Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, MSCAI, is a nationally and internationally renowned interventional cardiologist, well known for performing the highest simple and complex high-risk complex coronary interventions in the United States with an extremely high success rate (greater than 99 percent), while achieving an extremely low rate of major complications of <0.5%.
Under Dr. Sharma’s leadership, The Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory has become one of the safest and busiest centers in New York, providing state-of-theart cardiac and interventional care for all patients, including those with both simple and complex cases.
As the director of the cardiovascular clinical institute, Dr Sharma has been responsible for all clinical and operational aspects of Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital since 2012. Under his leadership, Mount Sinai Heart cardiology faculty has tremendously improved its clinical, financial and academic productivity. Dr. Sharma is also responsible for streamlining all quality and operational aspects of cardiology in the health system. He has organized the uniform reporting of the cardiac procedures data for the entire health system.
He has received the prestigious two-star designation (denoting significantly lower than expected mortality) numerous times from the New York State Department of Health, as well as the Governor’s Award of Excellence in Medicine in 1996. He served on New York States Cardiac Advisory Board from 2004-2016.
Dr. Sharma has been dubbed the master of the Rotablator” and is regularly featured on national and local television, including CBS and TV Asia, as well as in newspapers and magazines, including Newsday, Newsweek, The New York Times, The New York Post, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, India Abroad, and India Today.
He has received numerous honors and awards, some significant examples: 2024 Master operator by India Live Conference; 2015 Honorary Master of Science PhD Degree by Rajasthan University; 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor; 2011 American Heart Association Achievement in Cardiovascular Science & Medicine Award; 2003–2026 Best Doctors by New York Magazine; 2008-2026 Super Doctors; 2007 Jacobi Medallion Award by The Mount Sinai Hospital; 2007 Physician of the Year by The Mount Sinai Hospital; and 2000 Simon Deck Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Dr. Sharma has authored more than 450 papers and 16 book chapters in the fields of coronary interventions, structural heart disease, and the safety of percutaneous interventions. Dr Sharma has been the associate editor of several cardiology journals and is an invited reviewer for major cardiac journals and scientific meetings.
He is also a philanthropist, and The Mount Sinai Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory is named the Dr. Samin K.Sharma Family Foundation CardiacCatheterization Laboratory. Dr. Sharma has also built a 250-bed heart hospital, the Eternal Heart Care Center (EHCC) in his native Jaipur, India, to provide the highest quality care to all patients regardless of financial or social status.
The live monthly webcast series, CCC Live Cases (www.ccclivecases.org), started by Dr. Sharma in 2009, reaches an audience of more than 29,000 viewers each month across 179 countries.
Dr. Sharma is also deeply committed to physician education and improving patient outcomes through his annual Complex Coronary Cases (CCC) Symposium and numerous other major scientific meetings, conferences, and live case demonstrations worldwide.
Dr Sharma’s efforts have resulted in The Mount Sinai Hospital receiving a #2 ranking in 2025-26 from U.S. News and World Report.
