Meet the editor

Dr. Sameh M. Said is a pediatric and adult congenital cardiac surgeon and the current chief of the Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Westchester Medical Center Health Network, USA. He is also a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at New York Medical College. He previously worked as a pediatric and adult cardiac surgeon at Mayo Clinic, USA, and the University of Minnesota,

USA. Dr. Said graduated from Alexandria University, Egypt, in 1998, where he also completed his cardiothoracic surgical residency. This was followed by an advanced cardiovascular surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic, where he also completed an integrated general and thoracic surgery residency. He also completed an accredited pediatric congenital cardiac surgery fellowship at Lucile Packard's Children's Hospital, USA. Dr. Said is board-certified in general, thoracic, and pediatric cardiac surgery and has special expertise and interest in neonatal surgery, complex cardiac reoperation, unifocalization and pulmonary artery branch rehabilitation, Ebstein's anomaly, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and the Ross procedure. He has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and 24 book chapters and edited two books. He is an active member of many cardiothoracic surgical societies and associations.
