]
RiverSpring [Special Needs]
UnitedHealthcare [POS, HMO, Compass (Exchange), Medicaid (Community Plan), Empire Plan, PPO, Oxford Freedom, Oxford HMO, Oxford Liberty, PPO]
VNSNY CHOICE [Special Needs, SelectHealth]
WellCare [Medicare Managed Care]
World Trade Center Health Plan [World Trade Center Health Plan]

Publications:

Nathan M, Karamichalis JM, Liu H, Gauvreau K, Colan S, Pigula F, Fynn-Thompson F, Saia M, Emani S, Baird C, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ. Technical Performance Scores are strongly associated with Early Mortality, Postoperative Adverse Events and Length of Stay – Analysis of Consecutive Discharges over 2 years. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;147(1):389-396.

Nathan M, Karamichalis JM, Liu H, Emani S, Baird C, Pigula F, Colan S, Thiagarajan R, Bacha E, del Nido PJ. Surgical Technical Performance Scores are predictors for late mortality and unplanned reinterventions in infants after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;144:1095-1101.

Karamichalis JM, Colan SD, Nathan M, Pigula FA, Baird C, Marx G, Emani SM, Geva T, Fynn-Thompson FE, Liu H, Mayer JE Jr, del Nido PJ. Technical Performance Scores in Congenital Cardiac Operations: A Quality Assessment Initiative. Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:1317-23.

Nathan M, Karamichalis JM, Liu H, del Nido P, Pigula F, Thiagarajan R, Bacha EA: Intra-operative adverse events can be compensated in infants after cardiac surgery: A prospective study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;142:1098-1107.

Karamichalis JM, del Nido PJ, Thiagarajan RR, Liu H, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Pigula FA, Fynn-Thompson FE, Emani SM, Mayer JE Jr, Bacha EA. Early post-operative severity of illness predicts outcomes following the stage I Norwood procedure Ann Thorac Surg 2011;92:660-665.