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New cardiologist practicing in Potsdam

Posted 1/3/20

POTSDAM -- Cardiologist Dr. Amit Shanker has joined the medical staff of St. Lawrence Health System’s Canton-Potsdam Hospital. Dr. Shanker brings 20 years of clinical expertise in many aspects of …

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New cardiologist practicing in Potsdam

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POTSDAM -- Cardiologist Dr. Amit Shanker has joined the medical staff of St. Lawrence Health System’s Canton-Potsdam Hospital.

Dr. Shanker brings 20 years of clinical expertise in many aspects of heart disease (arrhythmias/cardiac electrophysiology, heart failure, valvular disorders, and atherosclerotic vascular disease).

He is American Board of Internal Medicine certified in cardiovascular disease, internal medicine, and interventional cardiac electrophysiology and has assumed leadership positions for, and is a Fellow with, the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society, SLHS said.

Dr. Shanker has served as associate professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and medical director at the Center for Advanced Arrhythmia Medicine.

Upon continuing his medical instruction, he received post-graduate/externship training at Brown University School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.

“My role as a physician is to inform, educate, and empower patients to collaboratively develop a cardiovascular treatment paradigm (pharmacologic, surgical, lifestyle) that is tailored to their individual needs and circumstances,” Dr. Shanker said.

Dr. Shanker has sat on the editorial board of the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, authored 75-plus publications (including US Clinical Guidance Expert Consensus Statements), served as an editor for four textbooks/reference guides, delivered over 150 presentations across six continents, and received numerous awards, including the Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Health.

He has a page on SLHS’s website at https://www.stlawrencehealthsystem.org/providers/amit-shanker