Nilanjana Misra, MD, FAAP, FSCMR

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Get to know Pediatric Cardiologist Dr. Nilanjana Misra, who serves patients in New Hyde Park, New York.

Well-versed in the field of pediatric cardiology, Dr. Misra is in practice at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York. In addition, she serves as an Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Cohen Children’s Medical Center is dedicated to providing the very best care to meet the special needs of children, from premature babies to adolescents. The 202-bed hospital opened in 1983 as the New York metropolitan area’s only hospital designed exclusively for children. Today, it is the largest provider of pediatric health services in New York state, serving 1.8 million children in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties.

A native of India, Dr. Misra graduated with her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBBS) from the MKCG Medical College. After relocating to the United States, she completed her residency in pediatrics at the Maimonides Medical Center in 2006, where she was Chief Resident. Later, she completed her fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2009, and her fellowship in cardiac imaging at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian in 2010.

An authority in her field, the doctor is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). The mission of the ABP is to advance child health by certifying pediatricians who meet standards of excellence and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.

Achieving fellowship status, she is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), and Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (FSCMR).

In addition to seeing patients at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Dr. Misra maintains hospital privileges at Lenox Hill Hospital, Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, Northern Westchester Hospital, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, and South Shore University Hospital.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents, while cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart as well as some parts of the circulatory system. Pediatric cardiologists specialize in diagnosing and treating heart problems in children. In those children who might need heart surgery, pediatric cardiologists work closely with pediatric heart surgeons to determine the best treatments and interventions.

Speaking multiple languages, she is fluent in English, Hindi, and Oriya.

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