Steven Lansman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of Surgery at New York Medical College (NYMC) School of Medicine and director of the Department of Surgery at Westchester Medical Center, both in Valhalla. Lansman had served as interim surgery chair and director since November 2021.
“It is our pleasure and privilege to have Dr. Lansman serve in these roles and we are excited to work together with him as he advances the mission of the departments of surgery at both New York Medical College and Westchester Medical Center,”™”™ said Jerry L. Nadler, M.D., professor of medicine and pharmacology and dean at NYMC School of Medicine.
Renee Garrick, M.D., chief medical officer, WMCHealth and NYMC vice dean Westchester Medical Center, said Lansman was instrumental in building Westchester Medical Center”™s cardiac transplant program and introducing the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), among other health-care therapy advances at Westchester Medical Center.
“The Cardiac Transplant Program at Westchester Medical Center is now one of the most active centers in the International Heart Transplant Registry, thanks in part to Dr. Lansman,” said Garrick.
Lansman joined the faculty of New York Medical College as professor of surgery and the clinical staff of Westchester Medical Center as chief of the Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2005.
As Section Chief, Lansman was instrumental in obtaining state and federal authorization to launch the cardiac transplant program at Westchester Medical Center and helped establish the mechanical assist device program at the hospital. He and his team were also the first to report the use of ECMO as the definitive treatment of massive pulmonary embolism.
Previously, Lansman was on the medical staff of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City; and served as interim chief of cardiothoracic surgery for SUNY Brooklyn, the Brooklyn VA Hospital and Kings County Hospital.
Since 1988, he has organized and directed the Aortic Symposium Series, an internationally recognized forum for aortic surgery.
Lansman received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in 1977 from the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Science Center.
