Dr. Mitchell Elkind Named President of American Heart Association
Mitchell Elkind, MD, MS, has been named President of the American Heart Association, effective July 2020. This is only the second time a neurologist has served as president of the organization.
Cardiology
A Novel Shunt Approach Shows Promise for End-Stage Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Adolescents and young adults with end-stage pulmonary arterial hypertension who have failed medical therapies are finding renewed hope at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, where a novel unidirectional-valved shunt approach is providing an enduring bridge to lung transplant.
Cardiology
Merging Surgical Expertise to Uproot Cardiac Sarcomas
At Weill Cornell, where Dr. Leonard N. Girardi and his team of cardiac and thoracic surgeons have demonstrated time and time again that by combining their expertise in the OR they can successfully and completely remove the tumor.