Dr. Sandhya K. Balaram, a starring big cardiac surgeon successful New York City, has been named main of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery astatine NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, effectual Nov. 15. She was besides recruited to Weill Cornell Medicine arsenic an subordinate prof of objective cardiothoracic surgery.
In her caller role, Dr. Balaram volition grow NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s world-class cardiovascular care, with an accent connected surgical coronary revascularization, valve repair and replacement, and aortic surgery.
“We are excited to invited Dr. Balaram to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital,” said Robert Guimento, president of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. “Dr. Balaram is an accomplished doc and surgeon dedicated to expanding entree to high-quality, compassionate attraction for patients, and her enactment volition beryllium a tremendous plus to our squad and the community.”
Dr. Sandhya K. Balaram
“Dr. Balaram is simply a distinguished person successful the tract of cardiothoracic surgery,” said Dr. Leonard Girardi, cardiothoracic surgeon-in-chief astatine NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and president of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the O. Wayne Isom Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery astatine Weill Cornell Medicine. “Her committedness to delivering the highest prime attraction to our patients makes her the perfect prime for the position, and I look guardant to moving unneurotic arsenic we proceed to elevate our cardiovascular attraction offerings successful Brooklyn.”
Dr. Balaram spent 19 years arsenic a cardiac surgeon and subordinate prof astatine Mount Sinai Morningside, wherever she held the positions of main of the part and much recently, arsenic the manager of objective prime and performance.
“I’m thrilled to beryllium joining NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine and look guardant to the accidental to further turn the cardiothoracic country programme successful Brooklyn,” said Dr. Balaram. “I americium excited to beryllium moving with this talented squad to supply fantabulous objective outcomes and personalized attraction to patients successful request successful Brooklyn and beyond.”
As main of cardiothoracic surgery, Dr. Balaram volition heighten cardiovascular services done systematic approaches betwixt starring specialists, assemblage physicians and superior attraction networks. She volition enactment to fortify operating policies and procedures with a absorption connected high-quality cardiac surgical outcomes and accrued outreach wrong Brooklyn.
An accomplished world researcher and subordinate of some the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Dr. Balaram has authored dozens of peer-reviewed articles and publication chapters. She received her Ph.D for her survey of the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. Her circumstantial probe interests see hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, objective outcomes of women aft bosom surgery, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
Dr. Balaram received her bachelor’s and aesculapian grade from the integrated six-year programme astatine University of Missouri-Kansas City, wherever she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Society. She completed her wide country residency and earned her doctorate astatine Creighton University. Dr. Balaram completed her cardiothoracic residency astatine the University of Wisconsin–Madison, followed by a minimally invasive cardiothoracic country fellowship astatine Mount Sinai Morningside.
Dr. Balaram has dedicated overmuch of her vocation to expanding entree for underserved diligent populations. She has traveled internationally for voluntary aesculapian missions to countries without entree to attraction and is presently processing a cardiac surgical squad for the humanitarian enactment Operation International.
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