Research and Publications

Research is encouraged, and there is the option to spend 12-24 months dedicated in full-time research between Post-Graduate Year (PGY) 4 and PGY5. If residents are not interested in taking dedicated time off to conduct research, we offer many other types of opportunities to conduct clinical research with our attending at any time.  

The following is a select list of publications contributed to by past and current Mount Sinai residents (indicted in bold below), during their residencies:

  • Tang GHL, Abdullah M. Editorial: Is TAVR Preferred in Patients With Prior Chest-Directed Radiation Therapy?: Consider 5 Key Factors. JACC CardioOncol. 2021 Sep 21;3(3):408-410. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2021.07.009. PMID: 34604801; PMCID: PMC8463718.

  • Alexis SL, Alzharani TS, Akkoc D, Salna M, Khalique OK, El-Eshmawi A, Sengupta A, Hahn RT, Lerakis S, Kini A, Sharma SK, Dangas GD, Kodali SK, Leon MB, Adams DH, Bapat VB, George I, Tang GHL. Anatomic classification of mitral annular classification for surgical and transcatheter mitral valve replacement. Journal of Cardiac Surgery; 2021 Jul;36(7):2410-2418.

  • Alexis SL, Malik AH, George I, Hahn RT, Khalique OK, Seetharam K, Bhatt DL, Tang GHL. Infective Endocarditis After Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A State of the Art Review. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2020 Aug;9(16):e017347.

  • Chikwe J, Lee T, Itagaki S, Adams DH, Egorova NN. Reply: Off-pump surgeons' experience is paramount to delivering high-quality CABG outcomes: But what constitutes experience? J Am Coll Cardiol 2019;73:738-9.

  • Stelzer P, Mejia J, Williams EE. Outcomes of reoperations after Ross procedure. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jul;10(4):491-498. doi: 10.21037/acs-2021-rp-29. PMID: 34422561; PMCID: PMC8339619.

  • Stelzer P, Mejia J, Varghese R. Operative risks of the Ross procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Mar;161(3):905-915.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.11.161. Epub 2021 Jan 12. PMID: 33451826.

  • Sengupta A, Zaid S, Ahmad H, et al. Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Between Transcatheter Heart Valves in TAVR Using a Computed Tomography-Derived Comparative Model. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020;13(6):790-792. [PMID: 32192703]

  • Sengupta A, Zaid S, Kamioka N, et al. Mid-Term Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Extremely Large Annuli with Edwards SAPIEN 3 Valve. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020;13(2):210-216. [PMID: 31883715]

  • El-Eshmawi A, Sun E, Boateng P, Pandis D, Rimsukcharoenchai C, Anyanwu A, Adams DH. Lessons from reoperations for mitral stenosis after mitral valve repair. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021;161(38): 937-946.