Mona Parikh Kinkhabwala, MD
Overview
Dr. Kinkhabwala is a board-certified cardiologist, with a special interest in advanced cardiovascular imaging. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and is a nuclear cardiology faculty member at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
After graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003, she went on to complete medical school at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society in 2007. She subsequently completed her internal medicine residency, cardiovascular fellowship and an advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where she also served as a chief medical resident. During her advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship, she gained expertise in SPECT, cardiac PET, viability testing, 99m technetium pyrophosphate scintigraphy, CT angiography, and calcium scoring.
While at Columbia, Dr. Kinkhabwala has presented her research at both local and national conferences, and has co-authored several articles on cardiovascular disease that have appeared in publications including American Journal of Cardiology and Expert Reviews of Cardiovascular Therapy. Upon completing her training, Dr. Kinkhabwala joined Columbia as a clinical cardiologist with a particular interest in bringing the practical applications of state-of-the-art and highly specialized cardiovascular imaging techniques to the community.
Dr. Kinkhabwala is board certified in cardiovascular disease, comprehensive echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and internal medicine. She is an attending physician at both Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY.
She currently resides in New Jersey with her family. As a working mother of two, she understands how important one’s health is to the well-being of one’s family and hopes to help her patients live happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Cardiac PET Imaging
- Cardiology
- Clinical Cardiology
- Echocardiography
- Nuclear Cardiology
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Female
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amerigroup of New Jersey
- New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Local 32BJ
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
Fidelis Care
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- MVP Health Care-HMO/EPO (Westchester Only)
- MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only)
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
WellCare
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
Honors & Awards
Chief Resident in Internal Medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Alpha Omege Alpha National Medical Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
Summa Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania
Dean's List, University of Pennsylvania
Research
Selected Publications
Geraldino-Pardilla L, Zartoshti A, Ozbek AB, Giles JT, Weinberg R, Kinkhabwala M, Bokhari S, Bathon JM. "Arterial Inflammation Detected With 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography in Rheumatoid Arthritis." Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Jan;70(1):30-39. PMID: 28992382
Bokhari S, Morgenstern R, Weinberg R, Kinkhabwala M, Panagiotou D, Castano A, DeLuca A, Kontak A, Jin Z, Maurer MS. "Standardization of 99mTechnetium pyrophosphate imaging methodology to diagnose TTR cardiac amyloidosis." J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb; 25(1):181-190. PMID: 27580616
Kinkhabwala MP, Mancini D. "Patient selection for cardiac transplant in 2012." Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2013 February; 11(2): 179-191. PMID: 23405839
Parikh M, Lund L, Goda A, Mancini D. "Usefulness of Peak Exercise Oxygen Consumption and the Heart Failure Survival Score to Predict Survival in Patients > 65 Years of Age with Heart Failure." American Journal of Cardiology 2009 April 1; 103(7): 998-1002. PMID: 19327430