SYRACUSE, N.Y.— St. Joseph’s Health is pleased to announce the return of Dr. G. Randall Green to its cardiac surgery team. Dr. Green was with St. Joseph’s Health for 12 years, from 2005-2017.

“I’m rejoining St. Joseph’s because the cardiac surgery and cardiology teams are committed to the highest quality of care, and we’ve accomplished some incredible outcomes together in the past,” Dr. Green said. “The last five years helped me recognize just how incredibly rewarding it was to be part of St. Joseph’s and among the great people there.”

“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Green back to our award-winning cardiac surgery program for which he was a major contributor over the years,” said Dr. Philip Falcone, Chief Clinical Officer. “The clinical excellence of our program was built and sustained by a group of excellent heart surgeons, including Dr. Green, making it one of the best in the country.”

Dr. Green performed hundreds of surgeries a year while at St. Joseph’s Health and was one of six heart surgeons in the state and the only one in Central New York with a risk-adjusted patient death rate for open heart and valve surgery much lower than the state average.

“Our Cardiovascular Institute, from cardiology to vascular services, delivers superior outcomes and consistently exceeds national quality benchmarks,” said Dr. Falcone. “Dr. Green’s return to our team of esteemed surgeons will only strengthen the high level of safe care our heart patients have come to expect from us.”

“I’m excited to get home to St. Joe’s to rejoin my colleagues and the tradition of cardiac excellence for which we are known – and the camaraderie of working with such a high-performing team,” said Dr. Green.

Dr. Green earned his medical degree at Northwestern University, an MBA from Cornell University, a law degree from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree from Le Moyne College.

“We look forward to future growth and expansion,” said Dr. Falcone. “We are committed to our mission of providing the highest level of care, clinical research, education, and accessibility to patients with cardiovascular disease.”

Dr. Green will begin seeing patients in November. His office will be in the St. Joseph’s Health Cardiovascular Institute, 104 Union Avenue, 10th floor, Syracuse, NY 13203. Call 315-423-7192.

About St. Joseph’s Health

St. Joseph’s Health is a non-profit health care system based in Syracuse, NY. St. Joseph’s has been an innovative leader in health care since our founding in 1869 as the first hospital open to the public in the city of Syracuse. Offering primary, specialty and home care, a Magnet-recognized hospital, and collaboration with community partners, St. Joseph's Health advances the well-being of the communities we serve through an expanding range of services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. St. Joseph’s is one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery and one of America’s 100 Best for Spine Surgery and Coronary Intervention according to Healthgrades. It is ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, a designated Stroke Center and a U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital.” St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with St. Joseph’s Physicians, and is a member of Trinity Health. For more information, visit www.sjhsyr.org/legacy.”

About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 88 hospitals, 131 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 125 urgent care locations, and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue is $20.2 billion with $1.2 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.

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Kelly Quinn