Vidhu Anand

Vidhu Anand, MBBS, serves as a Senior Associate Consultant in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. She is a specialist in cardiovascular imaging with expertise in echocardiography, CT, MRI, and nuclear cardiology techniques.

Dr. Anand completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Minnesota (2017) followed by a Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at Mayo Clinic (2021). She is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Adult Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology.

Her research focuses on pulmonary hypertension epidemiology and novel therapies, valvular heart disease (particularly aortic valve disease and TAVR complications), apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and machine learning applications in cardiovascular diagnostics. Recent publications demonstrate her leadership in developing risk stratification tools for tricuspid regurgitation and applying artificial intelligence to echocardiographic interpretation.

Dr. Anand has published extensively in high-impact cardiology journals, with recent work appearing in European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, and Journal of the American Heart Association. Her research often involves large cohort studies and innovative applications of imaging technology.

• Young Investigator Award (runner up), European Society of Cardiology (2019)
• Early Career Top Investigator, American Society of Echocardiography (2019)
• Best Poster Award, American College of Cardiology-Minnesota Chapter (2018)
• Outstanding Research Award, University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency (2017)

Dr. Anand is actively involved in professional organizations including the American Society of Echocardiography (Research Committee), American College of Cardiology (Wisconsin Chapter Board of Councilors), and the 2026 AHA/ACC Valve Guideline Writing Group. She serves as an abstract reviewer for major cardiology conferences and contributes to guideline development in her specialty areas.