Birgit Vogel, MD, is a cardiologist and clinical researcher focused on advancing women’s cardiovascular health. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Wilhelminen Hospital in Vienna, Austria, followed by an Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging fellowship at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital in New York City. Dr. Vogel is a Fellow of both the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). She is also a member of the Lancet Women and Cardiovascular Disease Commission and first author of the Commission report, which highlighted sex- and gender-related disparities in cardiovascular disease and set out 10 recommendations to address persistent gaps in research, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease in women. Before joining Wellcome Leap as Program Director, she served as faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and practiced at the Women’s Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital.
