Dr. Rosy Thachil, MD, MBA

Dr. Rosy Thachil, MD, MBA, FACC, is a cardiologist based in Elmhurst, NY, affiliated with NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst and The Mount Sinai Hospital. She serves as an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine and director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Mount Sinai/Elmhurst Hospital Center. She is recognized for her leadership in acute and critical care cardiology, gender equity, and the optimization of healthcare delivery. Dr. Thachil completed a six-year accelerated BS/MD program at Penn State and Jefferson Medical College, followed by an internal medicine residency at Drexel/Hahnemann University Hospital and a cardiology fellowship at the Mount Sinai Hospital. She began her faculty career as Associate CICU Director at Jacobi Medical Center/Einstein College of Medicine, before assuming her current directorship at Elmhurst Hospital Center. In this role, she has co-founded Elmhurst’s Women’s Cardiovascular Institute and post-CICU clinic. Beyond her institutional leadership, Dr. Thachil serves on the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) Critical Care Cardiology Leadership Council, co-chairs the Industry and Innovation Council of the Society of Critical Care Cardiology (SoCCC), and co-chairs the Gender Equity Task Force of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA). Complementing her clinical and academic roles, Dr. Thachil earned an MBA from The Wharton School, where she concentrated in Healthcare Management, Entrepreneurship & Innovation—training that informs her ongoing efforts to integrate business strategy and systems thinking into the advancement of cardiovascular care and healthcare at large. She was a Cardiovascular Business "40 Under 40" honoree in 2025.