Dr Annapoorna Kini conferred American ‘Heart of Gold’ award
Team Udayavani, Jun 15, 2018, 5:46 PM IST
Mangaluru: Dr Annapoorna Kini, the director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mount Sinai, has been awarded the ‘Heart of Gold Award’ for her contribution to improve the health of New Yorkers.
Dr Kini hails from Puttur from
Dr Kini had won the ‘Ellis Island Medal of Honour’ award last year. Annapoorna, who is one among 350 cardiac surgeons in New York who can perform intricate heart surgeries with minimum risk, is highly respected as she is considered to be a very safe interventional cardiac surgeon. She has also been identified as the only heart surgeon from United States of America to perform over a thousand heart surgeries a year.
On June 6, the American Heart Association in New York City celebrated its annual Heart and Stroke Ball. The event brought together hundreds of volunteers, survivors and other supporters who work round the year to bring the American Heart Association’s mission to life. This year’s event was unique because its theme of ‘Access and Health Inequity’ highlighted growing health disparities in New York City.
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