Professional Bio:

Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA, tenured Associate Professor of Medicine at Indiana University and advanced heart failure/transplant cardiologist at Indiana University Health, is committed to achieving national health equity among populations with the highest prevalence of heart failure, patients of color and women. As such, her professional career has used research, clinical care, and teaching to both prevent and treat the etiologies of heart failure disparities in patients of color and women. As a physician-scientist and multi-board certified advanced heart failure/transplant cardiologist, Dr. Breathett has developed mixed-method studies, randomized controlled trials, population studies, implementation science studies, and community interventions focused on reducing disparities in heart failure. Dr. Breathett is a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute R01, R56, and K01-funded principal investigator for work to address allocation of advanced heart failure therapies in patients of color and women. She has published over 100 manuscripts. Her work has received press acknowledgment in Reuters, MedPage Today, Forbes, Business Insider, and Essence magazine among others. Dr. Breathett has been recognized with the international Women As One Escalator Award, National Minority Quality Forum 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health, National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leaders Forum Awardee, and Heart Failure Society of America Emerging Leader. Dr. Breathett has chaired and co-authored multiple American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology statement papers. She serves and chairs multiple national committees within the American Heart Association, Heart Failure Society of America, and Association of Black Cardiologists. Dr. Breathett is an Associate Editor for Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes and led the team development of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Disparities Research Guidelines. Dr. Breathett is passionate about reducing racial/ethnic and gender disparities in heart failure.