Dr. Natalia Ivascu Girardi is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology. She cares for patients as a Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Intensivist in the Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Ivascu Girardi is the Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CTICU).
Dr. Ivascu Girardi completed her undergraduate studies in cellular and molecular biology at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. She went on to earn her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. She began her career at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College as a resident in anesthesiology. Dr. Ivascu Girardi completed an additional year of fellowship training at Cornell, in cardiovascular anesthesiology. She then spent a year at the Columbia University campus of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as a fellow in critical care medicine.
Dr. Ivascu Girardi is board certified in anesthesiology and critical care medicine. She is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Echocardiography, with certification in advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. She is an expert in pulmonary hypertension and is the Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Anesthesiology team.