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Biographical Sketch
Stephanie Mick, MD, is a cardiovascular surgeon in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute. She is board-certified in cardiothoracic surgery and has a special interest in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery as well as complex cardiac surgery in adults.
After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Columbia University, Dr. Mick completed medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, where she was awarded the Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award, given to the female medical student with the best graduating academic record.
She completed an internship and residency in general surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell in New York City, during which she won the Chief Residents’ Award for Clinical Excellence. She then completed a three-year research post-doctoral fellowship with an interest in vascular biology at New York University School of Medicine.
Dr. Mick returned to New York Presbyterian-Cornell to complete her chief residency in general surgery. She completed her subspecialty training in cardiothoracic surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, where she specialized in adult cardiac surgery. She joined Cleveland Clinic in 2011 as a clinical associate in cardiac surgery and was appointed to the full medical staff in 2012.
Dr. Mick is involved in several significant clinical research projects at Cleveland Clinic, including studies on rare complications following heart attack, trends in the surgical treatment of endocarditis (inflammation of the heart lining and valves) and robotic and minimally invasive surgery.
She has authored more than two dozen articles and editorials published in leading medical journals and has been an invited presenter at meetings of the American Heart Association, the New York Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion. Dr. Mick is a member of the American Heart Association, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
In her leisure time, Dr. Mick enjoys skiing, travel and music.
Specialty Interests
Robotically assisted heart surgery, robotically assisted mitral valve surgery, robotically assisted coronary artery bypass surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, minimally invasive aortic surgery, heart surgery, mitral valve repair
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