DR. REKHA MANKAD IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN THE DIVISION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN’S HEART CLINIC and the Cardiorheumatology clinic AT MAYO CLINIC IN ROCHESTER, MN.  She also Co-directs eductation for the echocardiography Laboratory. 
 
IN HER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, SHE HAS FOCUSED HER WORK ON WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE. THESE EFFORTS HAVE INCLUDED BEING A SPOKESPERSON FOR AHA’S GO RED CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS PRESENTING AT EVENTS SUCH AS WOMEN HEART: THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE. DR. MANKAD ALSO SPENDS CLINICAL TIME IN THE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY LABORATORY WHERE SHE HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN VALVULAR HEART DISEASE.  SHE IS A FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, AND A FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.  
                 
DR. MANKAd’s RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.​ More recently, she has studied cardiovascular disease in transgender and gender diverse individuals.