Nandita S. Scott MD FACC FASE

Ellertson Family Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine

Director Emerita  Mass General Brigham Women’s Heart Health Program

Director, Cardiovascular Medicine, MassGeneral Brigham

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Scott earned her MD from the University of Ottawa in Canada, where she also completed her Internal Medicine and Cardiology Residencies, serving as Chief Resident in both programs. She completed an echocardiography and clinical research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) from 2000 to 2002. In 2007, she co-founded the MGH Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program and later established the MGH Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Program, forging a formal collaboration between cardiology, maternal-fetal medicine, and obstetric anesthesia—fundamentally transforming and enhancing patient care in this area. Dr. Scott is the inaugural director of the integrated Mass General Brigham Women’s Heart Health Program and was a founding investigator for the HOPE pilot study in collaboration with St. Luke’s in Kansas City, MO, which aims to characterize outcomes in a cohort of women with heart disease during pregnancy. She serves on the steering committee for the NHLBI-funded study, encompassing 36 sites across the country. A recognized leader in the care of patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), Dr. Scott was invited to join the steering committee of the iSCAD international collaboration of expert centers. She now serves as the inaugural MGB Director of  Cardiovascular Medicine at Mass General Brigham.