Renowned as a “Cardiac Magician,” Dr. Hina Chaudhry is a Pakistani American cardiologist, scientist, and entrepreneur, researches cardiac regeneration. She is currently Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Dr. Chaudhry holds a B.S. in Chemistry, a B.S. in Biology, a thesis in Physics, and a minor in Political Science from MIT, and obtained her M.D. with Honors from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chaudhry is a Principal Scientist and Award holder of the New York State Stem Cell Board. In addition to her academic career, she is also Founder, Chief Scientific Officer, and Chairman of the Board of VentriNova, a privately-held biotech company based on her patent portfolio that is developing novel clinical treatments for cardiac regeneration. Dr. Chaudhry has won multiple awards in her field of cardiology.
The process of new heart muscle growth after a patient suffers a heart attack. Dr. Hina Chaudhry been named one of the top fellows by the National Institute of Health for the National Research Service Award and is an Irving scholar, Best Manuscript 2012 Award, and TEDMED Innovation Scholar 2013. Dr. Chaudhry also featured among the top-20 most influential women in science in the entire Islamic world.
