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Samin Sharma

Samin K. Sharma (born May 28, 1955) is an American philanthropist of Indian descent and an interventional cardiologist[1][2] who co-founded the Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute in Jaipur (EHCC).[3] Sharma has served on New York State’s Cardiac Advisory Board since 2004. As of 2021, he is Senior Vice-President, Operations & Quality at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York[4] and runs the Dr. Samin K. Sharma Family Foundation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.[5] As of 2018, he is Chairman Board of Trustees, Association of Indians in America (AIA).[6] As of 2022, he has been an investigator on 86 grants and multi-center trials and authored 486 peer-reviewed articles that have been cited 21,734 times.

Samin K. Sharma
Samin K. Sharma in 2019
Born (1955-05-28) May 28, 1955 (age 69)
Alwar, India
NationalityIndian, American
OccupationCardiologist
Employer(s)The Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Samin K. Sharma Family Foundation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Known forInterventional cardiology,
co-founder, Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute
SpouseManju Sharma

Biography

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Education

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Sharma was born to a Brahmin family in Alwar, India.[7] He graduated from Rajgarh Higher Secondary School in Alwar. In 1972, he received his bachelor of science degree from University Maharaja College then his MBBS degree from SMS Medical Department of Pharmacy, Jaipur in 1978.

Early career

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Sharma traveled to New York in 1983[8] for a three-year residency in internal medicine at the NY Infirmary-Beekman Downtown Hospital (1983-1986), a two-year fellowship in cardiology at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens (1986-1988). He trained with Mount Sinai's chief of cardiology, Dr. Valentín Fuster. He was concurrently an emergency department physician in Queens and was later hired to Mount Sinai's cardiology department. He is the director of the Mount Sinai Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.[9][10]

Career

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Specialty

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Sharma specializes in the non-surgical treatment of mitral and aortic stenosis.[11][12] He reportedly performed 3,722 angioplasties over three years (2005-2007) according to a study by the New York State Department of Health.[13] He also performs rotational atherectomy, an alternative to angioplasty for complex, calcified coronary lesions.[14]  He has published extensively on the procedure[15] and he is a principal investigator (PI) on scores of clinical trials and research grants analyzing and contrasting forms of interventional cardiology. In 2009, he performed a coronary angiography and angioplasty procedure on Indian Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh.

Clinical trials

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As of 2022, Sharma participated as an investigator on more than 80 grants and multi-center trials. Recent and current trials focus on transcatheter aortic valve replacement, protracted percutaneous coronary interventions, outcomes of moderate to severely calcified coronary lesions, best practices, the performance of self-expanding vs balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement, post-market device and procedural outcomes, refractory angina and rotational atherectomy.[16][17][18][19][20][21]

Recognition

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A partial listing of his awards and recognition includes Businessman of the Year by national Republican Congressional Committee for 2001-2002, Rajasthan Gaurav award in Jaipur by Rajasthan Government, India (2002), Rajive Gandhi Memorial Award for outstanding community service and medical excellence for India (2005), Governor’s award of excellence for outstanding contribution to Medicine, New York State (2006), Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2011).[citation needed]

Eternal Heart Care Centre, Jaipur

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Sharma co-founded the Eternal Heart Care Center in 2004[22] with his wife, Manju Sharma. This 250-bed tertiary multidisciplinary hospital offers care to patients of any socioeconomic status. The plan for this hospital was conceived in 2007 when the Sharmas met then-Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje. Sharma is as of 2021 documented as one of the organization's directors.[23]

Controversy

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Under Sharma’s leadership, the cardiac catheterization lab at Mount Sinai has been implicated in allegations of Medicaid fraud, coaching emergency room patients to say they were having symptoms of a heart attack in order to receive reimbursement for advance scheduled interventional procedures. He has also been accused of inflating procedural numbers to unattainable records by having trainees perform his procedures without supervision. He received $4.8 million from billing for these procedures himself in 2012.[24][25]

Publications

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Peer reviewed articles

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According to ResearchGate, Sharma published 165 articles while affiliated with Icahn School of Medicine. According to Scopus, he has 486 publications as of 2022 that were cited 21,734 times across 18,988 documents. His h-index is listed as 60.[26]

Books and book chapters

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Partial list:

