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NEW YORK (Feb 10, 2011)
Barbara Walters with her doctors: NewYork-Presbyterian cardiologist Jerry I. Gliklich, M.D. (left) and cardiothoracic surgeon Craig R. Smith, M.D., F.A.C.S. (right)
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About the Program
On Friday, Feb. 4, ABC journalist and television personality Barbara Walters hosted a one-hour national special A Matter of Life and Death, based on her experience of having heart valve replacement surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian.
Two of our heart specialists from the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia appeared on the show – Ms. Walters' surgeon, Dr. Craig R. Smith, and her cardiologist, Dr. Jerry I. Gliklich. Among other guests were President Bill Clinton, David Letterman, Charlie Rose and Regis Philbin – all of whom had heart surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian. Watch the videos.
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