Sanina Cristina

About

Cristina Sanina, a remarkable interventional cardiologist originally from the Republic of Moldova, graduated from Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chisinau, earning her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2006. She continued her training in Russia, completing her cardiology residency at the A.N. Bakulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery in Moscow. Her international career developed in the United States, where she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular biology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, focusing on mesenchymal stem cell research for cardiac regeneration, followed by an internal medicine residency and a cardiovascular disease fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. Currently, Dr. Sanina holds leadership positions at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, serving as Director of Structural Heart Interventions at University Medical Center New Orleans, Director of Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease Research, and Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and collaborates with hospitals such as East Jefferson General Hospital, University Medical Center New Orleans, and Touro. Her training includes an interventional cardiology fellowship at Harvard Medical School-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an advanced structural heart disease fellowship at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and interventional cardiology. His scientific contributions are impressive, including numerous articles published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, eleven book chapters, and two textbooks. His research focuses on cellular therapies for chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy, aortic valves, and structural interventions, demonstrating expertise in areas such as the use of stem cells in cardiac regeneration and machine learning-based prediction models for post-procedural mortality. Although detailed information about his personal life is not publicly available, his professional trajectory illustrates the determination of a Moldovan woman to excel in advanced cardiovascular medicine in the United States.