Abha Khandelwal is an imaging cardiologist who has clinical experience in cardio-obstetrics, structural disease and prevention of cardiovascular disease in high-ris populations. She has a Master’s in Management of information systems and integrated technology to improve operations within the
cardiovascular ambulatory clinics. She serves as the ambulatory clinic chief for cardiovascular medicine and the non-invasive cardiology section chief. Her research spans clinical trials in preventative cardiology, imaging, cardio-obstetrics and women’s heart health. She has participated in a broad range of phase II- phase III clinical trials targeting treatment of elevated lipoprotein a for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes control in cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemia in high risk populations. She has worked within the Stanford South Asian Translational Heart Initiative (SSATHI) program looking at technology utilization to improve adherence to care plans in the south Asian population.
She has been building the cardio-obstetrics program with the goal to improve maternal morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease. She has been part of multicenter, and state based initiatives to improve diagnosis and treatment of women with peripartum cardiomyopathy. She has utilized digital
health initiatives to improve cardiometabolic profile of women with history of gestational diabetes and hypertension post-partum. She is an active member in the AHA go red scientific advisory committee and helped with virtual enrollment for their initiatives. As ambulatory clinic chief, she has worked at
operationalizing mobile technology within the clinics and using remote patient monitoring to improve patient outcomes. Her vision is to integrate technology to improve healthcare delivery, health in high- risk populations, and reduce health disparities.