Email this pageCardiac Surgery Division
The Division of Cardiac Surgery is dedicated to providing the highest quality care to patients with cardiac disorders that require surgery. We are committed to the development of new approaches and techniques offering patients the best surgical alternatives while minimizing hospital stay and health care costs. We provide comprehensive cardiac care to all patients, from infants to adults.
Our specialties include:
- Neonatal / Congenital Heart Surgery
- Coronary Revascularization: On and Off-Pump procedures (including TE-CABG)
- Valvular Surgery
- Valve repair
- Valve replacement
- Complex aortic operations
- Robotic Surgery
- Heart Transplantation
- Surgery for Heart Failure
- Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysms
- Arrhythmia Surgery
Heart Transplant Surgery
Just when all hope is lost, heart transplantation brings you the light of hope. For when a heart is severely diseased and beyond repair, we can give you the chance to begin anew. It truly is the chance of a lifetime. In a heart transplant operation, our surgeons replace a badly damaged heart with a healthy heart from a human donor.
Our Surgeons
- George L. Hicks, MD Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
- Howard T. Massey, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
- Peter A. Knight, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
- James A. DeWeese Professor Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
- George M. Alfieris, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
- James J. Gangemi, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Visit Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong
Get in touch
By Phone
For general questions, use the URMC call center: (585) 275-2838.
Driving Directions
- Directions to Strong Memorial Hospital
- Directions to Highland Hospital