  • Sharma S, Kini A. Advanced applied interventional cardiology, Cardiol Clin, 1e: Saunders 2010. ISBN 9781437718003
  • Sharma S, Palacios I. Percutaneous approaches to valvular heart disease, Interventional Cardiology Clinics, 1e:Saunders 2012. ISBN 9781455738816
  • Sharma S, Palacios, I (Consulting Editors), Kini A, Mehran R (Editors). Percutaneous Interventions in Women. Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2012 ISBN 9781455744114
  • Gidwani U, Sharma S, Kini A. Cardiovascular intensive care. Preface. Cardiol Clin 31(4):ix, 2013. ISBN 9780323242172
  • Kini A, Narula J, Sharma S. Practical manual of interventional cardiology. Springer 2015. ISBN 978-1-4471-6581-1
  • Farkouh M, Sharma S, Tomey M, Puskas J, Fuster V. Coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous interventions in stable ischemic heart disease. Hurt’s The Heart 14e, Edited by Fuster V, Harrington R, Narula J, Eapen Z, published by McGraw-Hill 2017. (Chapter 44) ISBN 0071843248

References

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  1. ^ "Should You Have a Heart Procedure During the Coronavirus Pandemic?". U.S. News. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. ^ "New York Heart Surgeons Are Turning Away Needy Patients - Nymag". New York Magazine. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  3. ^ "Cath Lab Digest News". www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  4. ^ "Heart should be checked within a few months of Covid-19 recovery: Dr. Samin Sharma". Indiablooms.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  5. ^ "Dr Samin Sharma Family Foundation". Grantmakers.io. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. ^ "Association of Indians In America's new National Executive Committee sworn in". News India Times. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  7. ^ "Mount Sinai Cath Lab Takes NYC Heart Emergencies by Appointment". Bloomberg.com. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  8. ^ "Jaipur hospital saves two heart patients with new technology". The Times of India. January 11, 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  9. ^ Kolata, Gina (2020-04-25). "Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, Heart and Stroke Patients Go Missing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  10. ^ "New York doctor explains reasons behind reduction in heart attacks by 30 to 70% during coronavirus COVID-19". Zee News. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  11. ^ Charles, Katie (9 June 2013). "Cardiologist Dr. Samin Sharma of Mount Sinai is an expert at treating aortic stenosis". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  12. ^ "Experts Say Expanded TAVI/TAVR Heart Valve Use Has Safety Risk". ICIJ. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  13. ^ "Mount Sinai Hospital Earns Highest Ratings in New York State Report on Coronary Angioplasty". www.ptca.org. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  14. ^ Sharma, Samin K.; Tomey, Matthew I.; Teirstein, Paul S.; Kini, Annapoorna S.; Reitman, Arthur B.; Lee, Arthur C.; Généreux, Philippe; Chambers, Jeffrey W.; Grines, Cindy L.; Himmelstein, Stevan I.; Thompson, Craig A. (2019). "North American Expert Review of Rotational Atherectomy". Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 12 (5): e007448. doi:10.1161/circinterventions.118.007448. ISSN 1941-7640. PMID 31084239. S2CID 155091216.
  15. ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  16. ^ "History of Changes for Study: NCT01930214". clinicaltrials.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  17. ^ "The Global cVAD Study". 2021-05-06. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ^ "SMall Annuli Randomized To Evolut™ or SAPIEN™ Trial". 2022-02-21. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ^ "Optimize PRO Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Post Market Study". 2022-03-22. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  20. ^ "Impella®-Supported PCI in High-Risk Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease and Reduced Left Ventricular Function: The PROTECT IV Trial". 2022-03-08. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  21. ^ Sharma, Samin (2022-02-25). "Rotational Atherectomy Combined With Cutting Balloon to Optimize Stent Expansion in Calcified Lesions". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. ^ "Eternal Heart Care Center Private Limited - Company Information, Directors, Revenue & More". www.insiderbiz.in. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  23. ^ "Directors Detail of Eternal Heart Care Center Private Limited". www.insiderbiz.in. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  24. ^ Husten, Larry. "What Ails Mt. Sinai Hospital Ails The Entire US Healthcare System". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  25. ^ "Mount Sinai Cath Lab Takes NYC Heart Emergencies by Appointment". Bloomberg. 6 March 2014.
  26. ^ "SSharma, Samin Kumar - Author details". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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