Maroun Yammine, MD — Academic Profile

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

Board Certifications

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery

Education

Medical School
  • American University of Beirut Medical Center Medical School, 2013
Residency Training
  • Icahn School of Medicine - Mount Sinai Medical Center Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Fellowship Training
  • New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2023

Affiliated Specialty Centers

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Clinical Interests/Expertise

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Maroun Yammine, MD

Contact Information

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Health Sciences Center T19-080
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191
Patient appointments: 631-444-3278
Academic Office Tel: 631-444-1820
Academic Office Fax: 631-444-8963

For patient care information, including insurance participation and practice locations, click here.

  • Personal Statement
  • Honors
  • Publications
  • Additional

  • Dr Yammine is interested in clinical outcomes research. He has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and presented his studies at national and international meetings including the American College of Cardiology, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Mitral Conclave and Congenital Heart Surgery society.

    He was invited for a state-of-the-art video presentation at the Mitral Conclave Workshop, Boston in 2022, and won the president’s abstract award for the Congenital Heart Surgery Society, Boston in 2023 for his abstract entitled “Hemi-Nikaidoh operation with a posterior left ventricular outflow tract plasty for transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis.”

  • Invited Faculty Member Video Case Presentation, AATS/Mitral Workshop, 2022
    Live Case of Mitra! Valve Repair Surgical Team Member, AA TS/Mitra! Conclave, 2021
    Award for Best Poster Presentation, American University of Beirut Research Day, 2014

