Cliff Connery
New York City, NY, USAM.D.
Dr.
Cliff P. Connery is Chief of
his Thoracic Surgery Division. He
has developed an outstanding
thoracic practice in Manhattan with an
emphasis on thoracic oncology but also a
significant experience in treating other
general thoracic disorders especially
sympathectomy for palmar
hyperhidrosis. Dr. Connery is
triple boarded in Surgery, Thoracic
Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care. He
is an elected member of many professional
societies and has authored more than 40
scientific publications. He is regularly
listed among the "Best Doctors in
New York".
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Curriculum Vitae
Cliff P. Connery, M.D.
Academic Training:
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
B.S. - Biology, May 1980
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia
M.D. - June 1984
Medical Licensure:
1985
State of New York
Postgraduate Training:
1984 -
1989
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Resident: General Surgery
1989 -
1990
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
American Heart Association - New York Affiliate
Research Fellow: Cardiothoracic Surgery
1990 -
1992
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Resident: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Board Certification:
1985
National Board of Medical Examiners
1990
American Board of Surgery
1993
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
1994
American Board of Surgery - Critical Care
2000
American Board of Surgery - Recertification
Military Service:
9/85 - 1/98
U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps (Rank: Major)
Professional Organizations and Societies:
1982
American Medical Association
1985
American College of Surgeons; 1995 Fellow
1985 -
1998
Association of Military Surgeons of the United
States
1985 -
1998
Reserve Officers Association
1991
American College of Chest Physicians;
Fellow 1994
1992
Medical Society State of New York
1992
New York County Medical Society
1992
Earle S. Mahoney Surgical Society
1994
New York Society for Thoracic Surgery
1994
American College of Cardiology; Fellow 1994
1997
Southwest Oncology Group
1998
Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fellow 1998
1998
Honorary Police Surgeon, City of New York Police
Department
1998
New York State Thoracic Society
2001
General Thoracic Surgery Club
2003
American Thoracic Society
Academic Appointments:
1984 -
1989
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Clinical Assistant Instructor in Surgery
1989 -
1992
University of Rochester School of Medicine and
Dentistry
Instructor in Cardiothoracic Surgery
1992 -
1994
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Assistant Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery
1993 -
1995
Columbia University, College of Physicians and
Surgeons
Instructor in Surgery
1994 -
Present
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery
1994 -
1996
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Chief, Thoracic Surgery Service, St. Luke's Site
1995 -
Present
Columbia University, College of Physicians and
Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
1996 -
1999
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Associate Director, Open Heart Recovery Room
1996 -
2001
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Chief Thoracic Surgery Service
2001 -
Present
St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital Center
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
2001 -
Present
Beth Israel Medical Center
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
2001 -
Present
Continuum Health Partners
Director of Program Development Thoracic Oncology
Hospital Appointments:
1992 -
1995
Assistant Attending Surgeon
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York,
NY
1995 -
Present
Associate Attending Surgeon
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York,
NY
1995 -
1997
Attending Surgeon
St. Vincent’s Medical Center of Richmond, Staten
Island, NY
1998-
Present
Attending Surgeon
North General Hospital
1998-
2001
Attending Surgeon
Harlem Hospital Center
Scholarships, Awards, Grants and Research:
1976 -
1980
College of William and Mary Full Scholarship
1979
New York University Medical Center - Institute of
Rehabilitation Medicine: Summer Work-Study
Fellowship
1989 -
1990
American Heart Association - New York Affiliate
Research Fellow Cardiothoracic Surgery
1990
Rochester Eye and Human Parts Bank Research
Grant:
"Freezing Preservation of the
Myocardium"
1992
Sphinx Pharmaceutical Corporation and
Institutional Research Grant: "Effect
of Protein Kinase C Inhibitor on Myocardial
Recovery from Ischemia in the Isolated Working
Rat Heart"
1993
Outstanding Attending Award; Department of
Surgery
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
1993 -
1996
Implantable Defibrillator protocols. Participant.
Dr. J. Steinberg, P.I.
1994
Acadesine Study. Participant,
(Multi-institutional trial). Dr. Z. Hillel, P.I.
1994 -
1996
Intraoperative Left Ventricular Function study.
Participant. Dr. Z. Hillel, P.I.
1994 -
1999
S.H.O.C.K. Multi-institutional Study.
Co-investigator. Dr. J. Hochman, P.I
1996 -
1999
Leukocyte Depletion and Infectious Complications
in Cardiac Surgery Patients. Dr. C.P.
Connery, P.I.
1997
Teaching Attending Award; Department of Surgery
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
1997 -
1999
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization and
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Eclipse
Biomedical. Dr. C.P. Connery, P.I.
1997 -
2002
Multi-Institutional Thoracic Oncology Protocols,
Participant.
