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Sumeet Chugh

Professor

Cardiology

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4417-5326
  • Professor
    Cardiology
  • Director, Research Center for Cardiac Arrest Prevention
    Cardiology
  • Associate Director, Predictive Analytics
    Smidt Heart Institute
  • (310) 248-6679 (Work)
  • (310) 423-3522 (Fax)
  • Cedars-Sinai, Smidt Heart Institute, 127 S San Vicente Blvd #A3600, Los Angeles, CA, 90048

BIO

Dr. Chugh is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and scientist. He serves as Vice-Dean and Chief AI Health Research Officer at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles. He also serves as the Pauline and Harold Price Professor and Associate Director for Predictive Analytics at the Smidt Heart Institute. Dr. Chugh is the Past-President of the Association of University Cardiologists and the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society. He is an elected member of the honor societies, American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He has received the 2024 Distinguished Scientist Award (Clinical Domain) from the American College of Cardiology, the 2025 Distinguished Scientist Award (Clinical Research) from the Heart Rhythm Society and the 2025 Cedars-Sinai Pioneer in Medicine Award. 

CURRENT CEDARS-SINAI APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Cardiology1 Jul 2009 - present
  • Director, Research Center for Cardiac Arrest Prevention
    Cedars-Sinai, Cardiology4 May 2025 - present
  • Director, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Research Center, Academic Affairs
    Cedars-Sinai4 May 2025 - present
  • Vice Dean and Chief Artificial Intelligence Health Research Officer, Academic Affairs
    Cedars-Sinai4 May 2025 - present
  • Associate Director, Predictive Analytics
    Cedars-Sinai, Smidt Heart Institute4 May 2025 - present
  • Pauline and Harold Price Chair in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research
    Cedars-Sinai19 Aug 2009 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Vice Dean
    Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, United StatesMay 2025 - present
  • Chief AI Health Research Officer
    Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, United StatesMay 2025 - present

DEGREES

  • Fellowship
    Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Mayo Clinic1999
  • Fellowship
    Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School1997
  • Residency
    Hennepin County Medical Center1994
  • Internship
    Newton Wellesley Hospital1992

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Diplomate in Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, United States1993 - 2003
  • Diplomate in Cardiovascular Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, United States1999 - 2019
  • Added Qualifications in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
    American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, United States2000 - 2020

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Panjabi; Punjabi
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Hindi
    Can read, write, speak and understand

TAGS

  • Center for Cardiac Arrest Prevention
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Research Center
  • Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
  • Artificial intelligence