Overview
Dr. Waksmonski is a graduate of Smith College and Harvard Medical School. She completed her training in Boston and worked at Worcester Memorial Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital in Worcester, MA (University of Massachusetts Medical School) and the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, MA (Harvard Medical School) before coming to Columbia. She is the course director for the Cardiovascular Section of "The Body - in Health and in Disease", a first year course for all Columbia medical and dental students. She serves on the Admissions Committee for the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.
She maintains her interest in Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy by working as a consultant for the high-risk obstetrical patients with cardiac disease.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Advanced Cardiac Imaging
- Echocardiography
- Heart Disease In Pregnancy
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Female
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- Residency: Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Fellowship: Mass General Hosp
Committees, Societies, Councils
Member, Admissions Committee, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
Honors & Awards
2016 - Grant from the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators for "Use of Technology-enhanced Active Learning for Cardiac Pharmacology"
2009 - Ewig Clinical Scholar (Department of Medicine Teaching Award)
2005 - Teacher of the Year, Cardiology Fellows
2000-2002 - Scholar, The Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1999 - Harvard Macy Institute, Program for Physician Educators