The Healing Power of Resilience

Dr. Tara Narula is a board-certified cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, an associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra/Northwell, the associate director of the Women’s Heart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital and director of communications for the Katz Institute of Women’s Health. An award-winning journalist, she is an NBC News Medical Contributor, an Emmy Award–winning former senior medical correspondent at CBS News, and former CNN medical correspondent. After graduating from Stanford University with degrees in economics and biology, she founded and served as CEO of her own small business before getting her medical degree at USC Keck School of Medicine, where she graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha Society Honors. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Harvard University/Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her fellowship training in cardiology at NewYork Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Narula is currently a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and serves as a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association. She is codirector of a mentoring program for women pursuing careers in cardiology called Face of Cardiology. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughters.