Biography

Puja K. Mehta, MD FACC is a preventive cardiologist with specialized training in women’s heart disease. She is Director of the Non-invasive Vascular Function Research Laboratory and Co-Director of the Cardio-Oncology Program in the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. Dr. Mehta trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Emory University, and then completed a specialized research fellowship in Women’s Health and Heart Disease at Cedars-Sinai. Her clinical interest is treatment of persistent chest pain, microvascular coronary dysfunction, heart disease prevention and behavioral approaches such as exercise, nutrition, and stress reduction for heart disease. Dr. Mehta's research is NIH-funded and includes the role of mental stress in heart disease, exploring the brain-heart connection and novel approaches to treating chest pain in women.

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