The Science and the Art of a Broken Heart | Ankur Kalra | TEDxNEOMED

The incidence of broken-heart syndrome, or stress cardiomyopathy, has dramatically increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ankur Kalra is an interventional cardiologist who often sees patients in the throes of cardiac emergencies. In his talk, Dr. Kalra shares how poetry can help us heal from our figurative and literal heartbreak. Dr. Kalra is an interventional cardiologist and medical director of clinical research for regional cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, section head of cardiovascular research at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, a university professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (Associate Professor) and NEOMED (Adjunct Associate Professor), and founder of the non-profit startup, makeadent.org. He is director of Barry J. Maron Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center in New Delhi, India. He is also the host of the cardiology podcast show, Parallax. He has presented late-breaking science at national and international scientific cardiovascular meetings, and has published over 200 scientific manuscripts in various peer-reviewed journals.
Educated at Indira Gandhi Medical College (Shimla, India), he completed medical and cardiology training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi, India), Cooper University Hospital (Camden, NJ), and Hennepin County Medical Center and Minneapolis Heart Institute (Minneapolis, MN). He served as a clinical and research fellow in interventional cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a clinical fellow in medicine at Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA). He then completed a year of advanced interventional and structural cardiology fellowship at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).
Dr. Kalra is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology from the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a Diplomate in Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography from the National Board of Echocardiography. He is also certified in patient safety, healthcare quality, health informatics and leadership from Harvard Medical School’s 1-year Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership certification program. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science program in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences at the London School of Economics & Political Science in London, United Kingdom.
He is also the author of the poetry book, "Ibadah" that was released on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and launched in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic Arts and Medicine Institute on Valentine's Day, 2020. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@Jeffreyperricone]

I went through the hardest heartbreak 💔 of my life in February 2022. I found this video and it truly spoke to heart. I had so much resentment and contempt for so many months, but I what realized is I just wanted my person to love me. I had to let go of the anger and let the love come back to my heart. I will always love you, I will always miss you, and even though I can’t make new memories with you I will always cherish the memories I have with you.

[@ankurkalra8145]

You got it! The only way is love. God bless.

[@paulakspirit-medium]

Relevant & so true

[@ankurkalra8145]

Thank you so much for taking the time to listen (and watch).

[@shivaniarora6842]

U really know… heartwarming 💕

[@ankurkalra8145]

Thank you!

[@shivaniarora6842]

U really know… heartwarming 💕

[@ankurkalra8145]

Thank you!