Weill Cornell Gastroesophageal Reflux and Motility Disorders Center

Weill Cornell Medicine - Cardiology, located in New York, NY, specializes in providing personalized care for adult patients with congenital heart disease. The center offers a wide range of consultative services, advanced imaging technologies, minimally invasive surgical options, and comprehensive cardiac management to ensure the well-being of its patients. The team at Weill Cornell Medicine is dedicated to treating various conditions related to adult congenital heart disease, including anomalous pulmonary venous connections, aortic valve disease, atrial septal defects, and many more. With expertise in minimally invasive procedures, valvular therapies, angioplasty, and complex interventions, the center strives to offer cutting-edge treatments tailored to each patient's needs. Generated from the website content

Dr Alpana Shukla MD, MRCP(UK) is an Assistant Professor of Research in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Assistant Attending Physician at New-York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr Shuklas clinical interests and expertise include management of obesity and related metabolic complications including type 2 diabetes. Dr Shukla obtained her medical degrees, MBBS and MD, from and completed internal medicine residency at Grant Medical College & J J Group of Hospitals in Mumbai, India. She subsequently trained in the UK as a senior house officer in Medicine, Specialist Registrar and Clinical Fellow in Endocrinology and as Registrar in Clinical Pharmacology in Australia over the next 5 years. While in the UK, she completed the training and examination requirements and was granted the MRCP(UK) degree. Dr. Shukla was an attending physician at the Bombay Hospital in Mumbai before transitioning to New York in 2010. Under the mentorship of Dr. Louis J Aronne, Sanford Weill Professor of Metabolic Research at Weill Cornell Medicine, she pursued research in behavioral, pharmacologic, and minimally invasive interventions for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Dr. Shukla is currently the Director of Clinical Research at the Comprehensive Weight Control Center and has mentored numerous graduate students, medical students, and residents in their obesity and metabolic disease research endeavors.A key area of Dr. Shuklas research is a novel behavioral intervention, termed food order, for regulation of blood glucose in individuals with overweight /obesity, type 2 diabetes, and prediabetes(Saving carbs for last may help ward off blood sugar spike for diabetics )Dr Shukla has 50 publications including articles in high-impact peer reviewed journals and book chapters. Dr Shukla is an active member of the Obesity Society (TOS), the American Diabetes Association, and serves on TOSs Clinical, CME Oversight, and Program Committees.