Gurusher Singh Panjrath

Dr. Gurusher Panjrath is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist. He is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy Program and Director of GW Heart and Vascular Institute. He has a keen interest in education and planning educational programs nationally and internationally and in developing innovative solutions and clinical program building to improve equitable heart failure care. He has served as co-editor of Heart Failure self-assessment programs, on editorial boards and directed development of HF curriculum for PCPs in Latin America. He has spoken widely at both national and international meetings. Dr. Panjrath is the governor elect for the Washington DC chapter for ACC, past chair of the Heart Failure and Transplantation Section of and chair-elect of the solution set oversight committees of ACC. He recently co-chaired the consensus document on HFpEF management. Dr. Panjrath believes in fostering long lasting partnerships with patients, so they can have a better understanding and control over their health. He believes that excellent relationships with community and providers are crucial to optimal access for advanced therapies and care. His recent research has focused on interface of technology and heart failure care. Dr. Panjrath has published in peer reviewed high impact journals and has received several research awards.

Dr. Panjrath attended medical school at Kasturba Medical College in India. He completed his internship and residency at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he served as chief resident. He completed fellowship training in Cardiovascular Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition to his fellowship training, he has undergone research training both at Johns Hopkins University, as well as, Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Training

Residency:

• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/ St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 2004-07

Chief Resident: 

• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/ St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 2007-08

Cardiology Fellowship (clinical and research):

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/ The Johns Hopkins Hospital 2008-13

Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship:

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/ The Johns Hopkins Hospital 2010-12

Expertise

• Heart failure
• Heart transplant
• Mechanical circulatory support
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• General cardiology

Research

Dr. Panjrath has been an author or co-author on multiple publications and abstracts in high-impact journals. He has also received multiple research awards from different societies. Most recently he was recipient of the American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award in 2013. Previous research awards include: American Society of Nuclear Cardiology/ Fujisawa Healthcare Award for Basic or Applied Scientific Research, Cardiovascular Institute/ Millennium Pharmaceutical Grant Award, American College of Physicians National Associates Research Paper Award. He has been principal investigator or sub-investigator on multiple clinical trials.

Recent research activities include:

• Mobile health projects harnessing cell phone technology for the treatment of heart failure and diabetes. He is co-PI on a pilot study assessing the benefits of community health workers plus mHealth for the management of heart failure.
• Developed a fraility based risk model for patients undergoing vascular procedures.
• Ongoing research on alterations in muscle energetics in heart failure and diabetes mellitus
• Role of dietary sodium content in heart failure
• Clinical trials for heart failure and diabetes mellitus

Community Service

Dr. Panjrath is the co-founder and co-director of the Alliance for Nutrition in Health and Disease, which is a collaborative effort with Food and Friends to provide healthy food to underserved patients with poorly managed chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus and heart failure)

Leadership/National Membership:

• Co-Chair and Moderator, Fellows and Early Career Physicians in Heart 
• Failure and Transplant Symposium, Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology 2016+2017
• Program Planning Committee Member, Annual Scientific Session 2017
• Abstract Captain, Heart Failure, Annual Scientific Session 2017
• Heart Failure (clinical), American College of Cardiology Scientific Session 2017
• Academic Cardiology Section Leadership Committee, American College of Cardiology 2016 
• Chair, Resource Working Group, Academic Cardiology Section Leadership, American College of Cardiology 
• 2017 Chair Elect, Heart Failure and Transplantation Section, American College of Cardiology 
• 2017 Work Group Member, Heart Failure Tool Kit, American College of Cardiology 
• 2017 Program Planning Committee Member, Annual Scientific Session 2018 
• Abstract Captain, Heart Failure (clinical), American College of Cardiology Scientific Session 2018
• Editorial Board, VAD Journal 
• Editorial Board, Progress in Transplantation 
• Editor, ACC Heart Failure Self-Assessment Program 
• Editorial Board, ACC.org