Roxana Mehran, MD, Receives the Most Prestigious Award From the American Heart Association’s Council on Clinical Cardiology
Laennec Master Clinician Award honors her lifetime achievements in patient care and cardiology education
From left to right: Roxana Mehran, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai accepts the 2025 Laennec Master Clinican Award from Laxmi Mehta, MD, Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Council on Clinical Cardiology
The American Heart Association’s Council on Clinical Cardiology has selected Roxana Mehran, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, as the recipient of its 2025 Laennec Master Clinician Award. This is one of the most prestigious honors in the field of cardiology and recognizes Dr. Mehran’s individual lifetime achievements in patient care and cardiology education. She was presented with this award during a special ceremony at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in New Orleans on Saturday, November 8.
This distinction also recognizes Dr. Mehran for her exceptional insight in correlating the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease with clinical findings at the bedside; achieving national and international recognition for expertise in the signs, symptoms, and pathophysiology of a significant area of cardiovascular disease; and receiving national and international acclaim for applying diagnostic technology in patient care and teaching within the field of cardiology.
“This award is deeply meaningful to me because it recognizes what has always been at the heart of my career—bridging science and clinical care. Teaching and mentoring the next generation of cardiologists, while bringing the latest scientific insights directly to patients, has been one of the greatest privileges of my professional life. The true essence of medicine lies in that connection between discovery, knowledge, and compassionate care,” says Dr. Mehran, who is also Mount Sinai Professor in Cardiovascular Clinical Research and Outcomes at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “I am immensely grateful to the American Heart Association for bestowing this honor upon me, and look forward to continuing my volunteer work with this one-of-a-kind organization.”
This is the third high-distinction award in cardiology bestowed upon Dr. Mehran this year. In 2025 she was also recognized with the Master of Masters Award at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Asia Pacific, and the European Society of Cardiology Gold Medal Award.
Dr. Mehran is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist and clinical researcher. She is globally respected for her work focused on designing and implementing randomized clinical trials and outcomes research projects, and publishing in high-impact academic publications. She has served as Principal Investigator for numerous global studies and developed important practice guidelines for treating patients with cardiovascular disease. She has focused on personalized medicine and developed individual risk scores for bleeding and acute kidney injury, participates regularly in developing clinical guidelines, and has authored more than 2,000 peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Mehran is a member and 2025-2026 Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). She is a founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).
Dr. Mehran leads the Lancet Commission on Women’s Cardiovascular Diseases, which has brought together leading researchers from around the world to identify and bridge gaps in scientific discovery, clinical trials, and care for women with cardiovascular disease. She was recently named Director of the Women’s Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, spearheading a program that represents a collaboration across multiple disciplines designed to meet the specific needs of women’s cardiovascular health. In 2019, she founded Women as One, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing opportunities for women in medicine, where she serves as Chair of the Board.
Dr. Mehran is a recipient of many prestigious awards, including the 2016 ACC Bernadine Healy Leadership in Cardiovascular Disease Award, the 2018 Nanette Wenger Award from WomenHeart for excellence in research and education, the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the 2019 European Society of Cardiology Silver Medal and Andreas Grüntzig Lecture Plaque. In 2022, she received the Terry Ann Krulwich Physician-Scientist Alumni Award at Mount Sinai, the Linda Joy Pollin Heart Health Leadership Award from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, an honorary doctoral degree from the Università della Svizzera Italiana, the Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award from the American Heart Association, and the Pulse-Setter Champion Award from the CRF. In 2023, she was honored with the Bahr Award of Excellence from the ACC. In March 2024, she received the Jacobi Medallion, the top achievement award of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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