Donation will be used to further school’s cardiac studies.
By Deepak Chitnis
WASHINGTON, DC: An Indian American physician has donated $2 million to a prominent US university, in the interests of advancing the school’s cardiac studies.
Dr. Vijay Sanghvi, along with his wife Dr. Khushman Sanghvi, made the extraordinary donation to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The donation is specifically meant to be used towards an “advanced cardiac imaging program,” and will also be used to create the “Drs. Vijay and Khushman Sanghvi Endowed Chair in Cardiac Imaging.”
“Investments in education are fundamental to fostering leadership and long-term progress,” Sanghvi said in announcement of the donation. “I am very pleased to fund this endowed chair so that it that can support a UC faculty member to be a leader in the field of cardiology, and simultaneously enhance his or her own education, while shepherding the education and research of future physicians.
Sanghvi also spoke about how he hopes his donation will help the University of Cincinnati gain more attention and rise up the rankings of medical schools around the world.
A renowned cardiologist, Sanghvi has been a part of Cincinnati’s medical community since 1966, and he calls the place “a real home that has enabled me to thrive, build a family, a career, a community and has ultimately given the gift of belonging.” Before coming to the US, he earned his medical degree from Gujarat University and his post-graduate training at both McMaster University and Queens University in Ontario, Canada.
From 1971 to 1990, he was the medical director of the division of cardiology at Jewish Hospital. After that, he began operating his own private cardiology practice. Early last year, after being involved with the University of Cincinnati for many years, he became a part of the school’s Mind-Body Interface in Health and Healing Lectureship.
Dr. Thomas Boat, the Christian R. Holmes Professor, Dean of the UC College of Medicine and UC vice-president for health affairs, said that the school is “proud that [Dr. Sanghvi] is part of our faculty,” and that Sanghvi’s donation will “ensure that the cardiac imaging program at UC will continue to grow and be successful in years to come.”