David L. Galbut M.D.

David Galbut M.D. is a Miami native who attended grade school in Miami Beach.  His interest in Medicine developed during his college years at New York University.  He attended University of Pennsylvania Medical School.  He was a recipient of many academic awards including Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated third in his class of six hundred students.

Dr. Galbut was a surgical intern at Beth Israel Hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston and a General Surgery Resident at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He completed his Cardiothoracic Residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital of University of Miami. 

Dr. Galbut joined the Cardiac Surgical Practice of Dr. Thomas Gentch, one of the founders of the Miami Heart Institute in the early 1980’s.  Dr. Gentch’s last five years of practice prior to retirement, coincided with Dr. Galbut’s beginning years.  This was a time of an extraordinary mentorship in which Dr. Galbut benefited from a Masters experience in understanding complex cardiac surgery and developing a strong interest in clinical research. 

Dr. Galbut during these years achieved enormous experience in cardiac thoracic and vascular surgery.  He presented to the academic community at international scientific meetings the results of coronary bypass surgery using bilateral internal mammary artery grafts, an approach developed by Dr. Gentsch in the 1970’s and utilized in large numbers in the 1980’s and early 1990’s by the surgeons at Miami Heart Institute.  Dr. Galbut’s presentations and publications as a leading author from 1985 through 2004 has gained him an international reputation in coronary bypass surgery. (articles).