Be Heart Smart

Guest Bio: Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, MD

Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum is a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign and an attending cardiologist and the Director of Women and Heart Disease of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, with a subspecialty in Prevention and Women and Heart disease. She was the Director of the Center for Cardiac and Pulmonary Health, for cardiac rehabilitation and lifestyle management at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York prior to joining Lenox Hill.

Dr. Steinbaum has devoted her career to the treatment of heart disease through early detection, education, and prevention. She has lectured nationally on topics of coronary artery disease, women and heart disease, natural and alternative ways of treating heart disease and the prevention of heart disease. She is often cited in magazines and newspapers and is regularly seen on network news health segments for ABC, NBC and CBS as a leading consultant in the field of women and heart disease, preventive cardiology and topics of lifestyle management. She has been featured on "The Early Show," "The Doctors," "Good Morning America," and "20/20." She has written on topics of cardiac prevention and nutrition and has been quoted in many publications and magazines, such as Self, Glamour, More, Fitness, Family Circle, and The Wall Street Journal.