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Greg H. Ribakove, M.D.

EDUCATION:

June 1972 Graduated G.W. Hewlett High School with Regents Diploma; National Merit Letter of Commendation

May 1976 B.A. (Chemistry)

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

June 1980 M.D., University of Chicago

Pritzker School of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

1980-1981 Internship - (General Surgery)

New York University Medical Center

New York, New York

1981-1982 Residency - (General Surgery)

New York University Medical Center

New York, New York

1982-1984 Research Fellowship - Surgery Branch

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, Maryland

1984-1986 Completion of General Surgery training at New York University Medical Center

New York, New York

1986-1988 Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery

New York University Medical Center

New York, New York

1988-Present Attending Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery

New York University Medical Center

New York, New York

1993-1994 Fellowship, Heart and Lung Transplantation

Stanford University Medical Center

Palo Alto, California

HONORS:

1972-1976 Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Morgan D. Person Award for pre-med major

with the highest cumulative average

Friedman Award for the pre-med major with the

highest non-science cumulative award

Pentathlon Award in Chemistry

Southeastern ACS Chemistry Award

1984 Award from the Andrew G. Morrow Society for original research

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1988 Assistant Professor of Surgery

New York University School of Medicine

New York, New York

1994 Co-Director of Lung Transplantation

New York University School of Medicine

New York, New York

1995 Director, Surgical Intensive Care Units

New York University, School of Medicine

New York, New York

1998 Associate Professor of Surgery

New York University School of Medicine

New York, New York

1999 Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery

Bellevue Hospital Center, New York

SOCIETIES: Fellow of American College of Surgeons

Andrew G. Morrow Society of Cardiovascular

Surgeons

Spencer Surgical Society

Society of Critical Care Medicine

International Society of Heart & Lung

Transplantation

RESEARCH:

College Synthesis and Structural Determination of a 1-2 Benzodiazo Compound

Medical School Ileo-anal Anastomosis with Ileal Reservoir

1982-1984 NIH - General Topic of Myocardial Protection including Measurement of Myocardial pH

LICENSURE:

1982 New York State

1993 California

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

1987 American Board of Surgery

1990 American Board of Thoracic Surgery

1993 American Board of Surgery (added qualifications in surgical critical care)

PRESENTATIONS:

1983 American College of Surgeons. Protective effect of pentobarbital during warm and cold ischemia in hypertrophied hearts.

1984 American College of Surgeons. On-line fiberoptic pH microprocessor system predicts recovery of function following global myocardial ischemia.

1991 Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Surgical implications of transesophageal electrocardiography to grade the atheromatous aortic arch.

1994 Stanford University

Department of Cardiac Surgery Grand Rounds

The Atheromatous Aorta

3/24/96 American College of Cardiology

Anaheim, California

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Invited Lecture

4/9/96 Columbia Presbyterian

Department of Cardiology Grand Rounds

9/8/96 Department of Cardiology Grand Rounds

Stonybrook University

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

9/26/96 NYU Department of Cardiology Grand Rounds

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery on Cardiopulmonary Bypass

9/27/96 St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

Invited Lecture

10/31/96 Interventions in the Treatment of Heart Disease

New York, New York

Invited Lecture

11/4/96 American Heart Association

Stanford Symposium

The Future of Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

11/28/96 100th Anniversary of Heart Surgery

Frankfurt, Germany

Port Access Coronary Artery Bypass

12/13/96 Cardiac Valve Surgery Into the 21st Century

Delaware

Port Access Mitral Valve Replacement

2/26/97 Invited Lecture

Singapore

Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass and Mitral Valve Replacement

3/19/97 American College of Cardiology

Anaheim, California

Meet the Experts — Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

4/23/97 Clinical Forum

New York, New York

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

5/29/97 First World Congress on Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

Paris, France

Port Access Coronary Artery Bypass

8/28/97 Invited Lecture

Frankfurt, Germany

Port Access Cardiac Surgery

10/4/97 Advances in Cardiac Surgery

Baptist Medical Center

Sandestin, Florida

Port Access Cardiac Surgery

12/13/97 Controversies in Cardiac Surgery

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

1/8/98 New Era Cardiac Surgery

Palm Springs, California

Port Access Cardiac Surgery

7/1/98 3rd Annual Meeting of Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery

Tokyo, Japan

9/9/99 Univ. of Pennsylvania

Phil., Penn.

