Ganga Krishnamurthy MBBS, MD

Ganga Krishnamurthy, MD, is the Medical Director of the Milstein Family Infant Cardiac Unit and is the Garrett Isaac Neubauer Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center.

As Medical Director of the nation’s first and only dedicated neonatal and infant cardiac intensive care unit, Dr. Krishnamurthy brings exclusive qualifications for leading a team of specialists. She works closely with doctors from maternal-fetal medicine, fetal cardiologists, pediatric cardiologists, neonatal and pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons, and general surgeons to provide evidence-based, family-centered, comprehensive care from birth until discharge.

Dr. Krishnamurthy applies her rare expertise to evaluate and treat newborns with complex congenital heart diseases. Some of the conditions she treats are hypoplastic left heart syndrome, d-Transposition of the Great Arteries, Tetralogy of Fallot, Truncus Arteriosus, and Totally Anomalous Pulmonary Vein drainage.

In addition, Dr. Krishnamurthy is a nationally recognized thought leader in the field of neonatal cardiac intensive care and has several publications to her credit. She is committed to the mission of improving the health of children born with congenital heart disease and dedicated to the advancement of science in the field of neonatal cardiac intensive care.