Jock Nash McCullough, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon and one of the area’s leading heart surgeons, has joined the cardiac surgery team at Englewood Hospital. Dr.McCullough has spent the past 7 years performing complex cardiac surgeries and procedures at Hackensack University Medical Center where he performed more than 450 operations over the last two and one-half years with an overall hospital survival rate of 99%.

Dr. McCullough joins mentor and former partner M. Arisan Ergin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, andformer colleague James Klein, MD, Director of Cardiac Surgery Services, at the Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Institute of New Jersey. The three surgeons routinely performed cardiac procedures together while at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York from 1993 to 2000.

“We’re fortunate to have Dr. McCullough join our team at Englewood,” said Dr. Ergin. “He brings a wealth of expertise in heart surgery, particularly in the area of mitral valve repair.”

“I am excited to work once again with Dr. Ergin and Dr. Klein,” said Dr. McCullough. “I am confident that we can continue to build on the tremendous results already achieved at Englewood Hospital.”

At Englewood Hospital, the cardiothoracic team focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of all cardiac and vascular diseases, 80% of which are performed without the use of blood or blood products, and on mitral valve repair, an open-heart procedure to treat regurgitation (leakage) of the heart valve. Englewood Hospital’s cardiac program has the lowest risk-adjusted mortality rate (0%) following coronary artery bypass grafting in New Jersey according to the state’s Department of Health and Senior Services, a distinction achieved in three of the last four cardiac surgery reports.

Dr. McCullough is Board Certified in General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. He received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and completed his cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the Mount Sinai Medical Center where he was a member of the Faculty as an attending cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery for four years before moving to Hackensack University Medical Center.

For more information about mitral valve surgery and other cardiac services available at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, call 201-894-3636.