President
CVPath Institute, United States
Dr Virmani received her M.D. from Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi University, in New Delhi, India. She completed residencies in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Internal Medicine at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. Her Fellowships in Pathology were at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial College and Hospital in Meerut and the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
After her fellowships, Dr Virmani returned to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute as a staff fellow until being hired as a staff pathologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP).2 She then left for Vanderbilt to work as Director of the Autopsy Service, but returned to AFIP in 1984 when she was offered the position of Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Pathology.2 She also served in the reserves until 1989, based at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Currently, Dr Virmani serves as the President of CVPath Institute, which she founded in 2005. It is an independent non-profit organization in Gaithersburg, MD dedicated to the study of cardiovascular diseases.
She is a Clinical Professor at the Department of Pathology at Georgetown University, University of Maryland-Baltimore, George Washington University and Vanderbilt University. Dr Virmani lectures at scientific meetings, both nationally and internationally and has delivered more than 800 presentations globally. She is a member of the American Heart Association, the U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. She is responsible for multiple research grants in the field of cardiovascular pathology and has authored or co-authored over 850 publications in peer-reviewed journals in the field of atherosclerosis, vulnerable plaque, stents and other cardiovascular diseases. She has edited 7 books and contributed over 100 book chapters.5 She regularly reviews manuscripts for a number of major scientific journals. Dr Virmani also works as a consultant to Abbott Vascular, 480/Medical Arsenal Medical, Atrium Medical Corporation, Biosensors International, GlaxoSmithKline, CBard/Lutonix, Medtronic AVE, Terumo and W.L. Gore.
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