Mount Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai Roosevelt Name New Chief of Cardiology

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 11, 2015

Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, has been appointed Chief of Cardiology at Mount Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai Roosevelt.

A world-renowned physician-scientist in cardiovascular medicine and imaging, Dr. Narula will lead comprehensive cardiac services at Mount Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai Roosevelt hospital campuses of the Mount Sinai Health System.

It is a very exciting milestone in my career to be joining the talented team of cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons at Mount Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai Roosevelt, says Dr. Jagat Narula, the new Chief of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Roosevelt and Mount Sinai St. Lukes. Together we will increase our communitys access to healthcare while offering the most advanced cardiovascular care, research, and clinical trials for patients on the West Side of Manhattan.

Dr. Narula will also continue to serve as Director of Cardiovascular Imaging for the Mount Sinai Health System, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Radiology, and Associate Dean for Global Affairs at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

We welcome Dr. Jagat Narula and his leading expertise in cardiology and cardiac imaging to Mount Sinai St. Lukes, says Arthur Gianelli, President of Mount Sinai St. Lukes. With Dr. Narula on our team, we will take our cardiac patient care, research, and imaging capabilities to new heights.

Congratulations to Dr. Narula on his new appointment to our Mount Sinai Roosevelt team, says Evan Flatow, MD, President of Mount Sinai Roosevelt. Under his strong leadership, cardiovascular services of Mount Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai Roosevelt will become one of the premier destinations for heart care.

The former Chief of Cardiology at Mount Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai Roosevelt, Alan Rozanski, MD, will now serve as Director of Wellness and Prevention Programs for Mount Sinai Heart at the Mount Sinai Health System for the creation of future prevention and wellness programs across all campuses.

We thank Dr. Narula for his dedicated and pioneering work at Mount Sinai Heart since 2011 at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, says Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital. He is a true innovator and I look forward to our future collaborations to further advance cardiac patient care, research, and medical education across the Mount Sinai Health System and beyond.

As a world-renowned translational researcher in cardiovascular medicine and imaging, Dr. Narula is widely recognized for his contributions toward preventing and understanding heart attacks and heart failure. Pioneering work from Dr. Narula has included the description of the phenomenon of heart muscle cell suicide, and the detection of atherosclerotic plaques that are likely to cause acute heart attacks. His research combines molecular and subcellular pathology and imaging with clinical imaging of the failing heart muscle cells and high-risk atherosclerotic plaques to develop strategies for prevention of cardiovascular disease in developed as well as developing countries. He is also involved in population-based heart attack prevention programs, including the Heart Attack Prevention Program for You (HAPPY). In addition, he helped incorporate handheld ultrasound technology into the medical education curriculum at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Mount Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai Roosevelt Name New Chief of Cardiology