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Ira S. Nash
Ira S. Nash is an American cardiologist. Career Nash is the senior vice president for physician leadership development at Northwell Health, and the associate dean for physician leadership development at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Previously, Nash served as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and Associate Professor of both Medicine and Health Evidence and Policy at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Nash serves and has served on various editorial boards including Cardiovascular Review and Reports, the American Journal of Medical Quality, the American Journal of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. He has published more than 30 articles and 13 books and book chapters and is an associate editor of ''Hurst's The Heart'', a leading textbook. From 1998-2000 he was the host of WCBS-TV's “2 Your Health”. He is the host of the ''Well Said'' podc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiology
Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians who specialize in this field of medicine are called cardiologists, a specialty of internal medicine. Pediatric cardiologists are pediatricians who specialize in cardiology. Physicians who specialize in cardiac surgery are called cardiothoracic surgeons or cardiac surgeons, a specialty of general surgery. Specializations All cardiologists study the disorders of the heart, but the study of adult and child heart disorders each require different training pathways. Therefore, an adult cardiologist (often simply called "cardiologist") is inadequately trained to take care of children, and pediatric cardiologists are not trained to treat adult heart disease. Surgical aspects are not included in cardiology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