SWOG (Southwest Oncology Group)
1998 -
Present
Honorary Police Surgeon
City of New York Police Department
1998
New York Magazine
The Best Doctors in New York
1999,
2000,
New York Magazine
2001
The Best Doctors in New York - Metro Area
2000-Present
Intrapleural Analgesia for Videoassisted Thoracic
Surgery Patients Principal Investigator
2001 -
Present
SWOG 5597 Chemoprevention of New Primary
Lung Cancers
Using Selenium
Principal Investigator
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital Center and Beth Israel Medical Center
2002
Second Annual Lung Cancer Symposium
Course Co-Director
2002
Medical Board Subcommittee Review
Department of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital Center
2002
-
Present
SWOG 9900 Surgery Versus Surgery Plus
Preoperative Paclitaxel/Carboplatin in
Intermediate stage Lung Cancer
Principal Investigator
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
2002
-
Present
Robotic Assisted Implantation of Radioactive
Iodine Brachytherapy Seeds after Limited Lung
Resection
Co-Investigator
Original Peer Reviewed Articles:
1.
Connery CP*, Hicks GL, Wang T. Positive
correlation of functional recovery and tissue ATP
levels in the hypothermically stored cardiac
explant. Surg Forum 41:282-284, 1990.
2.
Wang T, Connery CP*, Batty PR, Hicks GL, DeWeese
JA, Layne JR. Freezing preservation of adult
mammalian heart at high sub-zero temperatures.
Cryobiology 28:171-176, 1991.
3.
Connery CP*, DeWeese JA, Eisenberg BK, Moss AJ.
Treatment of aortic coarctation in the high risk
patient by axillofemoral bypass grafting. Ann
Thorac Surg 52:1281-1284, 1991.
4.
Murphy PJ, Connery CP*, Hicks GL, Blumberg N.
Homologous blood transfusion as a risk factor for
postoperative infection after coronary artery
bypass surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg: 104:
1092-1099, 1992.
5.
Anagnostopoulos CE, Connery CP, Bilfinger TV,
Seifert F, Hartman A, Biancaniello T,
Agorogiannis S. Initial clinical experience with
anterior rectus sheath grafts in congenital heart
defects. J Cardiovasc Surg 36:429-432,
1995.
6.
Anagnostopoulos CE, Connery CP, Dumont H, Hillel
Z, Herring W, Adams L. Pre-clamp cardioprotection
by Protein Kinase C (PKC) inhibitor improves left
ventricular function following canine
normothermic arrest. J Cardiovasc
Surg.; 37:141-4, 1996
7.
Declerck C, Hillel Z, Shih H, Kuroda M, Connery
CP, Thys DM. A comparison of left
ventricular performance indices measured by
transesophageal echocardiography with automated
border detection. Anesthesiology; 89, 1998; 89:
341-9.
8.
Connery CP*, Azariades M, Prapas SN,
Anagnostopoulos CE. “Band -Aid”
Surgery - Upper Sternal Split Incision for Valve
Surgery in Adults: A Modified Technique.” J
Cardiovasc Surg; 39: 475-7, 1998.
9.
Slater J, Connery CP, Hochman J Cardiogenic Shock
Caused by Cardiac Free-wall Rupture or Tamponade
After Acute Myocardial Infarction: a Report from
the Shock Trial Registry. JACC 36: SupplA
1117-1122, 2000..
10.
Park W, Connery CP*, Hochman J, Tilson MD,
Anagnostopoulos CE. Successful repair of
myocardial free wall rupture after thrombolytic
therapy for acute infarction. Ann Thor
Surg. 70:1345-1349, 2000.
11.
Ioannidis JPA, Connery CP, Galanos O, Swistel DG,
Anagnostopoulos CE. Early Mortality and
Morbidity of Bilateral vs. Single internal
thoracic artery revascularization: Propensity and
risk modeling. JACC: Vol 37, No 2: 521-528, 2001.
12.
Kotsis VN, Connery CP, Azariades P, Prappas
S, Galanos O, Drossos G, Anagnostopoulos
CE. Prevention of Aortic Anastomotic
Hemorrhage: A simplified Intraoperative Testing
Technique. J.Cardiovasc Surg: Vol 42, Issue
2: 481-4, Aug 2001.
13.
DeRose JJ Jr, Safavi A, Connery C, Swistel D,
Ashton RC Jr. Mediastinal mass evaluation using
advanced robotic techniques. Ann Thoracic Surg
2002(in press)
14.
Ashton RC Jr, McGinnis K, Connery CP, Swistel DG,
Ewing DR, DeRose JJ Jr. Totally endoscopic
robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Ann
Thorac Surg, 2002 (in press)
15.
