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Dr. Robert F Tranbaugh

Cardiovascular Disease, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Accepting new patients
49 years of experience
Weill Cornell Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery At Nyp Brooklyn Methodist 263 7th Ave Ste 4H, Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 780-7700

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Brief Intro

Dr. Robert F Tranbaugh is Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery at the New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical College and serves as the Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the New York Methodist Hospital.Dr. Tranbaugh is a magna cum laude graduate of Franklin and Marshall College with an AB degree in chemistry. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1976, he completed his general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery residencies under Paul A Ebert, MD at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Tranbaugh first joined the faculty at the State University of New York-Health Science Center at Brooklyn as director of pediatric cardiac surgery. He was then selected to be the first Chief of Cardiac Surgery in 1991 at the Beth Israel Medical Center where he built a highly successful adult cardiac surgery program.A superb surgeon, Dr. Tranbaugh has consistently achieved outstanding results as measured by the New York State Department of Health Cardiac Surgery Reporting System. His mortality rates have been among the lowest of all surgeons in the State. He has been regularly named to the New York Best Doctors and Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors as well as Super Doctors featured in the New York Times. Dr. Tranbaugh was also recently named by US News and World Report as one of the Top 1% of all cardiac surgeons in the United States. In addition to his expertise in complex arterial bypass surgery, he is an accomplished valve and aneurysm surgeon. Dr. Tranbaugh is also known to be a caring, compassionate and dedicated cardiac surgeon.Dr. Tranbaugh's research interest has been focused on the role of radial artery grafting in improving outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery. He has published extensively and frequently lectured on the use of the radial artery during bypass surgery. Dr. Tranbaugh is a past president of the New York Society of Thoracic Surgeons and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Cardiology. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the New York Surgical and the UCSF Naffziger Surgical Society.

Education Background

RESIDENCY

Moffitt Hospital University Of Ca

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Perelman School Of Medicine At University Of Pennsylvania - 1976

Languages Spoken

English

Location & Hours

Weill Cornell Medicine
263 7th Ave Ste 4H, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Mon:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed

Specialties Treated

Thoracic Surgery
Surgery
Cardiovascular Disease

Conditions Addressed

Mitral Valvular Disease
Endocarditis
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Aortic Valvular Disease
Heart Failure
Ischemic Heart Disease

Procedures Performed

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Pacemaker and Defibrillator Procedures
Pacemaker and Defibrillator Procedures
Cardiovascular Transcatheter Procedures
Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Cancer 43
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 31
Orthopedics 75
Neurology & Neurosurgery 60
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 75
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 91
Diabetes & Endocrinology 44
Children's Hospital 22
Urology 87
Psychiatry 103
Geriatrics 82
Rehabilitation 38
Obsterics & Gynecology 17
Ophthalmology 4
Ear, Nose & Throat 11
Rheumatology 2
Long Term Care 3
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 60