New York City-based NYU Langone Health named Sunil Rao, MD, director of interventional cardiology and director of the NYU Langone cardiac catheterization laboratory.
Dr. Rao, a world-renowned clinician-investigator in interventional cardiology, most recently served as section chief of cardiology at Durham (N.C.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center and as a professor of medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He has spent 26 years in roles at Duke University Medical Center in Durham.
"I'm excited for the opportunity to join and lead such an accomplished group of interventional cardiologists," Dr. Rao said in a Sept. 1 press release from NYU Langone. "There is a strong culture of innovation and patient-centeredness at NYU Langone, and with the dedication of our team I know we can make significant advancements in the field that will result in improved outcomes for our patients with cardiovascular disease."