Ashton RC Jr, Connery CP, Swistel DG, DeRose JJ
Jr. Robotic-assisted lobectomy. J Thorac
Cardiovasc Surg 2002 (in press)
16.
Connery C, Knoetgen J, Anagnostopoulos CE, Svitak
M, Median sternotomy for Pneumonectomy in
Patients with Pulmonary Complications of
Tuberculosis. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery. Accepted December 2002. (in
press).
Case Reports:
1.
Connery CP*, Geller E, Dulchavsky S, Kreis DJ.
Paraparesis following emergency room thoracotomy.
J Trauma 30:362-363, 1990.
2.
Connery CP*, Stewart S, Lund N, Papadakos PI.
Acute leukocyte reaction and respiratory distress
following mitral valve replacement. Cardiovasc
Surg 1:195-196, 1993.
3.
Connery CP*, Descalzi ME, Kirshner R.
Inflammatory aneurysms of the ascending aorta. J
Cardiovasc Surg 35:33-34, 1994.
4.
Connery CP*, Dumont H, Hartmann AR,
Anagnostopoulos CE. Transmural myocardial
infarction with coexisting critical aortic
stenosis as an etiology for early myocardial
rupture. J Cardiovasc Surg 35:53-56, 1994.
5.
Connery CP*, Cheeran D. Multiple aneurysms of the
internal thoracic artery. Ann Thorac Surg
59:1561-63, 1995.
6.
Connery CP*, Khalife ME, Monteleone FA, Schuss
AF, Ger R. Concurrent Right Atrial Myxoma and
Malignant Lymphoma. J Cardiovasc Surg
36: 563-5, 1995.
7.
Gregory AK, Connery CP, Holgerson
LO. A Case of Massive
Thymolipoma. J of Pediatric Surgery,
32(12): 1780-2, 1997 .
8.
Gregory AK, Connery CP*, Anagnostopoulos
CE. A Late Complication of Tuberculous
Pericarditis: Cutaneous Sinus Tract
Communicating with Residual Pericardium and a
Retrosternal Abscess Cavity. Ann Thorac
Surg 65: 542-4, 1998
9.
Blaustein HS, Abed A, Leber R, DiGiacinto G,
Connery CP*, Anagnostopoulos CE.
“Synchronous intracranial aneurysm clipping
and coronary artery bypass grafting in a
scleroderma patient with a subarachnoid
hemorrhage and an acute myocardial
infarction.” J Cardiovasc Surg; 40: 55-7,
1999.
10.
Rahman GF, Bhardwaj N, Suster B, Arliss J,
Connery CP* “A Unique Communicating
Pancreatic Pulmonary Malformation” Ann
of Thorac Surg;68:2338-9, 1999.
11.
Mysore S, Kotsis VN, Galanos O, Connery CP,
Drossos G, Hillel Z, Anagnostopoulos CE. Possible
Intraaortic Balloon Pump
“Function-Related” Mechanism of Embolic
Events in Patient with Protruding Atheroma in the
Thoracic Aorta. J.Cardiovasc Surg Vol
42, Issue:2: 207-10, Apr 2001.
12.
Shibili M, Connery C, Shapiro JM.
Intralobar and extralobar bronchopulmonary
sequestration complicated by Nocardia infection.
Southern Med J 2003;96:78-80
Chapters:
Castro
JM, Connery CP. Anesthesia for
Thoracoscopy. Textbook of Cardiothoracic
Anesthesia Daniel M. Thys, M.D. Editor.
McGraw Hill; Chapter 29:761-771,
2001.
Abstracts:
1.
Wang T, Connery CP, Hicks GL, DeWeese JA, Layne
JR. Freezing storage of isolated rat heart at
-1.2 and -3 degrees C. FASEB J 4: A280, February,
1990.
2.
Connery CP*, Hicks GL, DeWeese JA, Wang T. Long
term storage of the cardiac explant from rats of
different thyroid states. J Mol Cell Cardiol 22:
(Supp. V) p.27, July 1990.
3.
Wang T, Connery CP*, DeWeese JA, Hicks GL.
Optimal calcium concentration for a Lithium
Chloride based preservation solution. J Mol Cell
Cardiol 22: (Supp. V)p. 1, July, 1990.
4.
Wang T, Connery CP, DeWeese JA, Hicks GL.
Oxygenation of bathing solution improves cardiac
preservation. J Mol Cell Cardiol 22: (Supp. V) p.
25, July, 1990.
5.
Connery CP, Layne JR, Batty PR, Hicks GL, Wang T.
Freezing preservation of isolated rat heart at
high sub-zero temperatures. J Mol Cell Cardiol
22: (Supp. I) p. 25, March, 1990.
6.
Wang T, Connery CP*, Pearce F. Evaluation of
isolated rat heart function during the
compensatory and decompensatory phase of
hemorrhagic shock. Circ Shock 31: 17-18, 1990.
