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The divisions of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery at the The University Hospital are staffed by 150 dedicated professionals in a wide array of disciplines. The physician team is comprised of board-certified specialists who are also faculty members of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School (NJMS).

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Douglas Jackson, MD, JD

Dr. Jackson is director of cardiothoracic critical care and is an associate professor of anesthesiology at the NJMS and an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Columbia University.

A graduate of Temple University Medical School, Dr. Jackson completed his residency and a fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York . Dr. Jackson is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists.

Paul Bolanowski, MD

Paul Bolanowski, MD, is an Associate Professor of Surgery at NJMS. He is an expert in thoracic oncology, tracheal reconstruction, chest wall reconstruction, and surgery for myasthenia gravis and tuberculosis. He has been a member of the UMDNJ teaching faculty since 1973.

Dr. Bolanowski is a 1961 graduate of Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts and a 1965 graduate of UMDNJ-NJMS. From 1965-1967 he completed his Internship and began his Residency in General Surgery at the Yale, New Haven Medical School in Connecticut. He has served as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corp. and also served in Vietnam.

Dr. Bolanowski completed his residency in General Surgery at UMDNJ-NJMS in 1971 and his cardiothoracic residency in 1973, also at UMDNJ-NJMS. Dr. Bolanowski is board certified in both General and Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Justin Sambol, MD

Dr. Sambol is an Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at NJMS and has expertise in all aspects of general thoracic surgery. His clinical interests include: thoracic oncology, tracheal surgery, minimally invasive cardiac and thoracic surgery, off pump coronary surgery, mitral valve repair, and aortic surgery.

He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and NJMS. He completed both his residency in general surgery and fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at NJMS.

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