Arnar Geirsson, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Cardiovascular Institute · Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Arnar Geirsson is Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Cardiovascular Institute at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 432 publications with 7,719 citations (h-index 43); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 10 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Arnar Geirsson, MD, is Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian. The public record shows 432 publications with 7,719 citations (h-index 43), centered on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 14 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Top research focus: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 14 companies
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Research focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 45 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 138.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
No public contact details on file. This person's NPPES record doesn't include a practice address or telephone number. Why? →
Clinical trials
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- WithDRawal Impact Of Postoperative Beta-Blocker
Sponsor: Yale University
Industry payments
Updated 13 Oct 2026
14 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year202540 payments$31,604openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.Program year202515 payments$24,756openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- enableCV Inc.Program year20251 payment
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis.
Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Review2026 - Impact of TAVR Failure Mechanism on Outcomes After Reintervention: From the EXPLANTORREDO-TAVR Registry.
Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions
Article2026 - Bleeding is associated with severely impaired outcomes in surgery for acute type a aortic dissection.
Scandinavian cardiovascular journal
Article2024 - Gender and Sex Differences in the Management, Intervention, and Outcomes of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2024 - Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2024
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Transplantation Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory DeathArticle356 citations2023
- 02
- 03Tgfbr2 disruption in postnatal smooth muscle impairs aortic wall homeostasisArticle289 citations2014
- 04
- 05Concomitant Tricuspid Repair in Patients with Degenerative Mitral RegurgitationArticle266 citations2021
Network
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
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Background & recognition
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on recordEditorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Chair
Task Force on Robotic Cardiac Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Editorial board member
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Editorial board member
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Fellow
American College of Surgeons
- Fellow
American Heart Association
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →columbiacardiology.org ↗
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →columbiacardiology.org ↗
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Director
Surgical Heart Valve Program; Co-Director, Mitral and Tricuspid Center; Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Surgery, Columbia
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