Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Population Health Science and Policy
Mount Sinai Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Clinical Research and Outcomes
Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials
Director of Women’s Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Sinai Fuster Heart
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Clinical Interests:
Interventional Cardiology
Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Antithrombotic Therapy
Percutaneous Coronary intervention
Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Cardiometabolic Health
Primary and Secondary prevention for cardiovascular events
Clinical Trial design cardiovascular medicine
Population health outcomes
Disparities in care of vulnerable patients
Personalized Medicine/Risk scores

Roxana Mehran, MD, is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist, clinical research expert, and trialist in the field of cardiovascular disease. She is among the most prolific researchers in the United States and is a globally respected leader of an academic research center focused on designing and implementing randomized clinical trials, outcomes research projects, and high-impact academic publications. She has focused on personalized medicine and developed individual risk scores for bleeding and acute kidney injury, and she regularly contributes to the development of clinical guidelines. With over 3,000 publications, she has been listed by Clarivate Analytics among the Most Cited Researchers – Top 1% and The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds (Thomson Reuters) for the past ten consecutive years, ranking among the top 50 researchers worldwide.

Dr. Mehran currently serves as President (2026–2027) of the American College of Cardiology and leads The Lancet Commission on Women’s Cardiovascular Diseases, which aims to bridge gaps in scientific discovery, clinical trials, and care for women with cardiovascular disease. She is Director of the Women’s Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Sinai Heart, spearheading a program designed to meet the unique needs of women’s cardiovascular health. She also founded Women as One, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing opportunities for women in medicine.

Dr. Mehran is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Silver Medal; the ESC Andreas Grüntzig Lecture Plaque; the Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award; the CRF Pulse-Setter Champion Award; the Jacobi Medallion from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; the ESC Gold Medal (2025); the AHA Laennec Master Clinician Award (2025); and, most recently, the PCR Andreas Grüntzig Ethica Award (2026).

212-659-9691 | roxana.mehran@mountsinai.org
Twitter or X: @drroxmehran