Usha S Krishnan, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

(212) 342-1453

Specialties

Pediatric Cardiology, more

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New Patients

Treats Children

Accepts Virtual Visits

CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway

New York, NY 10032

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(212) 342-1453

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Aetna Signature Administrators
Medicare Managed Care
HMO
PPO
POS
EPO
NY Signature
Student Health

Essential Plan
Medicaid Managed Care

Special Needs

Medicare Managed Care
PPO
HMO
Great West (National)
EPO
POS

PPO
Medicare Managed Care

Select Care (Exchange)
Vytra
EPO
Medicare Managed Care
HMO
PPO
POS
ConnectiCare
Essential Plan
Medicaid Managed Care

Medicaid Managed Care
Child/Family Health Plus
Essential Plan

PPO
Medicare Managed Care
HMO
EPO

Essential Plan
Medicaid Managed Care
Medicare Managed Care
Child/Family Health Plus

Leaf (Exchange)
Medicaid Managed Care
Child/Family Health Plus
Medicare Managed Care

Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

MagnaCare

Traditional Medicare
Railroad

Multiplan

HMO
Essential Plan
Child/Family Health Plus
Medicaid Managed Care

Special Needs

HMO
POS
PPO
Empire Plan
Compass (Exchange)
Oxford Liberty
Oxford Freedom
Oxford HMO
Medicare Managed Care
Medicaid (Community Plan)

SelectHealth
Medicare Managed Care
Special Needs

Medicaid Managed Care
Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

About Usha S Krishnan, MD

Dr Krishnan initially did her medical school, residency, and fellowship training in India. Subsequent to that she moved to the United States to complete her pediatrics residency at New York medical college and her Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Columbia University. She then returned to India to head the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Madras Medical Mission in Chennai India. She set up the first fellowship program, training Indian and international fellows in Pediatric Cardiology in India and getting accreditation for Pediatric Cardiology with the National board of Education in New Delhi. She also co-founded the Pediatric Cardiology Society of India. In 2001 Dr Krishnan moved back to New York to take a faculty position at New York Medical College. She left there is 2010 to take a position at Columbia University in 2010 where she is currently. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics as well as an Associate Medical Director of the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Center which is the first accredited pediatric and adult pulmonary hypertension center in the United States.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, she is actively involved in medical education at every level. She is closely involved with the Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Columbia University and is the director of the fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, which oversees fellow education and training. She is the director of medical student and resident education in Pediatric Cardiology and is closely involved with the Foundations in Clinical Medicine and Major Clinical Year training at the medical school. She was inducted to the Virginia Apgar Society of Medical Educators at Columbia University in 2018.

She is also actively involved in research, both in Pulmonary Hypertension and Pediatric Cardiology and is PI/co-investigator in multiple clinical trials, both NIH sponsored and other grants. She has co-authored over 50 papers and has multiple invited lectures to her credit. She is actively involved in the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network and in multiple research activities of the network. She is involved in curriculum development for a Pulmonary Hypertension education series. She is involved in teaching e-learning courses for international fellows in Pediatric Cardiology through the Children's heart link. She is on the editorial board of several journals including the Annals of Pediatric Cardiology and the Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, and is a reviewer for multiple other journals.