Sean P. Pinney, MD, was recently named the first Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation for the Mount Sinai Health System. He will also continue to serve as Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he has led a number of clinical trials in heart failure, cardiac transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support.

In his new role, Dr. Pinney will help to expand, integrate, and coordinate inpatient and outpatient heart failure and heart transplantation patient care services across the Mount Sinai Health System. A key responsibility will be instituting and overseeing the use of standardized evidence-based medical protocols and quality metrics, an effort aimed at reducing avoidable readmissions, enhancing the overall patient experience, and improving clinical outcomes.

Says Dr. Pinney, “As one of the largest health systems in New York and also the nation, this new role comes at a pivotal time given the growing regional and national epidemic of heart disease.”