Prakriti Gaba, MD, MPH

Dr. Gaba is a faculty physician investigator in the Center for Medical Device Evaluation at the Smith Institute. She completed her cardiology, interventional and structural cardiology fellowships at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and her Masters in Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research interests involve investigating novel treatments for coronary artery disease and structural heart disease, as well as rethinking clinical trial design. In 2021, Dr. Gaba was named a 30 under 30 in Healthcare honoree by Forbes Magazine for her work advocating for ways to increase the speed and efficiency of clinical trials. She subsequently completed a dedicated two-year fellowship at the TIMI Study Group immersed in clinical trial design and execution. At the Smith Institute, Dr. Gaba is focused on developing novel approaches for cardiovascular device evaluation, including innovating clinical trial designs and real-world evidence strategies aimed at improving patient outcomes and care.