Ravi Dhingra MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Dr. Ravi Dhingra is a faculty member in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine within the Department of Medicine. Dr. Dhingra currently serves as the Medical Director of the UW Advanced Heart Disease, Mechanical Support, and Transplant Cardiology Program. He is chair of numerous clinical committees, including the Heart Transplant Listing Committee, the Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Committee, and the Advanced Heart Disease, Ventricular Assist Device, and Transplant Cardiology Operations Committee. Dr. Dhingra is involved in medical education, instructing cardiology residents and fellows on the inpatient heart failure service as well as serving as a research mentor. Dr. Dhingra is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology and serves as a journal reviewer for over 10 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Dhingra’s clinical interests include assessment of heart failure risk and prognosis, treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, advanced heart failure management with the use of mechanical circulatory support devices, and heart transplantation including dual-organ transplants. Dr. Dhingra's research focuses on epidemiology and outcomes of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases. His main research emphasis is on studying the relations of clinical characteristics and serum biomarkers to cardiovascular diseases specifically involving heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction, ventricular remodeling, and cardiac transplantation. He is the principal investigator on several national and international heart failure clinical trials. He has also published several first-authored research articles in peer-reviewed journals. One of his research articles on Soft drink Consumption and the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome received wide recognition and was bestowed on the ‘best article of the year award in 2007 from the American Heart Association, Circulation editorial board.