- Dr. Himani V. Bhatt is currently an associate professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and serves as the Director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Morningside Medical Center. As a full time cardiac anesthesiologist, her clinical interests are the care of high-risk cardiac patients and surgical outcomes.
- Dr. Himani V. Bhatt also has a strong interest in patient blood management (PBM) and serves as the clinical liaison for Mount Sinai Systems PBM program and Chair of the PBM-Transfusion Committee at Mount Sinai Morningside Medical Center.
- Dr. Himani V. Bhatt is also an enthusiastic teacher for her residents and fellows and has taken part in multiple educational projects. In addition to her clinical focus, her research interest includes topics related to use of TEE in the anesthetic management of cardiac surgical cases, evaluating outcomes in cardiac patients and anesthetic concerns in innovative fields such as electrophysiology (EP) and use of Regional anesthesia in cardiac patients.
Peer Reviewed Original Contributions
- Pomerantz S, Bhatt H, Brodsky NL, Lurie D, Ciesielski J, and Cavalieri T. Physicians’ Practices Related to the Use of Terminal Sedation: Moral and Ethical Concerns. Palliative & Supportive Care. 2004. 2: 15-21.
- *Miller MA*, Bhatt HV*, Weiner MM, Brouwer TF, Mittnacht AJ, Shariat A, Jeng C, Eden C, Lin H, Salter B, Dukkipati SR, Reddy VY. Subcutaneous ICD Implantation with Truncal Plane Blocks. Heart Rhythm 2018 Jul;15(7):1108-1111.
- *Bhatt HV, Spivack J, Patel PR, El-Eshmawi A, Amir Y, Adams DA, Fischer GW. Correlation of 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Analysis to Surgical Measurements of the Tricuspid Valve Annular Diameter. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Jan;33(1):137-145.
- *El-Eshmawi A, Anyanwu A, Boateng P, Pawale A, Pandis D, Bhatt HV, Sun E, Adams DH. Second crossclamp to perfect degenerative mitral valve repair: Decision-making algorithm, safety, and outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Nov;160(5):1181-1190.
- Shah A, Taduran C, Friedman S, Sarosky K, Jones M, Victory-Stewart M, Dunau F, Liesenfeld M, Pasqualini D, Mandel S, Fiol N, Ghia S, Puskas JD, Bhatt HV, Shapiro J, Tomey MI, Yimen M. “Relocating Intravenous Pumps for Critically Ill Isolated COVID-19 Patients from Bedside to Outside the Patient Room.” Crit Care Explor. Jul 2020. 2(8):e0168.
- Shah A, Xu J, Friedman S, Puskas JD, Bhatt HV, Yimen M. “Comparative Analysis of Intravenous Pumps Relocation for Critically Ill Isolated COVID-19 Patients From Bedside to Outside the Patient Room.” J Intensive Care Med. 2021 Feb 3:885066621989920. doi: 10.1177/0885066621989920.
- Shah A, Xu J, Friedman S, Puskas JD, Bhatt HV, Yimen M.J. “Comparative Analysis of Intravenous Pumps Relocation for Critically Ill Isolated COVID-19 Patients From Bedside to Outside the Patient Room.” Intensive Care Med. 2021 Jun;36(6):719-725.
- Katz D, Maher P, Getrajdman C, Hamburger J, Zhao S, Madek J, Bhatt H, Levin M, Görlinger K. “Monitoring of COVID-19-Associated Coagulopathy and Anticoagulation with Thromboelastometry. Transfus Med Hemother. 2021 May;48(3):168-172.
- Shariat A, Ghia S, Gui JL, Gallombardo J, Bracker J, Lin HM, Mohammad A, Mehta D, Bhatt H. “Use of Serratus Anterior Plane and Transversus Thoracis Plane Blocks for Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (S-ICD) Implantation Decreases Intraoperative Opioid Requirements.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Apr 27.
Other Peer Reviewed Publications:
Review Articles
- Bhatt HV, Fischer GW. Atrial Fibrillation: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Options. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Oct;29(5):1341-56.
- Bhatt HV, Syros G, Greco M, Miller M, Fischer GW. Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: Implications for the Anesthesiologist. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Oct;29(5):1333-40.
- Weiner MM, Bhatt HV, Mittnacht AM. Transesophageal Echocardiographic-Guided Transapical Neochord Implantation. Anesth Analg. 2017 Aug 31. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002441.
- Weiner MM, Bhatt HV, Mittnacht AM. Transesophageal Echocardiographic-Guided Transapical Neochord Implantation. A A Pract. 2018 Feb; 10(3): 69-72.
- Bhatt HV, Subramaniam K. PRO: Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (PCC) Should Be Used in Preference to Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) for Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgical Patients. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Apr 32(2):1062-1067.
- Bhatt HV, Weiss A, Patel PR, Ramakrishna H and Weiner MM. Concomitant Tricuspid Repair At The Time Of Mitral Valve Repair: An Analysis Of Techniques, Outcomes And Implications For The Cardiac Anesthesiologist. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Aug 17.
- Mittnacht AJC, Shariat A, Weiner MM, Malhotra A, Miller MA, Mahajan A, Bhatt HV. Regional Techniques for Cardiac and Cardiac-Related Procedures. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Feb;33(2):532-546.
- Fitzgerald MM, Bhatt HV, Schuessler ME, Guy TS, Ivascu NS, Evans AS, Ramakrishna H. Robotic Cardiac Surgery Part I: Anesthetic Considerations in Totally Endoscopic Robotic Cardiac Surgery (TERCS). J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Jan;34(1):267-277.
- Bhatt HV, Schuessler ME, Torregrossa G, Fitzgerald MM, Evans AS, Narasimhan S, Ramakrishna H. Robotic Cardiac Surgery Part II: Anesthetic Considerations for Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Nov 14.
- Ghia S, Lazar M, Epstein J, Bhatt HV. "ANESTHESIA STAT" TO INTUBATE A COVID-19 PATIENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 May 15.
- Ghia S, Mehta D, Bhatt HV. Device Detected Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: The Anesthesiologist’s Perspective. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Nov 2020. 34(11): 2876-2880.
- Devarajan J, Balasubramanian S, Shariat AN, Bhatt HV. Regional Analgesia for Cardiac Surgery. Part 2: Peripheral Regional Analgesia for Cardiac Surgery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Apr 2021.
- Viox D, Dhawan R, Balkhy HH, Cormican D, Bhatt H, Savadjian A, Chaney MA. Unilateral Pulmonary Edema After Robotically Assisted Mitral Valve Repair Requiring Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Apr 5.
