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Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc

Medical Director, Cardiac ICU, Cardiology; Director, Cardiovascular Critical Care Research Program
Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA USA, Virginia, United States

Shashank S. Sinha, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA is an Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Transplant Cardiologist at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, where he has served as Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiology, and Director of the Cardiovascular Critical Care Research Program since October 2018. He is an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.

Dr. Sinha has a strong clinical and scientific interest in improving the quality of care for patients experiencing cardiac critical illness. He has authored > 100 publications in top-tier journals including British Medical Journal, JAMA Internal Medicine, JACC, JACC: Heart Failure, Circulation, Circulation: Heart Failure, and Journal of Cardiac Failure. He serves as the site Principal Investigator for the Cardiogenic Shock Working Group and for the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network and previously served on the Steering Committee for both research consortia. He served as the Chair of the 2024 American College of Cardiology international RoundTable on the “Evaluation and Management of Cardiogenic Shock.”

Dr. Sinha is the current Deputy Editor for the Journal of Cardiac Failure since October 2024. He previously served as the former Section Editor for the JACC Fellows-in-Training/Early Career Page and as a former CME/Social Media Editor for JACC: Heart Failure. Dr. Sinha has also been recognized with the 2017 American Medical Association’s Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award and was inducted into the American College of Cardiology’s Leadership Academy. Dr. Sinha completed the highly competitive Class of 2024 Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, a leadership development program organized by the centers and staff of former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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