MOBILE, Alabama (12/19/2024) -- USA Health Cardiology recently added Suganya Manoharan, M.D., to its growing team. She will assist the academic health system in delivering innovative heart care and help meet growing patient demand.
She has experience treating coronary and valvular heart disease, heart attack, congestive heart failure, arrythmia, hypertensive heart disease, and more.
Manoharan, who is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the National Board of Echocardiography, is an assistant professor in the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama, the flagship of the Gulf Coast. She is also a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation.
“I am interested in preventive cardiology,” she said. “I specialize in helping patients reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease through lifestyle modifications, risk factor management, and medical therapies.”
Manoharan attended medical school at the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Coimbatore in Khartoum, India, then completed an internal medicine residency and a cardiovascular fellowship, both at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Brooklyn, New York.
She served as chief resident during her third year of residency, and she was awarded the Mohammed Idiris Excellence in Cardiology Award.
Manoharan, who is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Medical Association and the Tamil Nadu Medical Council, speaks English, Tamil and Hindi.
“I chose academic medicine as I believe mentoring is a vital component of professional development and shaping the next generation of doctors and leaders,” she said.
She is accepting new patients at USA Health Cardiology located at 6300 USA Health Blvd., Second Floor in Mobile. To schedule an appointment, call 251-873-6280.
About USA Health:
USA Health, the health system for the University of South Alabama, is the only academic health system along the upper Gulf Coast. With more than 40 care delivery locations, including USA Health University Hospital, USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital, USA Health Providence Hospital and the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute, and physician practices sites throughout the area, the health system melds clinical care, research and healthcare education into the most advanced medical care in the region.
