Dr Nishaki Mehta is a physician scientist. As a cardiologist, she trained at Harvard for her cardiac electrophysiology which deals with electrical heart rhythm disturbances. This includes treating abnormal heart rhythms using devices like pacemakers and defibrillators. She is particularly interested in complex ablations, a procedure that corrects faulty electrical signals in the heart, and implantation of complex devices and management. Cardiac electrophysiology is a field driven by technology, and Dr. Mehta is an innovator driven by a passion to improve patient care in safe, effective and affordable ways. Her collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018 earned the Medical Device Innovation Competition’s top prize. She holds several patents for her innovative ideas and technologies. She is also a member of the ACC Innovation Council. In her prior position as faculty at the Biomedical Engineering Division at the University of Virginia, she mentored over 30 Capstone students on engineering technologies to improve health care.
Dr. Mehta has produced more than 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts and more than 60 abstracts for international conferences. She is an active reviewer for several cardiology journals. She has won several awards, including the Cardiology Woman in Training Award for Excellence by the American Heart Association. She also was recently nominated for the prestigious Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Fellowship for 2019. She was recognized by the University of Virginia for her Excellence in Research for 2019. She was selected as a GLOWE recipient by the Heart Rhythm Society in 2020. She is board certified by the American Board for internal medicine, cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology. She is a proud alumnus of GS Medical College in Mumbai and a life member at Mensa international.