Specialties:

• Cardiovascular Consultations
• Interventional Cardiac Procedures
• Echocardiograms including Transesophogeal
• Stress Echocardiograms

Started Practice:

• 1995

Current Hospital Positions:

• Attending Physician, Yale New Haven Hospital.
• Attending Physician, Hospital Of St.Raphael

Board Certifications:

• Diplomate; National Board Of Medical Examiners, 1989.
• Diplomate; The American Board Of Internal Medicine, 1991.
• Diplomate; The American Board Of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease, 1996.

Academic Appointments:

• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School Of Medicine.
• Yale Clinical Trials Consortium.

Professional Background & Educational Training:

College
Texas A & M University.

Medical School
Texas Tech University School Of Medicine, 1984-1988.
Lubbock, Texas.

Advanced Training
Medical Internship and Residency, 1988 - 1991. Yale New Haven Hospital
Yale University School Of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut.

Chief Medical Resident, 1991 - 1992.
Yale University School Of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut.

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, 1992 - 1995.
Yale University School Of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut.

Advanced Fellowship in Echocardiography, 1994 - 1995.
Yale University School Of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut.

Professional Organizations:

• Fellow; The American College Of Cardiology.
• Member; The American Heart Association, Clinical Cardiology Council.
• Member; The American College Of Physicians.
• Member; The American Medical Association.
• Co-Director; Cardiovascular Workshop (Yale Medical School); Yale Primary Care Center/ “Lipids” Lecture Series.

Committee Memberships:

• Member;  Committee on Faculty Appointments & Promotions (Part Time)
  Yale School Of Medicine.

Editorial Positions:

• Editorial Committee: The Medical Letter;
  Yale School Of Medicine CME Program. 1998-present
• Editorial Fellow: The Medical Letter, Yale School Of Medicine. 1997-1999

Honors & Awards:

• Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, 1998.
• Benedict R.Harris Award, 1996.Presented annually by the First Year Residents of Yale New Haven Hospital, to the physician who has contributed the most to the teaching of the House Staff.
• Betsy Winters House Staff Award, 1992.
  Presented by the graduating class of Yale Medical School, who made the most significant contribution to their education.
• Hugh L. Dwyer Award,  1992.
  Presented to the Senior Resident in Internal Medicine, Neurology, or Dermatology at Yale, whose clinical practice emulates the distinguished Hugh Dwyer, M.D.
• Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans, 1992
• Stephen R. Shell Award, 1991.
  Presented to the graduating member of the Yale Medical House Staff who in the opinion of his or her peers embodies the esteemed values of Stephen R. Shell, M.D.
• Merck Award for Academic Excellence,  1988.
• National Biological Honor Society, 1978.

Current Research Investigations:

• Primary Investigator:  WATCH Trial.
• Primary Investigator:  Prospective Observational. Study of Simvastatin & Other Statins in High Risk Patients.
• Primary Investigator: CHALLENGE  Trial.
• Associate Investigator: SYMPHONY Trial.
• Co-Investigator: MIRACL Trial.
• Co-Director: Clinical Steering Committee, ENRICHD Trial (NIH/NHLBI Study).

Publications:

• Aronin S., Mukherjee SK., West JC., Cooney EL., Review of Pneumococcal Endocarditis in Adults in the Penicillin Era.  Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998;26:  165-171.
• Raza S., Mukherjee SK., Danias P., Abraham JI., Johnson KJ., Sands MJ., Werner MS., Silverman DI., Hemodynamically Significant Extrinsic Left Atrial Compression from Gastric Structures in the Mediastinum.  Annals of Internal Medicine 1995;123:114-116.
• Mukherjee SK., Jaffe CC., Left Ventricular Mass Estimation by Echocardiography. Is it Clinically Useful? Echocardiography 1995; 12 (2): 185 - 193.
• Mukherjee SK., (Contributing Author): The Functional Heart: Echocardiography of Ventricular Contraction (CD ROM), 1995.
• Mukherjee SK., and Krumholz HM., “Cholesterol in the Elderly”, Medical Outlook for Cardiologists. 1995; Vol. II , No. 1.
• Mukherjee SK., and Krumholz HM., Secondary Prevention after Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly. Cardiology in the Elderly  1994, 2:295-300.
• Mukherjee SK., Should Humanities Be Taught? Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.  1992; 65 (3): 158-159.