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Meet Our Team - Ben Jao, Jr., M.D.
Bon Secours Heart Institute
Ben Jao, Jr., M.D., has joined the Bon Secours Heart Institute as the cardiac surgery team’s adult cardiac anesthesiologist. Prior to joining Bon Secours, Dr. Jao was a staff anesthesiologist at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif. He has also held positions at several hospitals in New York, including St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Geneva General Hospital and Lutheran Medical Center, as well as Williamson Memorial Hospital in West Virginia. He was also a clinical assistant professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine in New York.
Dr. Jao received his bachelor’s degree from the University of San Carlos and his medical degree from the Southwestern University College of Medicine, both in the Philippines. He completed externships at Harlem Hospital Medical Center in New York City and Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn. He did an internship in medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and residencies in anesthesiology at Cook County Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center and New York Methodist Hospital. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular anesthesiology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York. Dr. Jao is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.
The Bon Secours Heart Institute, located at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, is affiliated with the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Institute opened in November 2005 and is the only open-heart surgery facility in Western Hampton Roads. Columbia University Medical Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital, ranked 6th by U.S. News & World Report in 2007, is among the nation’s best heart and heart surgery hospitals. Patients of the Bon Secours Heart Institute receive world-class cardiac care according to Columbia University’s proven methods, or “best practices,” before, during and after surgery. |