  • Bacha E, Nguyen S, Blitzer D, Yammine M. Hemi-Nikaidoh: Partial Aortic Root Translocation And Posterior Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Plasty. Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep.2024 Mar 28;2(3);418-420. PMID 39790387
  • Taira K, Kanade R, Yammine M, Tannous H, Kumar S. Alpha Gal syndrome, a relative not absolute contraindication to the use of bovine pericardium to close an intracardiac septal defect: a case report. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Apr 16;19(1):221. PMID 38627833
  • Yammine M, Goldstone A. Expanding Risk Prediction to ACHD. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr 6;S0003-4975(23)000367-3. PMID 370317674
  • Yammine M, Williams E, El-Hamamsy. The Ross Procedure for Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Total Root Implantation Technique. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 jul;11(4):484-486. PMID 35958542
  • Rosati CM, Sharma SK, Robbins MJ, Patil A, Quan Vu M, Yammine M, Puskas JD. Stentectomy for LAD “full Metal Jacket” with In-stent restenosis: How to do it. J Card Surg. 2021 Dec;36(12):4533-4536. PMID: 34570397
  • Yammine M, Puskas J, El Moheb M, Lattouf O. The surgical Technique of the Convergent Procedure. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 Dec;32(12):3221-3227.PMID: 34559431
  • Oliveros E, Mahmood K, Yammine M, Chau V, Fox A, Ahmed S, Anyanwu A, Pinney S, Mancini D, Lala A, Barghash M. Rapid Deterioration of Hospital-Acquired COVID-19 in a Patient on Extracorporeal Left Ventricular Assist Support. Heart Lung. 2020 Nov-Dec;49(6):808- 811. PMID: 33010519
  • Yammine M, Anyanwu AC. Commentary: Leaflet Augmentation in Rheumatic Valve Repair: A Solution or an Option. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Autumn;32(3):443-444. PMID: 32371174
  • Cevasco M, McGurk S, Yammine M, Sharma L, Ejiofor J, Norman A, Singh MN, Shekar P. Early and midterm ouctomes of valve sparing aortic root replacement- reimplantation technique. Aorta (Stamford). 2018 Oct;6(5):113-117. PMID: 30934106.
  • Schwann TA, El Hage Sleiman AKM, Yammine MB, Tranbaugh RF, Engoren M, Bonnell MR, Habib RH. The incremental value of three or more arterial grafts in CABG: the effect of native vessel disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Oct;106(4):1071-1078 PMID: 30244703
  • Schwann TA, Yammine MB, El-Hage-Sleiman AM, Engoren MC, Bonnell MR, Habib RH. The effectiveness of completeness of revascularization during CABG with single versus multiple arterial grafts. J Card Surg. 2018 Oct;33(10):620-628. PMID: 30216551
  • Heydarpour M, Ejiofor J, Gilfeather M, Stone G, Gorham J, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Yammine M, Body SC, Aranki SF, Muehlschlegel JD. Molecular genetics of lidocaine containing cardioplegia in the human heart during cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Nov;106(5):1379- 1387. PMID: 30028983
  • Wanamaker KM, Hirji SA, Del Val FR, Yammine M, Lee J, McGurk S, Shekar P, Kaneko T. Proximal aortic surgery in the elderly population: is advanced age a contraindication for surgery? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan;157(1):53-63. PMID: 29804661
  • Schwann TA, El Hage Sleiman AKM, Yammine MB, Tranbaugh RF, Engoren M, Bonnell MR, Habib RH. Incremental value of increasing number of arterial grafts: the effect of diabetes mellitus. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jun;105(6):1737-1744. PMID: 29408243
  • Yammine M, Itagaki S, Pawale A, Toyoda N, Reddy RC. Syntax score may predict the severity of the atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct;9(10):3859-3865. PMID: 29268395
  • Ramirez-Del Val F, Hirji SA, Yammine M, Ejiofor JI, McGurk S, Norman A, Shekar P, Aranki S, Bhatt DL, Shah P, Cohn LH, Kaneko T Effectiveness and safety of transcatheter aortic implantation for aortic stenosis in patients with “porcelain aorta” Am J Cardiol. 2018 Jan 1;121(1):62-68. PMID: 29153772,
  • Kaneko T, Shekar P, Ivkovic V, Longford NT, Huang CC, Sigurdsson MI, Neely RC, Yammine M, Ejiofor JI, Montiero Vieira V, Shahram JT, Habchi KM, Malzberg GW, Martin PS, Bloom J, Isselbacher EM, Muehlschlegel JD. Sundt TM 3rd, Body SC. Should the dilated ascending aorta be repaired at the time of bicuspid aortic valve replacement?; Bicuspid Aortic Valve Consortium (BAVCon), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Mar 1;53(3):560-568. PMID: 29149323,
  • Yammine M, Ramirez-Del Val F, Ejiofor JI, Neely RC, Shi D, McGurk S, Aranki SF, Kaneko T, Shekar PS. Parsimonious assessment for reoperative aortic valve replacement: the deterrent effect of low left ventricular ejection fraction ad renal impairment. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Sep;6(5):484-492. PMID: 29062743
  • Yammine M, Kaneko T, Aranki S. Timing of surgery in infective endocarditis with cerebral complications: time to think outside of the nonexistent box. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Aug;156(2):601. PMID: 28893398
