Renee Rolston, M.D.

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Iosif Gulkarov, MD, is Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and an assistant professor of clinical cardiothoracic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center.He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the New York Society for Thoracic Surgery, the American College of Cardiology, the Society of Thoracic Surgery, and the American College of Chest Physicians. Active in research, Dr. Gulkarov has been published in medical journals, case reports, and has presented his work in grand rounds at various medical centers. He was recently recognized for his exemplary service during the COVID-19 pandemic.After graduating from NYU School of Medicine, Dr. Gulkarov served his internship, residency, and chief residency at New York University Medical Center, where he remained to complete his cardiovascular research fellowship in the department of cardiothoracic surgery. He served his cardiothoracic fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Dr. Charles A. Mack is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vice- Chairman of Quality and Patient Safety and Associate Program Director of Cardiothoracic Residency Program at NewYork Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine. He is also Director of Cardiovascular Services and Director of the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at NewYork Presbyterian Queens. Dr. Mack completed his undergraduate studies at Fordham University in 1987. He then attended Tufts University School of Medicine, where he was elected Alpha Omega Alpha in his junior year and received both the Hewlett-Packard Top Medical Graduate Award as well as the Martin J. Loeb Prize in Surgery. He began his surgical training at NewYork Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine in 1992. While there, Dr. Mack spent two years in the cardiothoracic surgery research laboratory, in collaboration with Dr. Ronald Crystal, where his work focused on gene therapy for myocardial angiogenesis and transmyocardial laser revascularization. During this time, Dr. Mack was awarded the Merle Wood Scholar Research Award of the Morrow Society. He finished his surgical training in 1999 and remained at NewYork Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine in The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, under his Chair at present, Dr. Leonard Girardi. Dr. Mack is a member of several medical and surgical societies, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, the American Heart Association and the Andrew Morrow Society. His many publications in multiple areas of cardiothoracic surgery have been presented at various national meetings.