Ira S. Nash
Encyclopedia
Ira S. Nash, M.D., is an American
cardiologist
, a specialist in the prevention and treatment of heart disease
.
Nash serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs at the Mount Sinai Medical Center
in New York City
. Additionally, he is an Associate Professor of both Medicine and Health Evidence and Policy at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
.
Nash serves and has served on various editorial boards including Cardiovascular Review and Reports, Hurst's The Heart Online, the American Journal of Medical Quality, the American Journal of Medicine
and the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
. He has published more than 30 articles and 13 books and book chapters and is an associate editor of “Hurst's The Heart”, a leading textbook. From 1998-2000 he was the host of WCBS-TV
's “2 Your Health”.
Nash is a member of the Clinical Council of the American Heart Association
(AHA) and serves on the American College of Cardiology
(ACC)/AHA Joint Task Force on Clinical Competence, which sets standards for training and expertise in cardiovascular medicine.
Nash was named in Castle Connolly's list of “Best Doctors” in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 and in the New York Times list of “Super Doctors” in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Nash received his A.B., summa cum laude, in Engineering and Applied Science in 1980 from Harvard University
and his M.D., cum laude, in 1984 from Harvard Medical School
. His internship (1984–1985) and his residency (1985–1987) in medicine were both at The Beth Israel Hospital
in Boston
, Massachusetts
. From 1987-1989 he was a clinical fellow in Medicine (Cardiology) at Harvard Medical School and The Beth Israel Hospital.
Nash served on the full-time academic staff of the Cardiac Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital
and on the faculty of Harvard Medical School until 1995, when he joined the Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Nash is a fellow with various professional societies including the American College of Cardiology
, the American Heart Association and the American College of Physicians
.
Nash currently serves as Commander in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy Reserve
.
15261917.
United States
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cardiologist
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
, a specialist in the prevention and treatment of heart disease
Heart disease
Heart disease, cardiac disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases affecting the heart. , it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, accounting for 25.4% of the total deaths in the United States.-Types:-Coronary heart disease:Coronary...
.
Nash serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs at the Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is one of the oldest and largest teaching hospitals in the United States. In 2011-2012, Mount Sinai Hospital was ranked as one of America's best hospitals by U.S...
in New York City
New York City
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. Additionally, he is an Associate Professor of both Medicine and Health Evidence and Policy at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an American medical school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, currently ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States. It was chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963....
.
Nash serves and has served on various editorial boards including Cardiovascular Review and Reports, Hurst's The Heart Online, the American Journal of Medical Quality, the American Journal of Medicine
American Journal of Medicine
The American Journal of Medicine is the official medical journal of the Association of Professors of Medicine, publishing original clinical research in internal medicine of interest to physicians in academia and in community based practice...
and the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal that has been published continually since 1934 by the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, later by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine....
. He has published more than 30 articles and 13 books and book chapters and is an associate editor of “Hurst's The Heart”, a leading textbook. From 1998-2000 he was the host of WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....
's “2 Your Health”.
Nash is a member of the Clinical Council of the American Heart Association
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...
(AHA) and serves on the American College of Cardiology
American College of Cardiology
The American College of Cardiology is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to advocate for quality cardiovascular care through education, research promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines, and to influence health care policy...
(ACC)/AHA Joint Task Force on Clinical Competence, which sets standards for training and expertise in cardiovascular medicine.
Nash was named in Castle Connolly's list of “Best Doctors” in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 and in the New York Times list of “Super Doctors” in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Nash received his A.B., summa cum laude, in Engineering and Applied Science in 1980 from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and his M.D., cum laude, in 1984 from Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
. His internship (1984–1985) and his residency (1985–1987) in medicine were both at The Beth Israel Hospital
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a major flagship teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital and New England Deaconess Hospital...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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. From 1987-1989 he was a clinical fellow in Medicine (Cardiology) at Harvard Medical School and The Beth Israel Hospital.
Nash served on the full-time academic staff of the Cardiac Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
and on the faculty of Harvard Medical School until 1995, when he joined the Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Nash is a fellow with various professional societies including the American College of Cardiology
American College of Cardiology
The American College of Cardiology is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to advocate for quality cardiovascular care through education, research promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines, and to influence health care policy...
, the American Heart Association and the American College of Physicians
American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians is a national organization of doctors of internal medicine —physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection, and treatment of illnesses in adults. With 130,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in...
.
Nash currently serves as Commander in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy Reserve
United States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve, until 2005 known as the United States Naval Reserve, is the Reserve Component of the United States Navy...
.
Honors and awards
Partial list:- 2006 Best Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai
- 2007 Castle Connolly “Top Doctor” New York Metro Area
- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 New York Times “Super Doctors”
- 2008 Castle Connolly “Top Doctor” New York Metro Area
Books and chapters
- Nash IS, Fifer MA. Pressure, flow and resistance, in Uretsky BF, ed, Cardiac Catheterization: Concepts, Techniques and Applications, Blackwell. 1997.
- Nash IS, ed. The Cardiologist's Managed Care Manual. TLC Publishing, Boston, MA, 1998.
- Nash IS, Fuster VValentin FusterValentí Fuster is a Spaniard cardiologist – the only cardiologist to receive all four major research awards from the world's four major cardiovascular organizations....
