Email

amisra@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center (Hospital)

Cardiology Section, 3rd Floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (712) 794-7300
arunima.misra@va.gov

Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center (Office)

Cardiology Section, 3rd Floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (712) 794-7300
arunima.misra@va.gov

Education

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

01/2005 - Houston, Texas United States

Clinical Cardiology

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

01/2002 - Houston, Texas United States

Cardiovascular Medicine

Fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

01/1998 - Dallas, Texas United States

Cardiology Research

Residency at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

01/1997 - Dallas, Texas United States

Internal Medicine

MD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

01/1994 - Dallas, Texas United States

Honors & Awards

2024 Fall - Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award

Baylor College of Medicine

2022 Clinical Trials Research: Upping Your Game Award

American College of Cardiology

2019 Emerging Faculty Recognition

American College of Cardiology

2017 Star Award for Clinical Excellence

Baylor College of Medicine

2012 Fulbright and Jaworski Award in Teaching and Evaluation

Baylor College of Medicine

Fellow

American College of Cardiology

Fellow

American Society of Echocardiography

Professional Statement

Dr. Arunima Misra is an Associate Professor, as well as the Co-Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program, at Baylor College of Medicine. She is board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology.
Dr. Misra earned her medical degree from the University of Texas, Southwestern in Dallas, TX, where she also completed her residency. She subsequently completed fellowships in Cardiology Research, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Clinical Cardiology at UT Southwestern and Baylor College of Medicine.
She is an academic cardiologist with clinical interests in echocardiography, multimodality cardiac imaging, stress testing, heart failure and valve disease. Dr. Misra has a deep commitment to teaching all levels of learners, receiving numerous teaching awards over her career. She is involved in various professional societies, as well as many clinical trials to extend therapeutic options in cardiology for all patients including under-represented populations and veterans.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Kotta PA, Patel TJ, Nambi V, Misra A, Afshar H, Chelu MG, Saeed M, Abramov D, Minhas AMK. "Atrial Fibrillation in Young Patients: Insights From the National Inpatient Sample." Pacing Clin Electrophysiol.. 2024 Nov; Pubmed PMID: 39526692
• Mansoor T, Farrukh F, Khalid SN, Abramov D, Michos ED, Mehta A, Paul TK, Dani SS, Al Rifai M, Misra A, Nambi V, Virani SS, Minhas AMK "The future of hypertension pharmacotherapy: Ongoing and future clinical trials for hypertension.." Curr Probl Cardiol.. 2024 Nov;50(1):102922. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102922.. Pubmed PMID: 39522662
• Mousavi I, Suffredini J, Virani SS, Ballantyne C, Michos ED, Misra A, Saeed A, Jia X. "Early Onset Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.." Eur J Prev Cardiol.. 2024 Jul;zwae240. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae240. Pubmed PMID: 39041374
• Garg M, Creechan P, Sadeghpour A, Abramov D, Dani SS, Ganatra S, Al-Kindi SG, Michos ED, Misra A, Deswal A, Palaskas NL, Virani SS, Nambi V, Minhas AMK. "Trends of Cardiovascular Disease-Related Mortality in Breast Cancer in the United States From 1999 to 2019.." Am J Cardiol.. 2024 Jun;221:110-112. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.04.020.. Pubmed PMID: 38643926