Dr. Manesh Patel is Chief of the Division of Cardiology and director of the Duke Heart Center. The Division of Cardiology has over 85 faculty and 44 cardiology fellows, and the Heart Center has over 1100 staff. His clinical interests include diagnostic and interventional coronary angiography, peripheral angiography, and percutaneous intervention. He is involved in several clinical trials involving patients with vascular disease and in cardiac imaging. He was also a member of the American College of Cardiology Task Force for Appropriate use of Cardiovascular Procedures and is vice-Chair of the American Heart Association Diagnostic and Interventional Cath Committee.

Dr. Patel has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals, several reviews Andover 20 editorials. He has been named in the top 1% of cited researchers over the last 10 years by Clarivate Analytics. Dr. Patel received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in 1997. He completed his residency at Duke in 2000, followed by fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at Duke University and a clinical research fellowship at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.