On September 11, 2001, Dr. Craig Smith began an operation in one world and emerged hours later into another, carrying with him a series of moments that still shape how he remembers that day.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian (CUIMC/NYP) has received the 2026 Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award from the Mitral Foundation. This award recognizes outstanding clinical outcomes for mitral valve repair.
When someone is being evaluated for a heart transplant—or living with one—the physician who will provide support the whole way through is a transplant cardiologist.
Go behind the scenes with robotic heart surgeon Arnar Geirsson and discover how expertise, innovation, and compassion drive exceptional patient outcomes.
Before the sun is up, Virendra Patel, MD, MPH, is already moving: one snooze, coffee, a memorized aorta, and the right playlist for whatever the day requires.
In The Conscience of Care, Dov Fox takes on the moral and legal collisions surrounding conscience in medicine, and Dr. Craig Smith follows him into the discomfort with admiration, impatience, and a sharp eye for what gets healed and what remains exposed.
