Cardiothoracic (Open-Heart) Surgery

Whether you need heart valve replacement, bypass surgery or nearly any other open-heart (also known as cardiothoracic) surgery, ECMC is your best choice.

Dr. Eric J. Keyser serves as ECMC’s Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Keyser completed his education at McGill University, Montreal, Canada and includes a Bachelor of Science in Physics, a Medical Doctorate, a Master of Surgery, and a Master of Science in Experimental Surgery. His postgraduate medical training includes research fellowships in: Critical Care Medicine, Surgical Education and Minimally Invasive Surgery at McGill, a completed residency in General Surgery at the McGill University Health Center, a completed residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Schneider Children’s Hospital in New York, and a clinical fellowship in advanced Adult Cardiac Surgery at the Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is a certified diplomat of the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in General Surgery, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Cardiac Surgery. He is an active member and Fellow of several medical and surgical societies. Dr. Keyser’s clinical focus of expertise is in minimally invasive adult cardiac surgery including beating heart surgery and valve repair. Dr. Keyser’s office is on the ECMC campus:

D. K. Miller Building
462 Grider Street
Suite C-117
Buffalo, NY 14215.

All nurses on the open-heart team are registered nurses, and all of the perfusionists who run the heart-lung machines are certified. These are just a few reasons ECMC has some of the best heart surgery outcomes in Western New York. Remember, it’s your heart — and your life. So shouldn’t you insist on the hospital with some of the best outcomes?

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