Sunil V. Mankad

After participating in a 6-year accelerated BS/MD program, Dr. Mankad completed Fellowships in Critical Care Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He then completed an Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship (Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Transesophageal Echocardiography) at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Dr. Mankad is board certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Echocardiography. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Society of Echocardiography. Since 2006, he has been a member of the Department of Cardiovascular Disease at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. He currently is Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and serves as Director of Transesophageal Echocardiography and Co-Chair of Education, Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound. He served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Echocardiography from 2013-2016 and was the program Chair of the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in 2018. He currently serves as Chair of the Education Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography. He has published more than 130 scientific manuscripts, 15 book chapters, and over 700 invited National/International presentations. He has garnered numerous teaching awards including the 2016 Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award from the American Society of Echocardiography. His research interests include three-dimensional echocardiography, valvular heart disease, and new technologies in echocardiography.