Self-Care for the New Year
Focusing on the human side of medicine and the importance of resilience, this podcast episode addresses the importance of accepting and embracing life as it is. Cardiologist Dr. Anu Lala draws on her experience treating heart failure and heart transplant patients, and she emphasizes the value of gratitude, mindful language, and affirmations.
Stephen Calabria: [00:00:00] From the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, this is Road to Resilience, a podcast about facing adversity. I'm your host, Stephen Calabria, Mount Sinai's, director of podcasting.
With a new year upon us, folks are grappling with ever increasing levels of uncertainty, both in their own lives and in the world at large.
To help walk us through how to deal with this sea of uncertainty. We're joined by Annu Lala MD.
Dr. Lala is a cardiologist at the Mount Sinai Hospital who advises patients on holistic prevention of heart disease. Her practice is committed to providing whole person, integrative health advice, and she remains committed to optimizing heart health and improving patients' lives. We're honored to welcome Dr. Anu Lala to the show.
Dr. Anu Lala, welcome to Road to Resilience.
Anu Lala: Thank you so much for having me here. I'm so happy.
Stephen Calabria: Could you tell us a little bit about your role here at Mount Sinai?
Anu Lala: Yeah, sure. In the conventional sense, I'm a cardiologist. I [00:01:00] specialize in what's known as heart failure, but what I like to call heart function and transplantation.
I also have some leadership roles in education and research and editorial work. I'm one of the co-editors and chief of the Journal of Cardiac Failure, which is the official journal for the Heart Failure Society of America.
Clinically, I care for patients across the spectrum of heart disease, from prevention and early risk, all the way to advanced therapies like heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, which are machines that take over for the heart. But most importantly, is the human side of medicine.
I think how people live with illness, how people live with uncertainty and change. And how we can, as healthcare professionals, really support resilience, not just survival. That's where I really love being with people and interacting with people.