Anthony J. Carlese

Anthony Carlese, DO, is Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit and Associate Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is cardiac surgery intensive care, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Villanova University in 1987, Dr. Carlese earned his Doctor of Osteopathy at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1991. He then completed an internship at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in 1992. Following this, Dr. Carlese completed a categorical internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in 1995. He completed a pulmonary fellowship at Albany Medical Center in 1997 before finishing a critical care medicine fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 1998.

Dr. Carlese’s research focuses on clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery and ECMO support programs, along with the use of advanced technologies such as virtual reality devices in managing postoperative pain and delirium prevention. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters and review articles. He has also presented his work across the country.

Dr Carlese is board certified in Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in Neurocritical Care by the United Council for Neurologic Specialties. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and member of the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.