The Mount Sinai Hospital has renamed its cardiac catheterization laboratory the “Dr. Samin K. Sharma Family Foundation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory,” an honor that recognizes the many significant contributions of Samin K. Sharma, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiology and the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Professor of Medicine (Cardiology). Dr. Sharma, his family, and other generous donors helped the Foundation reach its $5 million endowment, funding that will help support the lab’s clinical, research, and educational initiatives.
Dr. Sharma is world-renowned for his clinical excellence, innovative research, and patient safety record for the treatment of heart attacks, blockages, and valvular disease. Under his leadership, the catheterization lab or its physicians have received, over a 16-year period, the highest “two-star” patient safety rating from the New York State Department of Health for safety rates that exceeded the statewide average.
“With hard work and dedication, we created the No . 1 catheterization laboratory with the highest volume and lowest complication rates,” said Dr. Sharma, speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Thursday, September 18. “From the bottom of my heart, I thank all of the lab’s supporters, my excellent catheterization lab team, and my mentor, Dr. Valentin Fuster.”
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, is Director of Mount Sinai Heart, the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health. “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,” said Dr. Fuster.
Dr. Sharma’s father, 84-year-old Anandi Lal Sharma, and his son, Raman Sharma, a second-year resident at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai—who is planning a career in cardiology—attended the ribbon-cutting.
Said Anandi Lal Sharma, who traveled from India for the celebration, “My son had a dream: If you do hard work, you will fulfill your dreams.” Added Dr. Sharma, “It gives me great pride to have the lab take the name of my family.”