7.
Anagnostopoulos CE, Bilfinger TV, Connery CP,
Seifert F, Hartman A, Biancaniello T,
Agorogiannis S. Initial clinical experience with
anterior rectus sheath grafts in congenital heart
defects. Proceedings of 6th Annual Current Issues
in Cardiac Surgery Conference; St. Thomas, USVI;
November 1993.
8.
Anagnostopoulos CE, Connery CP*, Dumont H, Hillel
Z, Herring W, Adams L. Pre-clamp cardioprotection
by Protein Kinase C (PKC) inhibitor improves left
ventricular function following canine
normothermic arrest. Proceedings of 7th Annual
Current Issues in Cardiac Surgery Conference; St.
Thomas, USVI; November 1994.
9.
Anagnostopoulos CE, Connery CP, Safavi A,
Anagnostopoulos A-M, Imperial J. Ordinary
Risk Stratification does not predict Length of
Stay in Acute Aortic Dissections. Proceedings of
1st International Cardiac Surgery Conference.
"Cardiac Surgery Today: The State of the
Art." Athens, Greece; December 1994
10.
Anagnostopoulos, CE, Azariadis, M, Connery
CP., Papagiannis I, Apostolopoulu
S., Kalogris G., Prapas S., Stavrides G.,
Nicholaidis A., Rammos S. Surgical
correction of complex congenital heart disease by
use of cryopreserved homografts in 20 patients.
National Medical Association Meeting, Athens
Greece, May 8, 1996 - Abstract Book.
11.
Anagnostopoulos CE. , Prappas S, Azariades M.,
Connery CP., Economopoulos G., Palatianos
G., Michalis A. Hypothermia and
circulatory arrest in 20 operations of the aortic
arch. Greek Surgical Society Meeting Abstract
Book, Athens, Greece., October 1996.
12.
Connery CP*, Knoetgen J, Islam S, Anagnostopoulos
CE. Median sternotomy for pulmonary
resection in patients with pulmonary
complications of tuberculosis.
International Congress of Thorax Surgery, Athens
Greece, July 1997.
13.
Gregory AK, Connery CP*, Anagnostopoulos
CE. A Late Complication of Tuberculous
Pericarditis: Cutaneous Sinus Tract Communicating
with Residual Pericardium and a Retrosternal
Abscess Cavity. International
Congress of Thorax Surgery, Athens Greece, July
1997.
14.
Connery CP*, Azariades M, Prapas SN,
Anagnostopoulos CE. “Band -Aid”
Surgery - Upper Sternal Split Incision for Valve
Surgery in Adults: A Modified Technique.
Medical Developments for the New Millennium,
Athens, Greece. August, 1997.
15.
Menon V, Connery CP, Abel J, Dion R, Graham K,
Shemin R. Outcome of Patients Undergoing
Cardiac Surgery During Hospitalization for
Cardiogenic Shock (CS) Complicating Acute MI.
American Heart Association 70th Annual Scientific
Session, Orlando, Florida, November 1997.
16.
Park WM, Paturu K, Hochman J, Connery CP*,
Anagnostopoulos CE. Successful repair of
myocardial free wall rupture after early
thrombolytic therapy for myocardial
infarction. Poster Session: American
College of Chest Physicians, Cancun, Mexico,
December 1997.
17.
Nan Y, Shih H, Connery CP, Hillel Z. Online
LV function by Signal Averaged TEE and ABD.
Anesth: 91(3A), 1999.
18.
Nan Y, Connery CP, Shih H, Hillel Z.
Improved Diastolic LV Function after CABG.
Anesth: 91(3A), 1999.
19.
Connery CP*, Rahman F, Abebe L, Hillel Z, Wenz B,
Ortolano G, Samatallee Z, Gikakis N,
Anagnostopoulos CE. White Cell Filtration
of Transfused Blood and/or Blood Products Reduces
Infections in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Patients
Undergoing Revascularization. Chest 118
(Suppl 4) 1435-1445, 2000.
20.
Ashton RC, Swistel DG, Connery CP, DeRose
JJ. Robotic Surgery in the Thoracic
Cavity. Chest 122 (Suppl 4) 70S, Nov 6,
2002.
21.
Ashton RC Jr, Swistel DG, Connery CP, DeRose JJ
Jr. Robotic surgery in
the
thoracic cavity. CHEST 2002:122 (suppl
4):70S
Selected Presentations:
1.
Freezing preservation of the myocardium.
Presented to the International Society for Heart
Research. Chicago, Illinois; May, 1990.*
2.
Myocardial function in the compensatory and
decompensatory phases of hemorrhagic shock.
Presented to the Shock Society. Durango,
Colorado; June, 1990.*
3.
Positive correlation of functional recovery | 
