Biography

Dr. Chiadi Ndumele is the Director of the Penn Center for Cardiometabolic Health and a Presidential Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ndumele is a preventive cardiologist with doctorate level training in epidemiology, who leads a research program related to characterizing the relationship of obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors with the development of cardiovascular disease, with a particular focus on heart failure risk, and to refining strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention. His work additionally addresses the impact of social determinants of health on cardiometabolic risk factors and downstream cardiovascular outcomes. Dr. Ndumele received his M.D. from Harvard University and his Internal Medicine training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. He subsequently trained in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University, where he was also Chief Cardiology Fellow in his final year and where he also received his MHS and PhD in Epidemiology. Dr. Ndumele’s research has been supported by multiple grants from the NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Heart Association (AHA). He is immediate past Chair of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health of the AHA, Chair of the AHA Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Health Initiative and Chair of the Writing Group for the AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN CKM Syndrome Guideline. For his leadership efforts related to CKM Health, in 2024 Dr. Ndumele was awarded the AHA Award for Meritorious Achievement. In addition to his scholarly activities, Dr. Ndumele cares for patients within the Outpatient Cardiology Clinic and the Inpatient Cardiology Service at the University of Pennsylvania.

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