Biography

Amit Khera, M.D., is Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas where he serves as Director of Preventive Cardiology, and holder of the Dallas Heart Ball Chair in Hypertension and Heart Disease. His clinical and research interests include the primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease, focusing on risk assessment and risk factor modification in those with premature and familial disease. Dr. Khera received his undergraduate degree in American History from the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine where he served as class president and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. He completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, followed by a Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center. He also completed his Masters degree in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is Past President of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology and is currently Chair of the AHA Scientific Sessions Planning Committee. Dr. Khera is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology and Circulation. Dr. Khera has contributed over 200 publications in the field of preventive cardiology and has been named Best Doctor in Dallas and Texas SuperDoctor every year since 2014. He was previously Associate Program Director and Program Director of the Cardiology Fellowship at UT Southwestern from 2005-2020.

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