Dr. Nieca Goldberg
Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health; Director of Lab Services
New York
Prior to joining Atria, Dr. Nieca Goldberg was the Medical Director of NYU Women’s Heart Program, Senior Advisor of Women’s Health Strategy at NYU Langone Health, and the Founder and Medical Director of the Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health at the NYU Langone Medical Center. Dr. Goldberg continues to serve as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Goldberg is also the Co-Medical Director of the 92nd Street Y’s Cardiac Rehab Program. A cardiologist, author and radio show host, Dr. Goldberg is a nationally recognized pioneer in women’s heart health. She serves as a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association and started the Go Red For Women campaign.
Dr. Goldberg is the author of Dr. Nieca Goldberg’s Complete Guide to Women’s Health and the award-winning Women Are Not Small Men, which was updated and titled The Women’s Healthy Heart Program—Lifesaving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease. A graduate of Barnard College and SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Dr. Goldberg completed her medical residency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center and a cardiology fellowship at SUNY Downstate.
Dr. Goldberg’s research and medical publications focus on cardiovascular disease in women, imaging, and exercise. Dr. Goldberg has made numerous appearances on programs such as, The Today Show, The View, Good Morning America, The Early Show, and CBS Evening News. In addition, she has been featured and interviewed by reporters from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, Fitness Magazine, More, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, and many others, discussing women's health and heart disease. She also serves on the Woman’s Day Editorial Advisory Board. For more than a decade, Dr. Goldberg hosted a weekly radio show on SiriusXM Doctor Radio for Women’s Health called Beyond the Heart.
Through the years, Dr. Goldberg was featured in New York Magazine’s Best Doctors list. In 1999, she was the only woman in the magazine’s top ten Hall of Fame of Physicians.
The recipient of numerous awards for her advocacy for women’s heart health, she received the American Heart Association’s Dr. With Heart Award, Woman’s Day magazine’s Red Dress Award, Jewish Women International’s Women to Watch Award and the Women at Heart 2006 Honoree Award from the Links Greater New York Chapter.
Credentials
- Clinical Associate Professor of MedicineNYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Founder & Former Medical DirectorJoan H. Tisch Center for Women's Health
- Former Medical DirectorWomen's Heart Program at NYU Langone Health
- Former Senior Advisor of Women’s Health StrategyNYU Langone Health
Awards
- Best Doctors 2004-2017, 2021, 2022New York Magazine
- Dr. With Heart AwardAmerican Heart Association
- Red Dress AwardWoman’s Day Magazine
- Women to Watch AwardJewish Women International
- Women at Heart AwardLinks Greater New York Chapter
- Top Doctors 1999-2022Castle Connolly
- America’s Top Doctors 1999-2014Castle Connolly
- Exceptional women in Medicine Recipient 2019-2021Castle Connolly
Affiliations
- FellowAmerican College of Cardiology
- FellowAmerican Heart Association
- Board MemberHealthyWomen
- Advisory Board MemberFrancine LeFrak Center for Physical, Mental and Financial Wellness at Barnard College