Laxmi Mehta, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA

“She looks like a cardiologist who became interested in cardiology due to her family medical history and now writes scientific statements on heart disease that reach a global audience.

Dr. Laxmi Mehta is a noninvasive cardiologist and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Ohio State University. She holds the Sarah Ross Soter Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health, is the Section Director of Preventative Cardiology and Women’s Cardiovascular Health, and is Director of Lipid Clinics at OSU. She was the first female President of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and had previously served two terms as Secretary/Treasurer for the Ohio-ACC Chapter. She has and continues to serve as a member of several committees for the national ACC and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees’ Taskforce on Clinician Wellbeing. Additionally, she previously served as President of the metro Columbus Board of Directors for the American Heart Association (AHA) and a Member of the AHA’s Great Rivers Affiliate Board. She is the Secretary of the Midwest Lipid Association.