Ernest S. Monrad, MD

E. Scott Monrad, MD, CM, is Training Program Director, Cardiovascular Diseases; Director of Cardiovascular Quality; and Vice Chief of Cardiology, Patient Safety and Quality at Montefiore. He is also Professor of Clinical Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is on interventional cardiology, hemodynamic assessment of valvular heart disease and hemodynamic assessment of congestive heart failure. He also has an interest in preventive cardiology in outpatients.

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1975, Dr. Monrad went on to receive his Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery in 1979 from McGill University Medical School in Montreal, Quebec. He attended New England Medical Center Hospital for the start of his postdoctoral training, completing an internship in medicine in 1980, and a residency in 1982. From 1982 to 1985, he was a fellow in the cardiovascular division at the Harvard Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, and from 1985 to 1986, he was a research fellow with the cardiology department at Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitaetsspital in Zurich, Switzerland.

Dr. Monrad’s research focuses on improving clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. His research findings have been published in many reviewed journals and abstracts. He has also contributed to many books.

Dr. Monrad has been included in Castle Connolly Top Doctors. He is board certified and is a member of several professional associations.