New faculty spotlight: Nidhish Tiwari, MBBS, MD

Nidhish Tiwari, MBBS, MD

Nidhish Tiwari, MBBS, MD

Nidhish Tiwari, MBBS, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Nidhish Tiwari, MBBS, MD
  • Hometown: Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Title and department at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine: Associate professor of medicine, UNMC Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Program director of clinical cardiology & cardiac imaging and subspecialty education coordinator for cardiology/medicine.

Research/professional interests:

  • Novel echocardiography techniques
  • Advance cardiac imaging
  • Complex valvular heart disease
  • Structural heart imaging
  • Education
  • Clinical research

How I fell in love with cardiology: Cardiology has always been close to “my heart.” I enjoy practicing cardiology, which is a marvelous culmination of physics, engineering and physiology, all in a human body.

Education/experience:

  • Medical school at Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. Bachelor in medicine and bachelor in surgery (MBBS), 2008
  • Internal medicine residency at Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Internal medicine internship and residency (MD), 2012
  • Chief resident internal medicine at Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 2013      
  • Cardiology fellowship with level III in echocardiography at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 2016
  • Assistant professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York; associate director of cardiology services at North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx, New York; director of echocardiography laboratory at Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, 2016-2022             

Memberships:

  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC)
  • Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography (FASE)
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP)
  • Member, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)
  • Member, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
  • Member, American Medical Association AMA
  • Lifetime member, Indian Academy of Echocardiography

Three things people may not know about me:

  • Other than cardiology, I specialize in coffee. I even roast my own coffee beans and brew different styles, from the classic to nitro infused cold brew, all at home.
  • I stay fit with regular tennis.
  • I enjoy long walks in nature.

Clinic location:

Durham Outpatient Center and Oak View clinic

For appointments and referrals:

402-559-8888