Hina Chaudhry, MD is Professor of Medicine and Cardiology and Director of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She also holds faculty appointments in the Mount Sinai Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Black Family Stem Cell Institute. She has also served as Principal Scientist for the New York State Stem Cell Board, and was previously Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Chaudhry obtained two B.S. degrees from MIT, in Chemistry and in Biology and was selected for the National Chemistry Honor Society. She obtained her M.D. with Honors from Harvard Medical School. Her residency and cardiology fellowship were at Duke University and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, respectively. She then joined the Cardiology faculty at Columbia University where she simultaneously pursued postdoctoral training in Genetics and Developmental Biology. She serves on the editorial board of ELife, and is a staunch supporter of women in STEM, having spoken on this topic at both the White House and twice at the UN. She lectures worldwide in her research field and has been an expert medical commentator for CNN.