, eds. Efficacy of Myocardial Infarction Therapy. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, 1999. - Nash IS. Medical and health reporting in the news media, in Nash DB, Manfredi MP, Howell S, Bozarth, eds. Connecting with the New Health Care Consumer: Defining Your Strategy, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
- Nash IS. Practice guidelines in cardiovascular care, in Fuster V, et al, eds. Hurst's the Heart, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
- Sagall EL, Nash IS. Cardiac evaluations for legal purposes, in Fuster V, ed. Hurst's the Heart, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
- Nash IS. Practice guidelines in cardiovascular care. Updates to Hurst's the Heart. McGraw-Hill, 2001.
- Fuster V, Alexander W, O'Rourke R, Roberts R, King S, Nash IS, Prystowsky E., eds. Hurst’s The Heart, 11th edition. McGraw-Hill, 2004.
- Nash IS. Practice guidelines in cardiovascular care, in Fuster V, et al, eds. Hurst's the Heart, 11th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
- Fuster V, O'Rourke R, Walsh R, Poole-Wilson P, King S, Roberts R, Nash IS, Prystowsky E., eds. Hurst's The Heart, 12th edition. McGraw-Hill, 2008.
- Nash IS. Practice guidelines in cardiovascular care, in Fuster V, et al, eds. Hurst's the Heart, 12th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
- Maddox TM, Nash IS, Fuster V. Economic costs of atrial fibrillation, in Natale A, ed. Atrial Fibrillation: from Bench to Bedside. Springer-Verlag, 2008.
- Stevens G, Nash IS. Post-discharge care of the cardiothoracic surgical patient, in Filsoufi, ed. Cardiac Surgery. In press.
Publications
- Rahilly-Tierney CR, Nash IS. Decision-making in percutaneous coronary intervention: a survey. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008 Jun 25;8:28. PMID 18578880; PMCID PMC2443120
- Nash IS. Reassessing normal blood pressure. BMJ. 2007 Sep 1;335(7617):408-9. PMID 17762002; PMCID PMC1962894
- Nemirovsky D, Salzberg SP, Einstein AJ, Abascal VM, Karlof E, Sanz J, Rajagopalan S, Nash IS, Filsoufi F, Adams DHDavid H. AdamsDavid H. Adams is an American cardiac surgeon and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center....
. Multimodal characterization of a large right atrial mass after surgical repair of an atrial septal defect. Mt Sinai J MedMount Sinai Journal of MedicineThe Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal that has been published continually since 1934 by the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, later by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine....
. 2006 Dec;73(8):1117-9. PMID 17285207 - Nash IS. Aronow's "Should the NCEP III guidelines be changed in elderly and younger persons at high risk for cardiovascular events?" Aim low. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005 May;60(5):599-600; author reply 602. PMID 15972609
- Nash IS, Rojas M, Hebert P, Marrone SR, Colgan C, Fisher LA, Caliendo G, Chassin MR. Reducing excessive medication administration in hospitalized adults with renal dysfunction. Am J Med Qual. 2005 Mar-Apr;20(2):64-9. PMID 15851383.
- Nash IS, Fuster V. Is a chimera the answer? Am Heart Hosp J. 2003 Summer;1(3):203-4. PMID 15785188
- Mansi IA, Nash IS. Ethnic differences in electrocardiographic amplitude measurements. Ann Saudi Med. 2004 Nov-Dec;24(6):459-64. PMID 15646165
- Fuster V, Hirshfeld JW Jr, Brown AS, Brundage BH, Fye WB, Lewis RP, Nash IS, Sketch MH Jr, Vetrovec GW. Working group 8: Defining the different types of cardiovascular specialists and developing a new model for training general clinical cardiologists. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Jul 21;44(2):267-71. PMID
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- Nash IS, Mosca L, Blumenthal RS, Davidson MH, Smith SC Jr, Pasternak RC. Contemporary awareness and understanding of cholesterol as a risk factor: results of an American Heart Association national survey. Arch Intern Med. 2003 Jul 14;163(13):1597-600. PMID 12860584
- Onwuanyi AE, Brown RJ, Vahedi M, Narayanan R, Nash IS, Goldman ME. Eustachian valve thrombus:critical factor in outcome of venous thromboembolism. Echocardiography. 2003 Jan;20(1):71-3. Review. PMID 12848701
- Nash IS. Resident burnout. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Oct 15;137(8):698-700; author reply 698-700. PMID 12379075
- Nash IS, Jollis JG. Is more better? Am Heart J. 2002 May;143(5):745-7. PMID 12040332
- Mansi IA, Nash IS. Ethnic differences in the ST segment of the electrocardiogram: a comparative study among six ethnic groups. Am J Emerg Med. 2001 Nov;19(7):541-4. PMID 11698997
- Mansi IA, Nash IS. Ethnic differences in electrocardiographic intervals and axes. J Electrocardiol. 2001 Oct;34(4):303-7. PMID 11590557
- Nash IS. Web alert. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2001 Jul;3(4):258-9. PMID 11439932
- Nash IS. Web alert. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2001 May;3(3):175-6. PMID 11383520
- Nash IS. Web alert. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2001 Jan;3(1):1. PMID 11349639
- Nash IS. Web alert. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2000 May;2(3):173-4. PMID 11203022
- Nash IS. Web alert. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2000 Mar;2(2):81-2. PMID 11203021
- Nash IS. Web alert. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2000 Jan;2(1):3-5. PMID 11203020