
Steven W. Werns, MD
Cardiologist
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212.224.7993
Fax: 917.260.4573
Dr. Steven W. Werns is an attending physician and the Director of Cardiology at HSS. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. He is a distinguished graduate of Cornell University and Cornell University Medical College. After completing his internal medicine residency at New York Hospital, Dr. Werns went on to complete his cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Werns has served on the faculties of the University of Michigan Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Wayne State University School of Medicine. He currently holds a faculty appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Cardiology
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Director of Cardiology, Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology
Medical: Cornell University Medical College, 1979
Internship: New York Hospital, 1980
Residency: New York Hospital, 1982
Fellowship: University of Michigan, 1985
English
For all publications, please see the PubMed listing.
Werns, SW: Strategies to limit reperfusion injury. In: Acute Coronary Intervention. Topol, E.J. (ed.), Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 1988, p. 271-291.
Werns, SW, Muller, DWM, and Bates, ER: The focal vein graft lesion In: Strategic approaches in coronary intervention. Ellis, SG and Holmes, DR (eds), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1996, p. 425-439.
Werns, SW: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: postoperative complications. In: Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Disease. Bates, ER and Holmes, DR (eds), Marcel Dekker, New York, 1998, p. 33-60.
Werns, SW: Percutaneous gene therapy for myocardial angiogenesis. In: Percutaneous Transluminal Endomyocardial Revascularization: Practical and Theoretical Approaches. Abela, GS (ed), Wiley-Liss, Inc., New York, 2002, p. 197-209.
Werns, SW: Stable angina. In: Practical Cardiology: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Cardiovascular Disorders. Eagle, KA (ed), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New York, 2003.
Werns, SW: Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction. In: Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult (3rd edition). Parrillo, JE and Dellinger, RP (ed), Mosby, Inc., Philadelphia, 2008.
Ruwende, C, Werns, SW, Khaja, F: Stable angina. In: Practical Cardiology: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Cardiovascular Disorders. Baliga, RR and Eagle, KA (ed), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2008.
Mazzarelli, J and Werns, SW: Acute coronary syndrome. In: The Neuro ICU Book. Lee, K, McGraw-Hill, 2012. Werns, SW: Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction. In: Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult (4th edition). Parrillo, JE and Dellinger, RP (ed), Mosby, Inc., Philadelphia, 2013.
Werns, SW: Acute Coronary Syndromes and Acute Myocardial Infarction. In: Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult (5th edition). Parrillo, JE and Dellinger, RP (ed), Mosby, Inc., Philadelphia, 2019.
Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care Board Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, August 13, 2014
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care Board Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, August 13, 2014
Vasopressor and Vasodilator Therapy, Critical Care 2010, American College of Physicians, Toronto, Canada, April 20, 2010
Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes, Critical Care 2010, American College of Physicians, Toronto, Canada, April 20, 2010
Pericardial Disease: Restriction, Constriction, Tamponade, Invasive Cardiac and Peripheral Diagnosis III, Philadelphia, PA, September 29, 2006
Cardiac Support in the Cath Lab: IABP and New Technologies, Invasive Cardiac and Peripheral Diagnosis II, Philadelphia, PA, October 1, 2005
Directional coronary atherectomy. Ninth International Postgraduate Course on Myocardial Infarction and Angina Pectoris, Davos, Switzerland. March, 1991.
Coronary restenosis. Ninth International Postgraduate Course on Myocardial Infarction and Angina Pectoris, Davos, Switzerland. March, 1991.
Regulatory influences on the coronary circulation. Seventh International Postgraduate Course on Myocardial Infarction and Angina Pectoris, Davos, Switzerland. March, 1987
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As of February 27, 2025, Dr. Werns reported no relationships with the healthcare industry.
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