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

11/20/99 The Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Users Meeting

Orlando, Florida

Advancements in Port-Access Surgery

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Ribakove, GH, Schlesinger, MP, Rubeis, MJ, and Jones, M: Protective effect of pentobarbital during warm and cold ischemia in hyperthrophied hearts. Forum of ACS 327, 1983.

2. Ribakove, GH, Glassman, LR, Voightlander, JP, Takach, TJ, Jones, M, and Clark, RE: On-line fiberoptic pH micropressor system predicts recovery of function following global myocardial ischemia. Forum of ACS 275, 1984.

3. Takach, TJ, Ribakove, GH, and Clark RE: Protective effect of amiodarone during globalischemia under hypothermic and normothermic conditions in hypertrophied hearts. Forum of ACS 341, 1984.

4. Khuri, SF, et al: Discussion of: observation on 100 patients with continuous intraoperative monitoring of intramyocardial pH. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 89:170-82, 1985.

5. Takach, TJ, Glassman, LR, Ribakove, GH, and Clark, RE: Continuous measurements of intramyocardial pH: correlation to functional recovery following normothermic and hypothermic global ischemia. Ann Thorac Surg 41:542-46, May 1986.

6. Galloway, AC, Colvin, SB, Baumann, FG, Grossi, EA, Ribakove, GH, Harty, S, and Spencer, FC: A comparison of mitral valve reconstruction with mitral valve replacement: intermediate-term results. Ann Thoracic Surg 47:655-62, 1989.

7. Galloway, AC, Colvin, SB, Grossi, EA, Baumann, FG, Sabban, YP, Esposito, R, Ribakove, GH, Culliford, A, Slater, JN, Glassman, E, Harty, S, and Spencer FC: Ten-year experience with aortic valve replacement in 482 patients 70 years of age or older: operative risks and long term results. Ann Thoracic Surg 49(1):84-93, 1990.

8. Culliford, AT, Galloway, AC, Colvin, SB, Grossi, EA, Baumann, FG, Esposito, RA, Ribakove, GH, and Spencer, FC: Aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis in persons aged 80 years and over. Am J of Cardio l67:1256, 1991.

9. Culliford, AT, Galloway, AC, Colvin, SB, Grossi, EA, Baumann, FG, Esposito, R, Ribakove, GH, and Spencer, FC: Cardiac surgery in octogenarians: Do the risks exceed the benefit? Am J Geriatric Cardiology 1(1):15-25, 1992.

10. Katz, ES, Tunick, PA, Rusinek, H, Ribakove, GH, Spencer, FC, and Kronzon, I: Protruding aortic atheromas predict stroke in elderly patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass: experience with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. JACC 20:70, 1992.

11. Ribakove, GH, Katz, ES, Galloway, AC, Grossi, EA, Esposito, RA, Baumann, FG, Kronzon, I, and Spencer, FC: Surgical implications of transesophageal echocardiography to grade the atheromatous aortic arch. Ann Thoracic Surg 53(5):758-61, 1992.

12. Winer, H, Glassman, E, Slater, JN, Chinitz, L, Levite, H, and Ribakove, GH: Percutaneous left atrial-femoral bypass for the treatment of cardiogenic shock. J Invasive Cardiol 4(VI):285-87, July/August 1992.

13. Grossi, EA, LeBoutillier M, Galloway, AC, Ribakove B, Steinberg, F, Spencer, FC, and Colvin, SB: Decreasing incidence of systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair. Circulation 88 (4, Part II): I-574, 1993.

14. Grossi, EA, Parish, M, Kralik, M, Glassman, L, Esposito, R, Ribakove, G, Galloway, AC, and Colvin, SB: Direct current injury from external pacemaker results in tissue electrolysis: a report of two cases and review of the literature. Ann Thorac Surg 56:157-59, 1993.

15. Takach, TJ, Glassman, LR, Ribakove, GH, Clark, RE: Continuous measurement of intramyocardial pH: correlation to functional recovery following normothermic and hypothermic global ischemia. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 57:512-14, 1994.

16. Grossi, EA, Kanchuger, MS, Schwartz, DS, McLoughlin, DE, LeBoutillier, M, Ribakove, GH, Galloway, AC, and Colvin SB: Effect of cannula length on aortic arch flow: protection of the atheromatous aortic arch. Ann Thorac Surg 59:710-12; 1995.

17. Smith, JA, Ribakove, GH, Hunt, SA, Miller, J Stinson, EB, Oyer, PE, Robbins, RC, Shumway, NE, and Reitz, BA. Heart retransplantation: the 25-year experience at a single institution. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 14:832-39, 1995.

