(New Brunswick, NJ) - Kameswari Maganti, MD, FACC, FASE, has been elected to the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Board of Directors. Dr. Maganti is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), and Section Chief, Non-Invasive Cardiology, and Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health Facility.
Dr. Maganti’s two-year term on the Board begins in July 2024. All incoming board members were officially announced at the June 2024 Scientific Sessions plenary event in Portland, Oregon.
“I am proud to be elected to this leadership role to help shape practice standards and advance this important discipline within the field of cardiology,” Dr. Maganti said. “It’s an honor to serve with my colleagues on the Board to enhance the profile of echocardiography through the sharing of best practices and exchanging ideas to elevate our field.”
Partho Sengupta, MD, FACC, Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology and Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension at RWJMS and Chief of Cardiology at RWJUH adds, “Dr. Maganti is an excellent choice to serve on this Board. She has a proven track record of dedicating her career to promoting this discipline through research, teaching, and sharing her knowledge and expertise with her peers at scientific meetings worldwide.”
The ASE Board of Directors is comprised of 20 voting members who are cardiovascular ultrasound specialists. These individuals are elected to the Board by a nominations process, open to all voting members and ratified by the membership of the organization.
ASE is the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound imaging serving physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, and scientists and as such is the leader and advocate, setting practice standards and guidelines for the field. Since 1975, the Society has been committed to advancing cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives.
Prior to her appointments at RWJUH and RWJMS, Dr. Maganti served in numerous professorship and directorship positions in cardiovascular imaging, echocardiography, multimodality imaging, cardiac rehabilitation from both academic and hospital appointments.
Dr. Maganti earned her medical degree from the Guntur Medical College, India (1991) and completed her internship, residency and fellowship programs at the University of California (cardiology - 1994), Weiss Memorial Hospital (Internal Medicine - 1997), University of Nebraska Medical Center (cardiovascular disease fellowship - 2000) and Northwestern University (advanced cardiac imaging fellowship–2003).
Nationally, Dr. Maganti is a recognized leader in the non-invasive cardiology community. She has been regarded by many, including her peers and students, as a passionate and intentional professor and her receipt of numerous best teacher awards over the years is evidence of her outstanding teaching ability. For over 20 years, Dr. Maganti worked at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital serving in various leadership capacities.
Additionally, Dr. Maganti is a well-known speaker and leader at scientific meetings of the American College of Cardiology, American Society of Echocardiography and the World Congress of Echocardiography.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, an RWJBarnabas Health Facility, is a 628-bed academic medical center that is New Jersey’s largest academic medical center through its deep partnership with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. RWJUH is the flagship Cancer Hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, a nationally-ranked 2023-24 Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News & World Report. Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, stroke care, neuroscience, orthopedics, bariatric surgery and women’s health. A Level 1 Trauma Center and the first designated Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH’s New Brunswick campus serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness.
RWJUH has earned significant national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety, including the prestigious Magnet® Recognition for Nursing Excellence and being named to Newsweek’s 2023 list of Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers. The RWJUH Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center has been recognized by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association as meeting The Joint Commission's standards for Disease-Specific Care Comprehensive Stroke Center Advanced Certification. RWJUH has also earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Disease-Specific Care Certification for Spine Surgery; The Joint Commission Gold Seal Certification for Bariatric Services; and The Joint Commission Gold Seal Certification for Hip and Knee Replacement services. The Joint Commission also awarded RWJUH a Gold Seal Certification as well as an Advanced Certification in Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Implantation.
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