IC-OS Journal Club Webinar: Global longitudal strain and cardiac events in patients with immuno checkpoint inhibitor-related myocarditis

Arjun Sinha is a heart failure fellows.

Nausheen Akhter, MD is a cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine and an Associate Professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Akhter is the Director of the Cardio-Oncology program at Northwestern. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the Northwestern University in Psychology. She completed her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency at Indiana University, and her fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She returned to Northwestern for an advanced imaging fellowship in echocardiography. Dr. Akhter specializes in echocardiography and cardio-oncology. Her research interests include studying advanced echocardiographic techniques for the early detection of cardiac toxicities from anti-cancer therapies. She has authored several peer-reviewed publications in this area. She has also received numerous teaching awards while at Northwestern. She is on the faculty of the America College of Cardiology and of the American Society of Echocardiography. She holds leadership roles within the American Society of Echocardiography as a member on the board of directors for the American Society of Echocardiography Foundation. Dr. Akhter also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. Additionally, she is a member of the IL-ACC Cardio-Oncology committee and the planning committee for the Chicago City-wide Cardio-Oncology Rounds.