Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH is Professor of Cardiology and Chair of the Department of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She is also the Stephen R. Corday, MD, Distinguished Chair in Cardiology within the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Cheng is a physician-scientist whose research has centered on uncovering drivers of cardiovascular aging in women and men. Dr. Cheng has authored over 500 research manuscripts and her work has been supported by continuous funding from the NIH. She received her bachelor's degree from Harvard College, medical degree from McMaster University, master's of medical science from MIT, and master’s of public health from Harvard. Dr. Cheng completed internal medicine training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and cardiology training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is co-chair of the Ancillary Studies Steering Committee and co-director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at the Framingham Heart Study. Dr. Cheng has served on the editorial boards of major cardiovascular and imaging journals as well as on leadership committees for the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology. Dr. Cheng currently serves on Council for the American Society for Clinical Investigation and has received numerous recognitions for her mentoring including from the American Heart Association. 

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