cardiologist
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 hear ...
. She is Professor of Cardiology and Interventional Director of Structural Heart Program at
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City. It is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sinai Health System, which manages eigh ...
in
New York City
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.
Education
Kini completed her pre-university education from Vivekananda College, Puttur (D.K. District, Karnataka) in 1984. She received her
MBBS
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...
from the
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, together known as KMC, are two private medical colleges in coastal Karnataka, India, established in 1953. in 1991, completing residencies at the
University of Wales College of Medicine
The Cardiff University School of Medicine ( cy, Ysgol Feddygaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd) is the medical school of Cardiff University and is located in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Founded in 1893 as part of the University College of South Wales and Monmou ...
(in 1996). After receiving training in England, she became a member of the
Royal College of Physicians of London
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...
. She completed three fellowships at Mount Sinai Medical Center – in 1997, 2001, and 2002, respectively.
Career
Kini serves as a Professor of Medicine, Director of
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac catheterization (heart cath) is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart. This is done both for diagnostic and interventional purposes.
A common example of cardiac catheterization is coronary catheterization that ...
Laboratory, Director of Interventional Structural Heart Disease Program, and Director of
Interventional Cardiology
Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty ...
Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, where she was named Zena and Michael A. Wiener Medicine Professor in 2016. She researches on the field of
percutaneous coronary intervention
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a non-surgical procedure used to treat narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary artery disease. The process involves combining coronary angioplasty with stenting, which is the ...
and
heart valve
A heart valve is a one-way valve that allows blood to flow in one direction through the chambers of the heart. Four valves are usually present in a mammalian heart and together they determine the pathway of blood flow through the heart. A heart v ...
therapy.
Kini co-established, with
Samin Sharma
Samin K. Sharma (born May 28, 1955) is an American philanthropist of Indian descent and an interventional cardiologist who co-founded the Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute in Jaipur (EHCC). Sharma has served on New York State’s ...
the Live Symposium of Complex Coronary and Vascular Cases in 1998 and has served as Director of the Annual Live Symposium of Complex Coronary & Vascular Cases at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Awards
Kini was awarded the 2011 Dean's Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine by The
Mount Sinai Health System
The Mount Sinai Health System is a hospital network in New York City. It was formed in September 2013 by merging the operations of Continuum Health Partners and the Mount Sinai Medical Center.
The Health System is structured around eight hospit ...
. In 2017 she was given the
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
The Ellis Island Medal of Honor is an American award founded by the Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) (formerly known as the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO)), which is presented annually to American citizens, both native-born a ...
to congratulate her on achievements as an Indian immigrant in the US. She was the 2018 recipient of the Heart of Gold award from the
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and death ...
and in 2019 Kini was honored by the New York chapter of the Association of Indians in America for her successful career in cardiology.
Publications
Kini has co-written and had published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications, as well as book chapters in cardiology textbooks.
Books
She is co-author of ''Atlas of Coronary Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography,'' , ''Practical Manual of Interventional Cardiology'', , ''Percutaneous Interventions in Women, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics,'' '','' ''Advanced Applied Interventional Cardiology, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics'', , ''Cardiovascular Intensive Care, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics'', , ''Coronary artherectomy: Contemporary concepts in cardiology'' and (with Dr.
Valentín Fuster
Valentín Fuster Carulla, 1st Marquess of Fuster (born January 20, 1943) is a Spanish cardiologist and aristocrat.
He is editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of the American College of Cardiology'' (JACC), past President of the American Heart Asso ...
) of ''Definitions of acute coronary syndromes'' in ''Hurst's The Heart''.
Mobile applications
Kini designed and implemented a mobile app for treatment of patients with a ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI, medical emergency requiring immediate attention and treatment, STEMIcathAID. The app optimizes provides a communication platform for multiple teams taking care of a STEMI patients in order to reduce treatment delays and improve patient outcomes. In addition, she created a suite of educational mobile and web applications covering different aspects of interventional cardiology such as bifurcation intervention, treatment of calcified lesion, optical coherence tomography imaging, coronary angiography and PCI in patients after TAVR, management of procedural complications and selection of appropriate coronary guidewires.