18. Galloway, AC, Schwartz, DS, Culliford, AT, Ribakove, GH, Grossi, EA, Esposito, RA, Baumann, FG, Delianides, J, Spencer, FC, Colvin, SB: Selective approach to descending thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: a ten-year experience. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 62(4): 1152-57, 1996.

19. Pompili, MF, Stevens, JH, Burdon, TA, Siegel, LC, Peters, WS, Ribakove, GH, and Reitz, BA: Port-access mitral valve replacement in dogs. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 112:1268-74, 1996.

20. Schwartz, DS, Ribakove, GH, Grossi, EA, Buttenheim, PM, Schwartz, JD., Patel, SS, Baumann, FG, Colvin, SB, and Galloway, AC: Port-access coronary artery bypass grafting with cardioplegic arrest: a canine study. Presented in 1996 at the American Heart Association.

21. Schwartz, DS, Ribakove, GH, Grossi, EA, Stevens, JH, Siegel, LC, St. Goar, FG, Peters, WS, McLoughlin, D, Baumann, FG, Colvin, SB, Galloway, AC: Minimally invasive cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegic arrest: a closed chest technique with equivalent myocardial protection. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. 111:556-66, 1996.

22. Stevens, JH, Burdon, TA, Peters, WS, Siegel, LC, Pompili, MF, Vierra, MA, St. Goar, FG, Ribakove, GH, Mitchell, RS, and Reitz, BA: Port-access coronary artery bypass grafting: a proposed surgical method. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 111:567-73, 1996.

23. Stevens, JH, Burdon, TA, Siegel, LC, Peters, WS, Pompili, MF, St. Goar, F.G., Berry, G., Ribakove, GH, Vierra, MA, Mitchell, RS, Toomasian, JM, and Reitz, BA: Port-access coronary artery bypass with cardioplegic arrest: acute and chronic canine studies. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 62:435-40. 1996.

24. Galloway, AC, Ribakove, GH, Esposito, RA, Miller, JS, Anderson, RV, Baumann, FG, Buttenheim, PM, Ayala, WI, Grossi, EA, and Colvin, SB: Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass using two approaches: Initial clinical experience and angiographic follow-up. American Heart Association, 1997.

25. Galloway, AC, Ribakove, GH, Miller, JS, Anderson, RV, Buttenheim, PM, Baumann, FG, Grossi, EA, and Colvin, SB: Minimally invasive port-access valvular surgery: Initial clinical experience. American Heart Association, 1997.

26. Galloway, AC, Ribakove, GH, Schwartz, DS, Anderson, RV, Harris, LJ, Delianides, J, Grossi, EA, and Colvin, SB: Minimally invasive mitral valve stromelysin-I enhances invasion of extracellular matrix by vascular endothelial cells. American College of Surgeons. 1997 Surgical Forum.

27. Galloway, AC, Schwartz, DS, Culliford, AT, Ribakove, GH, Grossi, E A, Esposito, RA, Baumann, FG, Delianides, J, Spencer, FC, Colvin, SB, and Galloway, AC: Minimally invasive mitral valve replacement: technique, feasibility, and myocardial functional preservation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 113:1022, 1997.

28. Grossi, EA, Galloway, AC, Miller, JS, Ribakove, GH, Buttenheim, PM, Baumann, FG, Culliford, AT, and Colvin, SB: Choice of mitral prosthesis in the elderly - an analysis of "actual" outcome. American Heart Association, 1997

29. Ribakove, GH, Galloway, AC, Grossi, EA, Cutler, W, Miller, JS, Baumann, FG, and Colvin, SB: Port access coronary artery bypass grafting. Sem Thorac Cardiovascular Surg. 9(4):312-19, 1997.

30. Ribakove, GH, Galloway, AC, Grossi, EA, Miller, JS, Anderson, RV, and Colvin, SB: Minimally invasive port-access coronary artery bypass grafting with early angiographic follow-up: Initial clinical experience. Presented in 1997 at the Western Thoracic Surgical Association.

31. Schwartz, DS, Ribakove, GH, Grossi, EA, Buttenheim, P, Schwartz, JD, Patel, SS, Applebaum, RM, Kronzon, I, Colvin , SB, and Galloway, AC: Minimally invasive mitral valve replacement: technique, feasibility, and myocardial

functional preservation. J.Thorac Cardiovasc Surgery. 113(6):1022-30, 1997.

