SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A doctor who has been a professor of medicine at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine will soon lead the department of medicine at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. The medical school has named Dr. Cynthia Taub the Edward C. Reifenstein Professor of Medicine and chair of the department of medicine. Dr. […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A doctor who has been a professor of medicine at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine will soon lead the department of medicine at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.
The medical school has named Dr. Cynthia Taub the Edward C. Reifenstein Professor of Medicine and chair of the department of medicine. Dr. Lawrence Chin, dean of Upstate Medical’s Norton College of Medicine, announced the appointment, which takes effect in August.
Besides her role as a professor of medicine at Dartmouth, Taub has also been serving as the chief of cardiovascular medicine of Dartmouth Health’s Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, per the April 27 Upstate announcement.
“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Taub to Upstate,” Chin said. “Her proven excellence in clinical care, research and education will be instrumental to advancing our vital missions at the Norton College of Medicine, and her leadership will inspire a new generation of students as they shape the future of healthcare.”
As chair of the department of medicine, Taub will oversee the largest clinical, research, and education department at Upstate. The 12 divisions that comprise medicine have made “advances that help with both common and rare conditions and reach underserved communities” across 16 counties in Central New York, the medical school said.
The divisions include general internal medicine; cardiology; dermatology; endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism; gastroenterology; hematology/oncology; hospitalist medicine; infectious disease; nephrology; clinical pharmacology; pulmonary/critical care; and rheumatology.
Taub has served in a variety of leadership positions, Upstate Medical said. They include director of non-invasive cardiology; section head of non-invasive cardiology and cardiovascular imaging, and, most recently, chief of cardiovascular medicine. In addition to Dartmouth, she has held faculty positions at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Connecticut.
Besides her work domestically, Taub is known internationally for her work in clinical applications of advanced echocardiography technologies; valvular heart disease; heart disease in women; and disparity in health-care delivery, with more than 110 peer-reviewed manuscripts.
Taub has trained more than 100 cardiology fellows and mentored many leaders in cardiology, including echocardiography lab directors and sonographers over her academic career, Upstate Medical said.
She has been honored with numerous awards, including the Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award. Given by the American Society of Echocardiography, the award recognizes a physician who “epitomizes the ideal qualities of a mentor and role model.”
Taub earned her medical degree from Beijing Medical University, master’s degree in biology from Dartmouth College, and an MBA (healthcare track) from Yale School of Management. She completed clinical cardiology training at Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, and an advanced echocardiography fellowship from the Massachusetts General Hospital.
