Roxana Mehran

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Roxana Mehran
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Born
Tehran, Iran
Education New York University, (BS)
St. George's University School of Medicine, (MD)
OccupationInterventional cardiologist
AwardsBernadine Healy Leadership in Women's CV Disease Distinguished Award (2017)
Nanette Wenger Award for Excellence in Medical Leadership (2018)
Andreas Gruntzig Award and Silver Medal of the European Society of Cardiology (2019)
Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2019)

Roxana Mehran is an Iranian-American cardiologist and Mount Sinai Endowed Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is known for her work in interventional cardiology.

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Early life and education

Mehran was born in Tehran, Iran, before coming to the United States. [1] She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from New York University in 1983. On October 26, 1983 she appeared on Nightline as a student present at St. George's University School of Medicine during the US led invasion of Grenada, West Indies. [2] She earned her M.D. from St. George's University School of Medicine in 1987. [3] [4] From 1988 until 1991, Mehran completed her residency training in the internal medicine program at University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Hartford, CT, where she served as chief resident. [4] She completed cardiology (1991 to 1994) and interventional cardiology (1994 until 1995) fellowships at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. [5] [4] [6]

Medical career

Mehran held appointments at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Washington Hospital Center before moving to Mount Sinai School of Medicine. [7] As of 2021, she is a professor of medicine, cardiology, and population health science and policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, [8] a position she has held since 2010. [9] In 2019, she was honored as the Mount Sinai Professor in Cardiovascular Clinical Research and Outcomes. [10]

Mehran advocates for women in medicine with a focus on her field of cardiology, including a study in The Lancet that showed a lack of gender-specific research related to women's heart health. [11] She co-founded Women as One, an organization dedicated to the advancement of women physicians, [12] and in 2020, she was named lead commissioner for The Lancet's Commission on Women and Cardiovascular Disease. [13] She was a founding physician of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York City, in 2000. [12] In July 2025, it was announced that Mehran would assume the role of president of the American College of Cardiology beginning in March 2026. [14]

Selected publications

As of 2021, Mehran has been cited over 200,000 times and has an h-index of 163. [15]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Roxana Mehran" . medscape.com. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. ↑ "ABC Nightline (1983)". Internet Archive. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Graduate Profile: Roxana Mehran, MD". St. George's University. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  4. 1 2 3 "Roxana Mehran | Icahn School of Medicine". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  5. ↑ Lane, Richard (2021-06-19). "Roxana Mehran: driving force in women's cardiovascular health" . The Lancet. 397 (10292): 2326. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01100-4. ISSN   0140-6736. PMID   34010614. S2CID   234793474.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Roxana Mehran – Interventional Cardiology – New York, NY". Castle Connolly. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  7. ↑ "Dr. Roxana Mehran – At the Limits" . Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  8. ↑ "'Roxana Mehran, MD'". Mount Sinai.
  9. ↑ "The Center for Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials | Icahn School of Medicine". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  10. ↑ "Ten Renowned Mount Sinai Faculty Members Honored at Convocation | Mount Sinai Today". health.mountsinai.org. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  11. ↑ Mehran, Roxana; Vogel, Birgit; Ortega, Rebecca; Cooney, Rebecca; Horton, Richard (2019). "'The Lancet Commission on women and cardiovascular disease: time for a shift in women's health'" . The Lancet. 393 (10175): 967–968. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30315-0. PMID   30765122. S2CID   72335306 . Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  12. 1 2 "Expert Bios". American College of Cardiology. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  13. ↑ "'The Lancet Women and Cardiovascular Disease Commission'". Women CVD Commission.
  14. ↑ "New Faces, Shared Mission: ACC Names Next President, Vice President and Trustees". www.acc.org. 2025-07-23. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  15. ↑ "Roxana Mehran". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  16. ↑ "Distinguished Awardees" (PDF). 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  17. ↑ "George D. Dangas, MD, PhD and Roxana Mehran, MD Named SCAI Master Interventionalists". May 15, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  18. ↑ Disease, WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart. "WomenHeart's 2018 Wenger Awards Honor Medical Leaders And Advocates For Women's Health, Celebrate Achievements". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  19. ↑ "Special Lectures of the ESC". www.escardio.org. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  20. ↑ "Six Iranian Americans Awarded 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor". PAAIA. 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
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