32. Schwartz, DS, Ribakove, GH, Grossi, EA, Schwartz, JD, Buttenheim, PM, Baumann, FG, Colvin, SB, and Galloway, AC: Single and multi-vessel port access coronary artery bypass grafting with cardioplegic arrest: technique and reproduci­bility. J Thorac Cardiovascular Surgery, 114:46, 1997.

33. Grossi, EA, Green, J, Galloway, AC, Culliford, AT, Esposito, RA, Ribakove, GH, Baumann, FG, Colvin SB, and Spencer, FC: Surgical evaluation of high risk cases in the era of state­wide cardiac surgery data reporting. Manuscript under revi­sion in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.

34. Ribakove, GH, Galloway, AC, Esposito, RA, Miller, JS, Ander­son, RV, Baumann, FG, Buttenheim, PM, Ayala, WI, Grossi, EA, and Colvin, SB: Port Access vs MIDCAB: Clinical experience and angiographic follow-up. Accepted American College of Cardiology, 1998.

35. Grossi, EA, Galloway, AC, Ribakove, GH, Culliford, AT, Esposito, R, Delianides, J Buttenheim, P, Baumann, FG, Spencer, FC, and Colvin, SB: Valve repair versus replacement for mitral insufficiency: when is a mechanical valve still indicated? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 115(2): 389-96, 1998.

36. Ribakove, GH, Galloway, AC, Grossi, EA, Miller, JS,Anderson, RV, and Colvin, SB: Minimally invasive port-access coronary artery bypass grafting with early angiographic follow-up: Initial clinical experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 115(5):1101-10, 1998.

37. Spencer, F.C.,Galloway, A.C., Grossi, E.A.,Ribakove, G.H., Delianides,J.,Baumann,F.G.,and Colvin,S.B.:Recent

developments and evolving techniques of mitral valve reconstruction. Ann. Thorac Surg 65:307,1998.

38. Galloway, A.C., Ribakove, G.H., Grossi, E.A., Steinberg, B.M.,Zakow, P.K.,Baumann,F.G.,Buttenheim,P.,and Colvin, S.B.: Port-Access coronary artery bypass grafting:Technical considerations and results. J.Cardiac Surgery 13:281, 1998.

39. Grossi, E.A.,Ribakove, G.H.,Schwartz, D.S.Galloway, A.C.,and Colvin,S.B.: Port Access approach for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.:Operative Techniques Cardiac & Thorac Surg. A Comparative Atlas 3(1):32, 1998.

40. Colvin, S.B.,Galloway,A.C.,Ribakove, G.H.Grossi, E.A.,Zakow, P.Buttenheim, P.M.,and Baumann,F.G.:Port Access-mitral

valve surgery:summary of results.J.Cardiac Surg 13(4:286, 1998.

41. Colvin,S.B.,Galloway,A.C.,Ribakove, G.H, Grossi, E.A.,Zakow,P.,Buttenheim,P.M.,Baumann,F.G.Port access mitral valve surgery:summary of results J.Card Surg 1998:13-286-289.

42. Grossi, E.A.,Zakow, P.,Ribakove,GR.,Buttenheim,PM,Esposito,RE Baumann,FG,Colvin,SB. Minimally invasive cardiac valve surgery in the elderly reduces morbidity. Heart Surgery Forum In Press.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

1. Boyd, AD, Ribakove, GR, and Sparaco, RJ: Mechanical ventilation. In: Sabiston, DC, Spencer, FC (Eds). Surgery of the Chest, 6th Ed., 1995.

2. Ribakove, GH, Galloway, AC, and Colvin, SB: The atheroscle­rotic aorta. In: Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Kaiser, LR, Kron, IL, and Spray TL (Eds). Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1998.

3. Ribakove, GH, Galloway, AC, Grossi, EA, and Colvin, SB: Port access coronary artery bypass. In: Oz, M, and Goldstein, D (Eds). Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. Totowa NJ, Humana Press. In press.

4. Ribakove, GH, Grossi, EA, Galloway, AC, and Colvin, SB: Cardiopulmonary bypass for port access operations: Benefits and pitfalls. In: Advances in Cardiac Surgery. Wechsler, A.S. (Ed). Mosby-Yearbook Inc. In Press.

5. Galloway, A.C., Grossi, E.A.,Ribakove, G.H.,and Colvin,S.B.: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery. In: Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine: Updates 1(4),1998. Topol, B.J(ed.). New Jersey:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Healthcare.