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Dr. Aarush Manchanda is in the trenches of heart disease and precision medicine every day—and has been for over 10 years. After receiving his medical degree from most prestigious Medical College in India, he immigrated to the United States where he completed his internship and residency at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
He earned many top awards as a student, resident, and researcher, including the Resident of the Year Award from George Washington University and the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Washington D.C., and the Best Resident Research Award from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania for consecutive years. He continued to be a leader amongst this colleagues serving as a chief fellow at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.
After graduating from fellowship in 2010 and being board certified in five specialties: internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, cardiac computed tomography, and echocardiography., he took the role of Medical Director of Cardiovascular Services at Intermountain Cedar City Hospital—in Utah.
In this role, he brought comprehensive cardiology services including state of the art multimodality cardiology, once thought to be only a fantasy for the rural community of Cedar City, into the realm of everyday practice. Dr. Aarush Manchanda has made it his life’s work to facilitate a health-conscious community and is at the forefront of shared decision making and personalized medicine. He strongly believes this to be the mantra for “precision cardiology”, a term coined by him. His first step towards precision cardiology is educating people about the heart and how it works https://www.theartisansapproach.com and continuously seeks ways to make understanding complex health issues accessible to everyone
To develop individualized plans for healthy lifestyle changes he has been working with a New York start-up Fruitstreet http://www.fruitstreet.com where he serves as an advisor. To bring forth a very precise DNA based pharmacogenomics therapies and interventions in cardiology and heart disease prevention #Precision Cardiology, he has joined as Board of Directors in San Diego based startup Portable Genomics. http://portablegenomics.com.
He currently works as a cardiology faculty at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield MA, affiliated with University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Aarush Manchanda lives with his wife, daughter and son in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and spends his leisure time skiing, playing golf, and meditating.
Noninvasive Cardiologist
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA
2017 - Present
Geisinger Health System
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2007 - 2010
George Washington University
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Maulana Azad Medical College
Class of 2004
Leading Physicians of the World
International Association of Healthcare Professionals, 2016
America’s Top Cardiologists
Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2016
Best Resident Research Award
Geisinger Medical Center, 2008-2009
Resident of the Year Award
George Washington University and Veterans Affairs Hospital, 2007
"Dr. Sanjay Sidhwa Memorial" Gold Medal- Academic Excellence in Internal Medicine
University of Delhi, 2002
"K.K. Modawal Memorial" Gold Medal- Academic Excellence in Internal Medicine
University of Delhi, 2002
Academic Year Roll of Honor
University of Delhi, 2002
Outstanding Achievement Award- Academic Excellence in Ophthalmology
University of Delhi, 2001
Roll of Honor- Best Student
University of Delhi, 1999
"Smt.Shakuntala Sethi" Gold Medal- Best First Year Medical Student
University of Delhi, 1999
American College of Cardiology - ACC
Fellow
American Heart Association - AHA
Member
Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT)
Member
Society of Cardiovascular MR (SCMR)
Member
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)
Fellow
National Lipid Association (NLA)
Member