Ira S. Nash

Biography

Ira S. Nash, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP

Dr. Nash is the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and Associate Professor of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Health Policy at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He heads the Mount Sinai Office for Excellence in Patient Care, which oversees the hospital’s quality assessment and improvement activities, and has direct responsibility for the departments of Performance Improvement, Risk Management, Social Work, Case Management, and Infection Control. Other components of the Office for Excellence in Patient Care include the Cullman Institute for Patient Centered Care, the Survey Center, and the Alliance for Health Improvement.

After graduating summa cum laude from Harvard College, Dr. Nash received his MD degree cum laude from the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard Medical School. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, and was in the private practice of cardiology before he joined the full-time academic staff of the Cardiac Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the faculty of Harvard Medical School. Since moving to Mount Sinai in 1995, he has held a number of senior positions, including Associate Director of the Zena and Michael Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and, more recently, Chief of Internal Medicine at the affiliated James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Dr. Nash has been a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) since 1992, and is also a fellow of the American Heart Association and the American College of Physicians. He is a member of the Clinical Council of the American Heart Association (AHA), and serves on the ACC/AHA Joint Task Force on Clinical Competence, which sets standards for training and expertise in cardiovascular Medicine.

Dr. Nash is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Medical Quality. He has edited a book on myocardial infarction care, and is an Associate Editor of Hurst’s the Heart, a major textbook and online reference for cardiovascular medicine.

As a national spokesman for the American Heart Association, Dr. Nash is frequently interviewed to provide information and commentary on current topics in cardiovascular care. He has appeared on local and national television broadcasts, and has been widely quoted by newspapers and popular magazines.

In addition to his professional responsibilities, Dr. Nash serves his country as a Lieutenant Commander in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy Reserve.