Bassett Welcomes Dr. Anthony Nappi

COOPERSTOWN—Bassett Healthcare Network recently welcomed Anthony Nappi, MD, who began his role as the new medical director of interventional cardiology late last year.

In this leadership position, Dr. Nappi will oversee operations and fellow practitioners in the interventional cardiology subspecialty of Bassett’s Cardiology Department, according to a press release. Interventional cardiology uses minimally-invasive techniques to treat a variety of conditions impacting the heart and blood vessels.

“Interventional cardiology can be both diagnostic and therapeutic. The majority of the procedures we perform are done through the use of a catheter, which is a thin, flexible tube that is inserted into the blood vessel,” Nappi explained. “We can look for blockages and use balloons and stents to repair them and even, in some cases, deliver heart valves through catheters. It’s rewarding to be able to deliver quality care to our patients without the burden of long recovery times.”

Nappi earned his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, which is an island in the Caribbean. His residency took place at SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. He completed fellowships at Albany Medical Center in Albany and Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. After his education was complete, Nappi returned to Albany, where he held a faculty position at Albany Medical School for more than 15 years, becoming the program director for the interventional cardiology fellowship training program before accepting his current position at Bassett.

“I am looking forward to fully embracing this new opportunity,” said Nappi.