Akshay K. Khandelwal, MD, MBA, FACC, is the System Chair for the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Allegheny Health Network. He provides strategic and operational oversight for about 90 cardiologists, 60 advanced practice providers and 23 fellows-in-training in an 17-hospital system, embracing a shared-risk model of care.

He obtained his medical degree from Bangalore University in India, and completed residency, a chief residency, a cardiology fellowship, and an interventional cardiology fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. He completed a master's degree in business administration at the University of Tennessee. Prior to leaving Henry Ford Hospital, he worked as the Associate Medical Director for the Heart and Vascular Service Line, served as a member of the Board of Directors for Mosaic Accountable Care Organization, and chaired the State of Michigan's STEMI Systems of Care Task Force – which resulted in funded legalization to organize STEMI care throughout the state. He is a clinician-educator with an interest in complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), STEMI systems of care and critical care cardiology. He has nearly 50 publications in cardiogenic shock, acute coronary syndromes and PCI.

Khandelwal has served various roles at the ACC, including as Chair of the Board of Governors; Secretary of the Board of Trustees; President and Governor, Michigan Chapter; member, Annual Scientific Session Program Committee; Chair, Digital Transformation Task Force; member, Health Equity Task Force; Chair, Investment Subcommittee; and member, Finance Committee. He currently serves as Chair of the Finance Committee as well as Treasurer for the ACC.