Roxana Mehran, MD, an internationally renowned clinician and researcher in the field of interventional cardiovascular disease, received the 2018 Wenger Excellence in Medical Leadership Award from WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women With Heart Disease during a dinner on Monday, May 7, in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mehran is Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), and Population Health Science and Policy, and Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The Wenger Awards are named for Nanette Kass Wenger, MD, a pioneer in women’s cardiovascular medicine and research, who trained at Mount Sinai. During the award presentation, WomenHeart cited Dr. Mehran’s work in promoting the inclusion and enrollment of women in clinical research, her numerous publications related to sex-based outcomes for women with cardiovascular disease, and her involvement in multiple organizations promoting the advancement of women’s causes in cardiovascular care and professionalism. In 2017, Dr. Mehran received the Bernadine Healy Leadership in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease Award from the American College of Cardiology.