Location

Heart & Vascular Center 4802 Tenth Avenue Brooklyn, NY  12219 Map Link Phone: (718) 283-7489

Physicians and Staff

Gregory Crooke, MD Cardiothoracic Surgeon (718) 283-7686

Robert Frankel, MD Director, Interventional Cardiology (718) 283-7480

Greg Ribakove, MD Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Vice Chair, Surgery (718) 283-7686

Paul Saunders, MD Cardiothoracic Surgeon (718) 283-7686

Jacob Shani, MD Chair, Maimonides Heart & Vascular Center Director, Cardiology (718) 283-7480

Expertise and Innovation

Among the staff and alumni of the Maimonides Heart & Vascular Center, several physicians have been at the forefront of medicine throughout their careers. Leading and pioneering, and caring for their patients. Whether it was in the area of interventional cardiology or minimally invasive surgery, our staff have not just excelled as surgeons and clinicians, they are among the top of their field.

Latest Procedural Videos

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Video-assisted thoracic surgery is now offered at Maimonides Medical Center.  Dr. Jason Shaw , Director of Minimally Invasive General Thoracic Surgery, explains this groundbreaking technique and the benefits to patients undergoing surgery.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Dr. Robert Frankel discusses the revolutionary procedure.

Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Implantation Gregory A. Crooke, MD, Co-Director of the Heart Failure Program and Cardiothoracic Surgeon Paul Saunders, MD discuss the Left Ventricular Assist Device. Commonly known as LVAD, this device is now offered at Maimonides as a possible treatment for heart failure patients.

The Impella Left Ventrical Assist Device Dr. Robert Frankel, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, gives an overview of the groundbreaking Impella device.  The Impella is a left ventrical assist device that aids patients if their hearts have trouble pumping blood.  Maimonides was the first hospital in Brooklyn to utiliz...

Utilizing the Amplatzer Septal Occluder Device Dr. Robert Frankel, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, explains use of the Amplatzer Septal Occluder device in treating heart disease.

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair This video shows a minimally invasive procedure for mitral valve repair performed by cardiothoracic surgeons Greg Ribakove and Gregory Crooke of the Center for Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center. The actual procedure took over three hours to complete, whi...

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement This video shows a minimally invasive procedure for an aortic valve replacement performed by cardiothoracic surgeons Greg Ribakove and Gregory Crooke of the Center for Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery.  The video which has a running time of 3.24 minutes is an edited down version showing the ...