Nicolina Marie Wawrin, M.D.

Dr. Lim is from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Molecular Biology and minors in Chemistry and Education. He earned his medical degree from Northwestern University and completed his residency training at New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center with an emphasis in Primary Care. Prior to his medical career, Dr. Lim taught science at the college level, and he continues to cultivate his love of teaching alongside his passion for medicine. Outside the office, Dr. Lim enjoys going to movie theaters, tennis, and attempting Broadway karaoke.

Dr. Joshua B. Goldberg is a board-certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the Surgical Director of the Structural Heart Surgery Program.Dr. Goldberg earned his Medical Degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he was a Rudin Scholar, he was awarded the prestigious David E. Rodgers Fellowship from the New York Academy of Medicine for his research, and where he graduated with a degree of distinction in Cardiac Surgery.He completed his General Surgery Internship and Residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center where he also spent 2 years dedicated to cardiovascular outcomes research, resulting in numerous publications and national presentations. While at Dartmouth, he was awarded the “Best of the Best Award” for “superior patient care, delivered with kindness and compassion”. Dr. Goldberg then completed his Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship and served as Chief Resident at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital and while there, trained at Boston Children’s Hospital. While at the MGH, Dr Goldberg continued his research, and was throughout awarded the opportunity to present his research at National and International conferences. Dr. Goldberg is honored to be recruited to join the world class Cardiothoracic Surgery team at Weill Cornell. He brings with him a decade of experience and expertise caring for some of the highest risk patients, with the most complex cardiac surgical problems. There are few surgeons in the world who are as skilled with both open surgical and transcatheter skills in treating complex diseases of the aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valves, aortic aneurysms, coronary arteries, heart failure, transplants, and pulmonary embolisms. Dr. Goldberg’s extensive experience treating high-risk complex diseases and his passion for delivering the highest quality care with the utmost safety, has resulted in his development of numerous novel techniques and protocols to safely manage patients with complex problems. His focus on quality and safety, as well as his personalized bedside manner, has resulted in numerous annual Top Doc awards. Dr. Goldberg has authored numerous scientific publications and book chapters. He served as the Chair for the American Heart Association’s Scientific Statement on the surgical management of pulmonary embolisms and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Consensus Statement on endocarditis. His research has been recognized with numerous awards including “Best Journal Article of the Year”, “Editor in Chief’s Top Picks of the Year”, and “Most Important Article of the year”. Dr. Goldberg is an active member of numerous national and international academic societies such as the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, and the American Heart Association where he holds positions on the workforce on evidence based surgery, workforce on ethics, and structural heart working group.

Dr. Charles L. Bardes graduated from Princeton University (summa cum laude) in 1978 and from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1986. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at The New York Hospital (now known as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) in 1989. He has served on the medical center's faculty since that time and teaches at Weill Cornell Medical College, having served as Associate Dean (Admissions) for 21 years. In addition to numerous awards for teaching and clinical care, he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha and a fellow of both The American College of Physicians and the New York Academy of Medicine. He also serves as associate editor for the Journal of General Internal Medine and The Blood Project.