Press Releases

3/07/13
Dr. Joseph T. McGinn, Jr., pioneer of MICS CABG, to speak at prestigious minimally invasive cardiac surgery summit: Re-evolution Summit IV.

STATEN ISLAND, NY – Dr. Joseph McGinn, developer of the breakthrough minimally invasive bypass technique, MICS CABG, will be lecturing on the topic of minimally invasive bypass surgery at this year’s Re-evolution Summit IV —Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: The Ultimate Hands-on Summit.
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1/15/13
The Heart Institute Offers a New Procedure to Eliminate a Major Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death

STATEN ISLAND, NY - January, 17 2013 - Throughout 2012, The Heart Institute became one of a select group of hospitals in the New York Metropolitan area to treat patients utilizing Epicardial and Endocardial Ablations.
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1/15/13
The Heart Institute Offers New Non-Surgical Procedure to Eliminate a Major Cause of Heart-Related Stroke

STATEN ISLAND, NY - January, 2013, On September 18th 2012, The Heart Institute became the first Hospital in Staten Island and fourth Hospital in the New York area to perform a non-surgical, new catheter-based procedure, that uses sutures to tie off the left atrial appendage (LAA) in the heart.
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11/15/11
World-Class Technique Available for Arrhythmia Sufferers in Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND, NY – November 15, 2011 — The Heart Institute at University Hospital (SIUH) saves the lives of countless patients who have a common rhythm disorder know as Paroxysmal Arial Fibrillation by performing a revolutionary procedure known as cryoballoon ablation. This procedure is being performed by one of the hospital’s prestigious electrophysiologists, Dr. Marcin Kowalski, who was the first doctor in the Tri–State area to do so after FDA approval. This cryoablation catheter provides an efficient straight forward approach and eliminates the use of dangerous chemicals and extreme heat.
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06/11
New York Magazine - Best Doctor’s 2011

The Republicans are still trying to dismantle the 2010 national health-care-reform act, and our own recent upstate congressional race was seen as a referendum on Medicare. But amid the ongoing political debate, there is one point of common ground: When you’re sick, you want the best possible care. Our fourteenth annual Best Doctors issue is meant to provide exactly that. With 1,144 names in 63 specialties, there is a first-rate physician on the list for every medical need.
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03/24/11
Top Cardiothoracic Surgeons From All Over The World Learn The McGinn Technique at
The Heart Institute
NEW YORK, 25 March, 2011— Today concluded a two-day Advanced Revascularization Techniques and Technology Program held for the first time at the Regina M. McGinn Memorial Education Center at Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH.) The Heart Institute at SIUH gathered more than 30 prestigious cardiothoracic surgeons from all over the world to teach them minimally invasive cardiac surgery/coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS CABAG) or the McGinn Technique, a unique cardiac surgery technique pioneered by Dr. Joseph McGinn, Medical Director of The Heart Institute.
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02/18/11
The Advanced Revascularization Techniques and Technology Program

The Advanced Revascularization Techniques and Technology Program sponsored by The Heart Institute at Staten Island University Hospital. The Program consists of a 1½-day course that will attract some of the most accomplished physicians from around the country. They will have the opportunity to learn advanced Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass techniques and Hybrid revascularization procedures, developed at The Heart Institute by Joseph McGinn, MD, Chairman, Department of Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital.
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05/23/10
World’s First Triple Bypass Surgery and Aortic Valve Replacement Carried Out Simultaneously Using Pioneering Minimally Invasive Technique

NEW YORK, May 2010—A team of surgeons led by Dr. Joseph McGinn, Medical Director of The Heart Institute, performed on April 22 2010, the world’s first Minimally Invasive Triple Bypass and Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement on a 77 year old gentleman. The Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery/Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, whose name is shortened to MICS CABG (pronounced &mix cabbage”) has been developed and perfected since 2005 by none other than Dr. Joseph McGinn.
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05/20/10
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Enables 96 Year Old Patient to Have a Successful Aortic Valve Replacement

NEW YORK, May 2010—Mr. Nicholas Roberto, born in New York on May 22 1913, was admitted to the emergency room of the Staten Island University Hospital on March 26, 2010 after he began suffering shortness of breath and chest tightness. During his evaluation, he was found to have gastrointestinal bleeding which led the doctor to discover that he had colon cancer. He required colon surgery but could not undergo the surgery because of his heart condition: Aortic Stenosis. His risk factors made him ineligible for traditional surgery, but minimally invasive surgery made it possible.
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05/19/10
MICS CABG (pronounced mix cabbage) put Abner Aboyo back into Ballroom to live life to the bouncy six- and eight-count beat of West Coast swing.

Dr, Wiencek, trained under Dr. McGinn in Janurary and has put Abner back into the ballroom. Abner Aboyo lives life to the bouncy six- and eight-count beat of West Coast swing. Ballroom dancing is not only his passion, it’s his profession which is why he called his doctor the day that teaching swing lessons left him breathless. A series of tests showed that Abner had suffered a minor heart attack and that a life-threatening cardiac event was inevitable without surgical intervention to bypass – or reroute – blood around three severe blockages in his coronary arteries.
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03/31/10
Dr. McGinn and Dr. Asgarian spoke at the Medical Grand Rounds on March 30th

Dr. McGinn and Dr. Asgarian spoke at the Medical Grand Rounds on March 30th at 11:00 a.m. at Raritan Bay Medical Center. The lecture was on “Advances in Cardiac Surgery: Focus on Aortic/Mitral Valve Disease.”
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03/02/10
HEART INSTITUTE PERFORMS 500th mics cabg heart SURGERY with 1st time use of the Octopus Nuvo® HEART STABILIZATION DEVICE

Staten Island NY, March 2, 2010 – The Heart Institute, www.TheHeartInstituteNY.com is announcing that it has just performed its 500th successful minimally invasive cardiac surgery/coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS CABG). The Heart Institute is the only hospital to perform this innovative procedure in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area.
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02/19/10
Joseph McGinn MD Medical Director of The Heart Institute interviewed by NY1 television news channel on The Heart Institute’s New corporate identity and website

He will teach Advanced Coronary Revascularization Techniques of Off-Pump. Multivessel, Smal Thoracotomy Coronary Surgery. Dr. McGinn will speak about the surgery and then demonstrate his technique in the lab.
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02/04/10
STS University: Dr. McGinn will be attending the STS Conference in Fort Lauderdale

He will teach Advanced Coronary Revascularization Techniques of Off-Pump. Multivessel, Smal Thoracotomy Coronary Surgery. Dr. McGinn will speak about the surgery and then demonstrate his technique in the lab.
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10/08/10
Crain’s New York Business Health Pulse - The Heart Institute unveils its new name