Why Choose Mount Sinai Morningside Cardiology?
The Division of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Morningside is a remarkable place with engaged faculty, ambitious fellows, and growing clinical services. The program is led by Sean Pinney, MD, an internationally recognized leader in Cardiology and Heart Failure, who emphasizes excellent patient care while nurturing the training of future leaders in the field of Cardiology. Steeped in tradition as Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, the hospital was renamed as Mount Sinai Morningside in February of 2020 to convey our strong commitment to the local Morningside Heights community surrounding our Institution. As a part of the Mount Sinai Health System, our hospital has transitioned into a rapidly expanding center of cardiovascular excellence. Our program includes robust interventional and structural programs, the region’s most active critical care cardiology program, and excellent programs in electrophysiology, heart failure, cardiac imaging, and ambulatory clinical care. Future directions within the division include geriatric cardiology and critical care cardiology fellowship training programs, cardiac rehabilitation programs, and expanding research initiatives. The clinical volume is paramount, with a new fellowship track added in 2020 to reflect the division's growth and to celebrate a renewed relationship with the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Cardiology fellowship training programs are at the heart of this division.
A Storied History & Reputation
The Cardiology Division at Mount Sinai Morningside is one of the fastest growing Cardiology Divisions in the nation, but it is based on an illustrious history. The Division of Cardiology was founded at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1970, and then merged with Roosevelt Hospital in 1990, to form St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital. These names were changed to Mount Sinai West Hospital (originally Roosevelt Hospital) and Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital (originally St. Luke’s Hospital) following the formation of the Mount Sinai Health System (now a seven-hospital health system in New York City). The first Chief of Cardiology at St. Luke’s Hospital was the late Dr. Harvey Kemp, who was an outstanding cardiologist, recruited to the Institution in 1970 after working as a fellow in Dr. Richard Gorlin’s program at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Dr. Kemp was the author of many scholarly works and he established one of the most active cardiac catheterization laboratories in the New York City’s west side during his twenty-year tenure.
Simultaneously, St. Luke’s Hospital recruited Dr. George E. Green to establish a cardiac surgery program at the Institution in 1970. By 1982, St. Luke’s Hospital was performing approximately 1,800 coronary bypass surgeries per year, making it the largest program in New York State. Dr. Green was an innovator in the application of micro-suture techniques for coronary artery bypass surgery and the first American surgeon to perform bypass surgery by employing the internal thoracic artery (referred to as LIMA) to bypass obstructive left anterior descending coronary artery disease (LAD). In 1990, Dr. Edward Dwyer assumed the leadership of the newly fused Division of Cardiology for St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and he began the active expansion of the academic staff. The first Director of the Cardiology Fellowship program was the late Dr. Miles Schwartz, an inspired clinician and educator, who built the foundation of our current program that now includes 18 clinical fellows and 10 sub-specialty fellows per year. Over the years, the graduates of our program have produced many of today’s leading cardiologists in the United States. A list of the graduates of our Cardiology Fellowship program since 2015 are included on the following page.
Location
Mount Sinai Morningside (formerly St. Luke’s Hospital) is located in the heart of Morningside Heights, and primarily serves the neighborhoods of Harlem, Morningside and the Upper West Side. This spectrum of communities allows for an immensely diverse patient population from all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The clinic depth and breadth that results from this diversity adds an invaluable aspect to your cardiology training, versatile toward any future career endeavors. While completing your cardiovascular diseases fellowship, you will be home to the greatest city in the world - New York City. Enjoy walking through Central Park on a summer day or exploring the historic landmarks the city has to offer. Museums, theatre shows, and sporting events are abundant, easily accessible and occur year round. New York City is home to an amalgam of various exciting cultures and delicious cuisines.
We guarantee subsidized housing for our fellows near our downtown campus at Mount Sinai West. Here, you will be situated next to Columbus Circle, a central area in New York City, and accessible to many subway lines. A shuttle bus runs hourly and will provide service to and from the Mount Sinai West campus and the Mount Sinai Morningside campus. For more information about our housing, please click this link.
Clinical Features of Our Training Program
Our program provides several training domains to maximize clinical exposure in order to train well-rounded cardiologists positioned to practice independently with confidence.
Cardiovascular Institutes
The newly renovated Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Morningside is a network for outpatient services that is staffed by core faculty attendings and fellows. Currently, we have patients regularly scheduled for general cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, lipid, heart failure, valve and cardiothoracic clinics. Fellows have the opportunity to develop continuity with their patients over the course of their three years of training.
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
The cardiac catheterization laboratory at Mount Sinai Morningside experiences a high volume of patients daily and is one of the most active laboratories in New York City. The cardiac catheterization lab performs complex coronary interventions, chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions, transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve repairs (TMVR), atrial septal defect (ASD) closures, and uses mechanical circulatory support devices.
Al-Sabah Arrhythmia Institute
The Al-Sabah Arrhythmia Institute at Mount Sinai Morningside is a state-of-the-art electrophysiology facility that offers sophisticated and comprehensive arrhythmia care. We treat a wide variety of heart rhythm disorders including atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, ventricular tachycardia, long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, and cardiomyopathies.
Our Faculty
As a fellow in the Cardiology Division, you will have the opportunity to work with a number of excellent physicians who are not only leaders in their respective fields but also enthusiastic and adept teachers. Regardless of your chosen specialty or focus, we have faculty available to mentor and foster career interests.
Fellowship Tracks
Contact Us
Jacqueline Wilkins Fellowship Coordinator Division of Cardiology jacqueline.wilkins@mountsinai.org
Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital 1111 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 (212) 523-2469