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Chair, Heart & Vascular Center and Department of Cardiology
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology

With over three decades of experience as a practicing Interventional Cardiologist, Dr. Jacob Shani is a world-renowned expert and leader in the field of Cardiology, with extensive experience and a special interest in high-risk procedures. He completed his residency at Maimonides Medical Center, and his fellowship in Cardiology at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is a Diplomat of the American Boards of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, and Internal Medicine.

Dr. Shani has earned international recognition for his innovations in cardiac catheterization and interventions. He performed the first atherectomy in New York State in 1991, invented a special angled catheter for cardiac interventions in 1992, invented a wrist clamp to aid in radial artery catheterization, and performed the first percutaneous transmyocardial revascularization in New York State in 1997. Dr. Shani was amongst the first in the world to perform interventions in cardiogenic shock.

As a surgeon, Dr. Shani is considered to perform among the highest number of procedures worldwide. With a passion for contributing to the development of new, cutting-edge techniques in the field, Dr. Shani is actively involved in advisory boards of several companies, holds patents to multiple cardiac devices, and has extensively published and presented research both nationally and internationally.

He is a Professor of Medicine at SUNY Downstate and The University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy.