The Mount Sinai Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Named after Dr. Samin K. Sharma
Mount Sinai Heart reaches $5 million endowment goal for the Dr. Samin K. Sharma Family Foundation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
Joined by Mount Sinai Heart staff and generous donors, Samin K. Sharma, MD, and his father, Anandi Lal Sharma, cut the ribbon for the newly named "Dr. Samin K. Sharma Family Foundation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory" at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
Mount Sinai Heart has named its Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory the "Dr. Samin K. Sharma Family Foundation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory," in honor of Samin Sharma, MD, who serves as its Director of Clinical and Interventional Cardiology at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
On September 18, Mount Sinai held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Catheterization Laboratory; leadership unveiled a wall plaque honoring Dr. Sharma, the Sharma Family, and the many donors who helped the Catheterization Laboratory reach its $5 million endowment goal. The endowment will support the Catheterization Laboratory's future clinical, research, and educational projects.
"With hard work and dedication, we created the number-one Catheterization Laboratory in the United States with the highest volume and lowest complication rates," said Dr. Sharma, while speaking at the Catheterization Laboratory's special ribbon-cutting ceremony. "From the bottom of my heart I thank all of you. Also, I thank my team of the Catheterization Laboratory, and I thank my mentor and guider, the one reason I am here at Mount Sinai -- Dr. Valentin Fuster."
"We have a miracle and it's Dr. Samin Sharma, an individual who is unique," said Dr. Fuster, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital. "Having our Catheterization Laboratory named after Dr. Sharma is such a tribute to him, his father, and for everything Dr. Sharma has done for us at Mount Sinai."
"My son had a dream: If you do hard work, you will fulfill your dreams," said Anandi Lal Sharma, the 84-year-old father of Dr. Sharma who traveled from India to join the celebration. "He dreamed, and I thank you very much."
Dr. Sharma is world-renowned for his clinical excellence, innovative research, and high patient safety record for the treatment of heart attacks, blockages, and valvular disease. Dr. Sharma came to America from India in 1983, joining The Mount Sinai Hospital in 1990 from Elmhurst Hospital first as a cardiology fellow, and later became Director of its Catheterization Laboratory in 1996. Under his strong leadership, Mount Sinai's Catheterization Laboratory has for 16 consecutive years received the highest "two-star" safety rating from the New York State Department of Health for safety rates significantly exceeding the statewide average.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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