Emile A. Bacha's Online Review Report Card

Dr. Bacha performed an open heart in Feb. of 2021. I had 2 open heart surgeries as a child (born with TOF). This was my first procedure since my last procedure in 1989 as a child. My primary cardiologist (Dr. Harsimran Singh, amazing doctor) reassured me that I was in good hands. Dr. Bacha replaced the old pulmonary valve that was placed in 1989 and opened up the left pulmonary artery that was narrowed. In addition, he performed a Transposition and reimplantation of right coronary artery (non-dominant arising from high ascending aorta) to right anterior-inferior aorta. This will help future procedures to be performed through a catherization and not a full open heart surgery since access to the heart will be easier. I know entrusting someone with your child’s life can be nerve racking (mother of a healthy teenager: best obgyn also at Weill Cornell, no longer there) but I would fully trust Dr. Bacha with my daughter’s life as well. I would absolutely recommend Dr. Bacha!

We just went for a consult and he was awful. He lies to your face and didn't give any information about the surgery. He just doesn't care. He was also going to sign my name on the consent form. A bad surgeon and office that just pressures you to consent and minimize the surgery.

It was informative and friendly.

expert in his field amazing heart surgeon i feel great!!

He is not qualified to be a surgeon or medical professional in any capacity.

Very personable. Good communicator and we are looking forward to working with him.

Dr. Emile Bacha is an incredible pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon. He performed open heart surgery on my three month old son for Tetralogy of Fallot. Dr. Bacha is gifted in both the surgery room and at the bedside which is a unique combination. I know our son is healthy and thriving because of the expertise and care of Dr. Emile Bacha. If our son has to have another surgical intervention in the future, we will put our trust, faith, and confidence in Dr. Emile Bacha.

This doctor came highly recommended but we had a terrible experience with him. He lied to us numerous times. He was very unprofessional. He was supposed to operate on my baby but then said he was "too busy". He said he'd be there for the surgery but not the beginning and the end...who says that. We spoke to a bunch of his colleagues and they said if he said that he has no intention of doing the surgery. This after meeting with him and he assured us he would do it unless he was admitted to the hospital himself. Why would you lie to patients during such a stressful and emotional time. He showed no care for us as people. How do you do that to someone. He also had the opportunity to apologize but pretended he didn't know who we were. The other doctors at Columbia are just as good and they take care of their patients a ton better. I wouldn't recommend this guy to anyone.

My wife and I have had a very I unpleasant experience with Dr. Bacha. He is very disrespectful, untrustworthy and will lie right to your face. We met with him a couple of times and he said he was performing a surgery on my newborn baby, when in fact it turned out he was never going to do it. Then he met with us and said he's all booked but will be there for the actual surgery but not the beginning or end of it. Turns out he couldn't even be honest with us and tell us he wasn't going to do it.

It's coming up on the 3 year anniversary of my son's open heart surgery at 5mos. Dr Bacha came highly recommend by our cardiologist from RWJUH. I couldn't imagine such a tall man working on such hearts (size of a quarter I was told at that age) but he did an amazing job and clearly explained everything pre and post surgery. I am so thankful for this amazing doctor, he not only corrected 2 chd's we were aware of but also, one that was hidden and only apparent during surgery. My son is now 3.5 and thriving. The picu at Columbia I was disappointed with for several reasons but the doctor himself is what we came for.