Director, Trans-radial Program, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Dr. Godkar is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography and Vascular Interpretation (RPVI). He is well published in peer reviewed journals and has been honored by research awards and scholarships from the American Federation of Medical Research on several occasions. He received his medical school education from Mumbai University, India, and subsequently moved to the US in 2001. He completed his Internal Medicine residency from Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, in 2006 where he served as the Chief Resident. He completed his training in General Cardiology from Maimonides Medical Center and Coney Island Hospital where he was voted “Fellow of the Year” in 2008 and 2009 by the Internal Medicine residents. He then joined Advanced Cardiology in 2009 as a non-invasive cardiologist for 2 years, before going back to Seton Hall University for a year to train in Interventional Cardiology.
As a clinician he has been praised by his patients and received several patient choice awards. He is fluent in English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi and Gujarati.
In his free time he loves to travel, play cricket and support his favorite teams the Giants, Rangers and Yankees.