Alexander M Wohler, MD, FACS

Overview

Gender

Male

Languages

English

Specialties

Cardiothoracic Surgery

General Surgery

Biography

Dr. Wohler is board certified in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. He earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri, and completed a surgical internship and a general surgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Wohler then completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, New York. 

Dr. Wohler is an experienced cardiothoracic surgeon who performs a full range of cardiac surgical procedures. He has worked as an attending surgeon for cardiothoracic surgery at several different hospitals in the New Jersey/New York area and has participated in several cardiac program initiatives including minimally invasive (or thoracoscopic) left atrial appendage closure; Hybrid Laparoscopic, Trans-Diaphragmatic Radio-Frequency Ablation Program for Atrial Fibrillation; and the ECMO/VAD program. Dr. Wohler has participated in numerous research projects and publications, and presentations. He has also served as a mentor to medical students and general surgery residents. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Clinical Interests:

• Mitral valve repair and replacement
• Minimally invasive aortic valve repair and replacement
• Coronary revascularization surgery
• Thoracoscopic/laparoscopic hybrid arrhythmia surgery
• Endovascular thoracic aneurysm repair
• ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)
• VAD (ventricular assist device)
• VATS (minimally invasive thoracic surgery)
• TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement)
• MitraClip™ procedure
• Minimally invasive esophageal surgery