Sameh M. Said

I am a pediatric and adult congenital cardiac surgeon, and the current Chief of the Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Maria Fareri Children's hospital and Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA. I am also a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at New York Medical College. 

I am originally from Egypt and I graduated from Alexandria University in 1998 and completed my initial cardiothoracic surgical residency in Alexandria University, Egypt. This was followed by an advanced cardiovascular surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. I then completed an integrated General and Thoracic Surgery residency at Mayo Clinic, followed by an accredited Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery fellowship at Lucile Packard's Children's hospital, Stanford University, California, USA.

I worked as a pediatric and adult cardiac surgeon at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota followed by the University of Minnesota prior to moving to Westchester Medical Center in New York in 2022. 

I am American Board certified in General, Thoracic and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and I have a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Carlson School of Management, at the University of Minnesota. 

I have co-authored more than 280 peer-reviewed publications and 25 Book chapters and edited two Books and my H-index is 41 on Google scholar with more than 4000 citations. 

I am the current Senior Editor for the congenital section of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet). 

I am also an associate Editor for the Cardiothoracic Surgeon Journal, Frontiers in pediatric cardiology, and on the editorial board of the World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the Journal of Cardiovascular Disease and Development. 

My current research is focused on clinical outcomes, metanalyses and education and training

Professional Memberships

• Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS)
• World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS)
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
• International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS)
• Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA)
• Western Thoracic Surgical Association (WTSA)
• Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS)
• European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC)

Awards and Professional Recognition

• Winner of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet) Innovative Video Competition 2025
• Best Moderated Congenital e-Poster at the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) 2024
• Clinical Excellence Recognition, University of Minnesota 2022
• Winner, Young Fellow Association (YFA) Communication Committee Essay Contest, ACS 2020
• Western Thoracic Surgical Association Traveling Fellowship, 2019
• Top Doctors, Minnesota, 2019
• Adult Cardiac Surgery Poster Competition, AATS, 2018
• Dr. O.T. Clagett Resident Travel Award, Mayo Clinic, 2013
• Hawley H. Seiler Resident Competition Award, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA), 2011
• Kaare K. Nygaard Award, Mayo Clinic, 2010