  • Ejiofor JI, Neely RC, Yammine M, McGurk S, Kaneko T, Leacche M, Cohn LH, Shekar PS. Surgical outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve procedures: repair versus replacement. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 May;6(3):214-222. PMID: 28706864.
  • Ejiofor J.I., Yammine M., Harloff M.T., McGurk S., Muehlschlegel J.D., Shekar P.S., Cohn L.C., Shah P., Kaneko T., Reoperative Surgical Aortic Valve replacement Versus Transcatheter Valve- In-Valve Replacement for Degenerated Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Nov;102(5):1452-1458. PMID: 27526654
  • Gosev I, Yammine M, McGurk S, Ejiofor JI, Norman A, Ivkovic V, Cohn LH. Should Moderateto- severe Tricuspid Regurgitation be Repaired During Reopeartive Left-Sided Valve Procedures? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Spring;28(1):38-45. PMID: 27568132
  • Kim J., Ejiofor J.I, Yammine M., Camuso J.M., Younster I, Nelson S.B., Kim A.Y., Melnitchouk S.I., Rawn J.D., Leacche M., MacGillivray T.E, Cohn. L.H., Byrne J.G., Sundt T.M.. Surgical Outcomes of Infective Endocarditis among Intravenous Drug Users. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016 Sep;152(3):832-841.e1. PMID: 27068439
  • Kim J., Ejiofor J.I., Yammine M., Camuso J.M., Walsh C.W., Ando M., Serguei I. Melnitchouk S.I., Rawn J.D, Leacche M., MacGillivray T.E., Cohn L.H., Byrne J.G., Sundt T.M.. Are Homografts Superior to Conventional Prosthetic Valves in the Setting of Infective Endocarditis?. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2015, Jan 23. pii: S0022-5223(16)00171-9. PMID: 26936004
  • Loberman D, Rajab TK, Yammine M, Welt FG, Eisenhauer AC, Davidson MJ. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement via Left Anterior Thoracotomy in a Patient with Severe Pectus Excavatum. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jan;101(1):344-6. PMID: 26694273
  • Cevasco M., Yammine M., Aranki S.F., Cardiac Tumors: To Treat or not to Treat (or Both). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 Feb;151(2):e25-6. PMID: 26578178
  • Gosev I, Yammine M., Leacche M., McGurk S., Ivkovic V, D’Ambra M.N., Cohn L.H.. Long term outcomes of posterior leaflet folding valvuloplasty for mitral valve regurgitation. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2014, Oct. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2014.12.07 PMID: 26539347
  • Habib R., Dimitrova D., Badour S., Yammine M., El-Hage-Sleiman A.M., Hoffman D., Geller C., Schwann T., Tranbaugh R.. CABG versus PCI: Increased long term outcomes benefit with multiple arterial bypass grafting. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Sep 29;66(13):1417-27. PMID: 26403338.
  • Yammine M., Neely RC., Loberman D., Rajab TK., Grewal A., McGurk S., Fitzgerald D., Aranki S.F.. The use of lidocaine containing cardioplegia in Surgery for Adult Acquired Heart Disease. J Card Surg. 2015 Sep;30(9):677-84. PMID: 26198086
  • Yammine M., Kaneko T., Aranki S. Invited Commentary. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2015, Jul; 100(1): 23. PMID: 26140756.
  • Kaneko T., Vassileva C.M., Englum B., Kim S., Yammine M., Brennan M., Suri R.M., Thourani V.H., Jacobs J.P., Aranki S. Contemporary Outcomes of Repeat Aortic Valve Replacement: A Benchmark for Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Procedures. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Oct;100(4):1298-304; discussion 1304. PMID: 26209480
  • Nauffal V., Schwann T.A., Yammine M.B., El-Hage-Sleiman A.K., El Zein M.H., Kabour A., Engoren M.C., Habib R.H.. Impact of prior intracoronary stenting on late outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery in diabetics with triple-vessel disease. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2015, May; 149(5): 1302-9. PMID: 25772280
  • Gosev I., Yammine M., Leacche M., Ivkovic V., McGurk S., Cohn L.H. Reoperative aortic valve replacement through upper hemisternotomy. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery.2015, Jan; 4(1): 88- 90. PMID: 25694985.
  • Kaneko T., Yammine M., Aranki SF. New oral anticoagulants-what the cardiothoracic surgeon needs to know. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2014, Nov; 148(5): 1794-1801; PMID: 24973923.
  • Abdallah Hajj Hussein I., Freund J.N., Reimund J.M., Shams A., Yammine M., Leone A., Jurjus A.R.. Enteropathogenic e. coli sustains iodoacetamide-induced ulcerative colitis-like colitis in rats: modulation of IL-1beta, IL-6, TNF-alfa, COX-2, and apoptosis. Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents. 2012, Jul; 26(3): 515-526; PMID: 23034271
  • Professional Societies:
    Member, American College of Cardiology, 2016-Present
    Member, Thoracic Surgery Resident Association, 2016-Present
    Member, Society of Thoracic Surgery, 2016-Present
    Founding Member, Lebanese PostDocs in North America (LPDNA), 2014-Present
    Member, New-England Chapter of the Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut, 2013-2016
    Member, Lebanese Medical Students' International Committee (LeMSIC), 2009-2010