\u201cGood Morning America\u201d weatherman Sam Champion was hospitalized for emergency heart surgery. <\/p>\n
The 64-year-old revealed he underwent the procedure on Sunday, sharing an Instagram photo<\/a> of himself sitting in a hospital bed and hooked up to machines.<\/p>\n Champion began his post by thanking his doctors and \u201cwonderful team of nurses\u201d at Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital in New York City.<\/p>\n \u201cGMA\u201d weatherman Sam Champion underwent emergency heart surgery. samchampion\/instagram<\/p>\n The 64-year-old said he got the procedure following results from a nuclear stress test. samchampion\/instagram<\/p>\n \u201cMany of you know I had a nuclear stress test last Thursday,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd we found some things that needed to be taken care of so today. I went in to the cardiac catheterization laboratory \u2026 and we took care of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Champion said he\u2019s doing \u201cwell\u201d and is \u201cexpected to make a full recovery\u201d following the surgery.<\/p>\n He also shared a selfie from the hospital bed on his Instagram Stories, writing, \u201cAfter: a little work then back to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n Champion\u2019s husband of 14 years, Rubem Robierb,\u00a0commented on the post with a slew of stars and raised-hand emojis.<\/p>\n \u201cI love you, my baby,\u201d Champion wrote back to his partner.<\/p>\n \u201cI went in to the cardiac catheterization laboratory \u2026 and we took care of it,\u201d said Champion, who is pictured above at the Disney Advertising Upfronts in May 2025. Disney<\/p>\n Champion, seen above on \u201cGMA,\u201d said he\u2019s doing \u201cwell\u201d and is \u201cexpected to make a full recovery\u201d after his surgery. Getty Images<\/p>\n His colleague Robin Roberts also showed support by commenting, \u201cYou know [I\u2019m] here if you need anything at all! Speedy recovery on the way!\u201d<\/p>\n