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NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center have earned a distinguished three-star rating – the top rating – from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures. NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center also earned the three-star rating for aortic valve replacements (AVR). The three-star rating, which denotes the highest category of quality, places NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center among the elite for these procedures in the United States and Canada.

STS, a nonprofit organization representing more than 7,600 surgeons, researchers, and healthcare professionals worldwide, developed a comprehensive rating system that evaluates the quality of cardiac surgical procedures performed at hospitals across the country. The STS star rating system is one of the most sophisticated and highly regarded overall measures of quality in health care, rating the benchmarked outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery programs across the United States and Canada. The latest analysis of data covers a 3-year period, from January 2020 to December 2022.

“We are proud be recognized by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons as a distinguished provider of bypass surgery and aortic valve replacement procedures for our patients,” said Dr. Charles Mack, chair of tri-campus quality and patient safety in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine. “This achievement is a team effort and testament to our commitment to providing the highest quality cardiovascular care to our patients and the communities we serve.”

Dr. Mack also serves as director, cardiovascular services and cardiovascular recovery unit at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine.