Partho P. Sengupta

Partho P. Sengupta is an Indian-American cardiologist. He is the Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology and Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease & Hypertension at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and the Chief of Cardiology, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) since July 1, 2021. Between 2019 and 2021, Dr. Sengupta was the Abnash C. Jain Chair & Professor of Cardiology at West Virginia University School of Medicine and the Chief of Division of Cardiology, Chair of Cardiovascular Innovation and Director of Cardiac Imaging at West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute.

Education and work
Dr. Sengupta received his medical degree from Government Medical College in India. Later, He finished the cardiology fellowship from All India Institute of Medical Sciences and from both Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Minnesota. From 2004 to 2010, Sengupta was the Assistant Professor of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and in 2011 he became the Director of Noninvasive Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging at University of California. Between 2011 and 2017, he was the Director of Interventional Echocardiography, Director of Cardiac Ultrasound Research and Core Lab at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. From 2017 to 2021, he assumed the role of Chief of Division of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine and The Abnash C. Jain Chair of Cardiology at West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute. Currently, he is appointed as the Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology and Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease & Hypertension at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Chief of Cardiology at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Awards and honors
Sengupta has won excellence awards including American Society of Echocardiography Young Investigator Award in 2004, Mayo Clinic Research Award in 2007, Mayo Brother's Distinguished Fellowship Award in 2009 and AACIO Young Investigator Award in 2010. He was awarded American Society of Echocardiography 14th Feigenbaum Lectureship for recognizing his contributions to research in the field of echocardiography. In 2020, Sengupta was named a Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award recipient by the American Society of Echocardiography. He has been recognized by international societies including the American Society of Echocardiography, American Medical Association, European Society of Cardiology and British Society of Echocardiography for his roles in education and innovation. A group of researchers led by Sengupta won the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute big data analysis challenge for creating innovative paradigms in heart failure research.