Irina Sanjeevan-Cabeza, MD

Ultrasound Faculty

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine - SUNY Downstate

Medical School: Autonomous University of Barcelona

Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship - Ultrasound: Maimonides Medical Center

Professional Interests: Ultrasound Education, Advanced Echo and Wall-Motion Abnormalities, Medical Spanish

Twitter: @irinasanj

Dr. Irina Sanjeevan-Cabeza is an Emergency Medicine Attending Physician at Maimonides Medical Center. She was raised in Barcelona and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Catalan. She trained in Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and completed Ultrasound Fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center. She is passionate about advanced techniques such as Emergency Department based trans-esophageal echocardiography and serves as core faculty in the Ultrasound Division.

Selected Scholarly Activity:

Eberle, M., Kazi, F., Ervin, K., Xu, J., Sanjeevan, I., Naragi, L., & Khordipour, E. (2023). The Genicular Nerve Block for Knee Pain in the Emergency Department.

Risler, Z., Au, A., Sanjeevan, I., Chang, A. M., Davis, E., Nauheim, J., ... & Fields, J. M. (2021). Medical students are accurate in interpreting the presence of pathologic interstitial edema on focused lung ultrasound compared to expert reviewers. AEM Education and Training, 5(2), e10584.

Sanjeevan-Cabeza, I., & Oakland, M. (2020). Pneumocephalus and facial droop on an airplane: a case report. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 4(3), 397.

Sanvisens, A., Sanjeevan, I., Zuluaga, P., Túnez, A., de Francisco, A., Papaseit, E., ... & Muga, R. (2019). Five‐Year Incidence of Hospital‐Based Emergencies Related to Acute Recreational Intoxication in Minors. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43(10), 2179-2186.

Sanjeevan, I., Namaglou, E., Jennings, E., Chang, A. M., & Jefferson, T. (2017, August). Social Media Engagement via Twitter in Heart Failure. In Journal of Cardiac Failure (Vol. 23, No. 8, pp. S84-S84). CURTIS CENTER, INDEPENDENCE SQUARE WEST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3399 USA: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE INC MEDICAL PUBLISHERS.

Chang, A. M., Sanjeevan, I., Jennings, E., Watts, P., Whellan, D. J., & Hollander, J. E. (2017). Jefferson ED-observation Unit Telehealth Transition of Care for Heart Failure (JETT-HFA): A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 23(8), S80-S81.