Robert Cerfolio, MD
Enriched profileExecutive Vice President, Vice Dean, and Chief Operating Officer, NYU Langone Health · NYU Langone Health
Robert Cerfolio is Executive Vice President, Vice Dean, and Chief Operating Officer, NYU Langone Health at NYU Langone Health. OpenAlex indexes 501 publications with 34,510 citations (h-index 85); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 9 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Robert Cerfolio, MD, is Executive Vice President, Vice Dean, and Chief Operating Officer, NYU Langone Health. The public record shows 501 publications with 34,510 citations (h-index 85), centered on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques. It also documents an investigator role on 3 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 13 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2021 · European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
- Top research focus: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- 3 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 13 companies
Generated from the cited public record · current as of 12 Oct 2026. Every fact links its source below.
Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 1 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 250.
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 12 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 3 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- NeoMend ProGEL™ Pleural Air Leak Sealant Post-Approval Study
Sponsor: C. R. Bard
- Clinical Trial Evaluating the Optimal Technique for Chest Tube Removal
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Does Atorvastatin Prevent Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation After Pulmonary Resection: A Randomized Clinical Study
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Industry payments
Updated 12 Oct 2026
13 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.Program year20258 payments$13,355openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Ethicon Inc.Program year20254 payments$11,154openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Medela AGProgram year20251 payment
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Congress activity
Updated 12 Oct 2026
7 congress contributions (2004–2017) across AACR, ASCO, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Effect of nodal status compared to tumor response after neoadjuvant radiation on outcomes for patients with esophageal cancer.
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2017Co-author - Abstract LB-296: FDG-PET avidity negatively impacts survival in pStage I NSCLC in the ACOSOG Z4031 trial.
AACR Annual Meeting
AACR2013Co-authorLate-breaking - SBRT Lung: Fiducial Migration Based on Fiducial Type and Anatomic Location
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2013Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Minimally invasive thymectomy for myasthenia gravis favours left-sided approach and low severity class.
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Article2021
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancerArticle3,516 citations2020
- 02Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomesArticle3,101 citations2020
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Network
Updated 12 Oct 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →nyulangone.org ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- President
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗ - Member
American Surgical Association
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- Distinguished Alumnus Award
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
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 →urmc.rochester.edu ↗
Every item links to where we found it. verified means we've confirmed it in more than one place; provisional means we found it and are still confirming.
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