Prehab Isn't Optional: Virtual Preparation and Preop Education That Moves the Needle

Charles Mack

Speaker

Dr. Charles Mack is an Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vice Chair for Quality in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine and also the Associate Program Director of The New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Thoracic Surgery Residency Program.  He is the Director of Cardiovascular Services, Director of the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Director of Structural Heart Disease at New York Presbyterian-Queens. Dr. Mack completed his undergraduate studies at Fordham University in 1987 and graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1992. He completed his general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine in 1999. During this time, he also completed a 2-year research fellowship studying gene therapy applications for cardiovascular disease in collaboration with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. This preclinical work laid the foundation for the first clinical trial evaluating human gene therapy as a potential treatment for coronary artery disease. He then completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and has served the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine in various roles since 2001 

Dr. Mack interests include all aspects of adult cardiac surgery. His primary areas of focus are outcomes and quality in adult cardiac surgery, critical care and perioperative management, mechanical support, TAVR and resident education. He has also been involved in the launch of the AATS Quality Gateway.