Michler is Surgeon-in-Chief at
Montefiore Medical Center and
Albert Einstein College of Medicine in
New York, New York. He is also the Samuel I. Belkin Endowed Chair, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery and Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care.
Michler began his career on the faculty of
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center/Columbia University in
New York City. He became the Director of the Heart Transplantation Program before being recruited to the Ohio State University as the Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Heart & Lung Transplantation Program. In 2005, Michler returned to
New York City as the Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and soon thereafter, was appointed Surgeon-in-Chief of the healthcare system and Chairman, Department of Surgery.[5]
Erasmus Foundation Honorary President, Brussels, June 7, 2000
Columbia University Claire Lucille Pace Humanitarian Award College of Physicians and Surgeons May 13, 1996
Best Doctors in America 1995–present
Best Doctors in New York 1995–present
Columbia University Blakemore Research Prize, College of Physicians and Surgeons 1985; 1986; 1987
Selected publications
Michler RE, Smith PK, Parides MK, Ailawadi G, Thourani V, Moskowitz AJ, Acker MA, Hung JW, Chang HL, Perrault LP, Gillinov M, Argenziano M, Bagiella E, Overbey JR, Moquete EG, Gupta LN, Miller MA, Taddei-Peters WC, Jeffries N, Weisel RD, Rose EA, Gammie JS, DeRose JJ, Puskas JD, Dagenais F, Burks SG, Hamamsy IE, Milano CA, Atluri P, Voisine P, O’Gara PT, Gelijns AC. Two Year Outcomes following Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. N Engl J Med. 2016; 374:1932-1941.
Velazquez, EJ, Lee KL, Jones RH, Al-Khalidi HR, Hill JA, Panza JA, Michler RE, Bonow RO, Doesn't T, Petrie MC, Oh JK, She L, Moore V, Desvigne Nickens P, Sopko G, Rouleau JL. Ten-Year Outcome of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery versus Medical Therapy in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Results of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure Extension Study. N Engl J Med. 2016; 374:1511-1520.
Goldstein D, Moskowitz AJ, Geijins AC, Ailawadi G, Parides MK, Perrault LP, Hung JW, Voisine P, Dagenais F, Gillinov M, Thourani V, Argenziano M, Gammie JS, Mack M, Demers P, Atluri P, Rose EA, O’Sullivan K, Williams DL, Bagelia E, Michler RE, Weisel RD, Miller MA, Geller NL, Taddei-Peters WC, Smith PK, Moquete E, Overbey JR, Kron IL, O’Gara PT, Acker MA. Two Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment in Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. N Engl J Med. 2016; 374:344-353.
Acker MA, Parides MK, Perrault LP, Moskowitz AJ, Gelijns AC, Voisine P, Smith PK, Hung JW, Blackstone EH, Puskas JD, Argenziano M, Gammie JS, Mack M, Ascheim DD, Bagiella E, Moquete EG, Ferguson TB, Horvath KA, Geller NL, Miller MA, Woo YJ, D'Alessandro DA, Ailawadi G, Dagenais F, Gardner TJ, O'Gara PT,Michler RE, Kron IL; the CTSN Mitral-Valve Repair versus Replacement for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. N Engl J Med. 2014; 370:23-32.
Jones RH, Velazquez EJ, Michler RE, Sopko G, Oh JK, O'Connor CM, Hill JA, Menicanti L, Sadowski Z, Desvigne-Nickens P, Rouleau JL, Lee KL; the STICH Hypothesis 2 Investigators.Coronary Bypass Surgery with or without Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction. N Engl J Med. 2009; 360:1705-17.
Michler RE, Rouleau JL, Al-Khalidi HR, Bonow RO, Pellikka PA, Pohost GM, Holly TA, Oh JK, Dagenais F, Milano C, Wrobel K, Pirk J, Ali IS, Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Di Donato M. Insights from the STICH trial: Change in left ventricular size after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without surgical ventricular reconstruction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013; 146:1139-1145.
Michler RE, Surgical Management of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation at the Time of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Remains Controversial. J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg. 2018; 156:1498-1500
Michler RE. Surgical Options for the Management of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2013; 15:518-532.
Williams JB, Peterson ED, Brennan JM, Sedrakyan A, Tavris D, Alexander JH, Lopes RD, Dokholyan RS, Zhao Y, O’Brien SM, Michler RE, Thourani VH, Edwards FH, Gross T, Marinac-Dabic D, Smith PK. Endoscopic Association between endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting and mortality, wound complications, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing CABG surgery. JAMA. 2012; 308:475-84.
Smith PK, Michler RE, Woo YJ, Alexander JH, Puskas JD, Parides MK, Hahn RT, Williams JB, Dent JM, Ferguson TB Jr, Moquete E, Rose EA, Pagé P, Jeffries NO, O'Gara PT, Ascheim DD. Design, rationale, and initiation of the Surgical Interventions for Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Trial: A report from the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012; 143:111-117.