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Charanjit Rihal, MD

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William S. and Ann Atherton Professor of Cardiology; Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science · Mayo Clinic

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Region🇺🇸 Rochester, MN · Midwest · United StatesSpecialtyCardiovascular DiseaseFocusCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments+4
Active KOLfindmyKOL type: EliteLatest publication2026Online presenceNone verifiedPayments2021–2025NIH funding2004–2005

Charanjit Rihal is William S. and Ann Atherton Professor of Cardiology; Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science at Mayo Clinic. OpenAlex indexes 947 publications with 50,593 citations (h-index 117); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Cardiovascular Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.

Data verified 11 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Charanjit Rihal, M.D., is William S. and Ann Atherton Professor of Cardiology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. The public record shows 947 publications with 50,593 citations (h-index 117), centered on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 3 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2004–2005).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions
  • Top research focus: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 3 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Cardiovascular Diseases1 trialVascular Diseases1 trialHeart Valve Diseases1 trialTricuspid Valve Insufficiency1 trialCoronary Artery Disease / ACS

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Edwards Lifesciences CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments13Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments2Abbott LaboratoriesClinical trials—Industry payments1Laplace Interventional, IncClinical trials1Industry payments—

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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947publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 18 in PubMed.

50,593citations

Total citations across indexed works.

117h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 507.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
1clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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3companies · 2021–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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1NIH grants · 2004–2005

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

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Clinical trials

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Industry payments

Updated 14 Oct 2026

3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

NIH funding

Updated 14 Oct 2026

1 NIH research award on record, funded 2004–2005 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

Publications

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Network

Updated 14 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

David R. Holmes236Mackram F. Eleid202Ryan J. Lennon196Amir Lerman141Abhiram Prasad109Mohamad Adnan Alkhouli104Mayra E Guerrero103Malcolm Rice Bell92Rajiv Gulati91Mandeep Singh86Bernard John Gersh69Guy S. Reeder66Vuyisile Tlhopane Nkomo65Verghese Mathew62Sorin V. Pislaru61Kevin L. Greason57Lilach O. Lerman45Allison K. Cabalka43Jeremy J. Thaden42Abdallah El Sabbagh41Rick A. Nishimura39Henry H. Ting39Gurpreet Singh Sandhu37Rakesh M. Suri36Gregory W. Barsness35Martin B. Leon35Mohammed Ahmad Al-Hijji34Kashish Goel32Raj Makkar29Paul Sorajja29Naveen L. Pereira28Kirk N. Garratt28Susheel Kodali28John F. Bresnahan26Donald J. Hagler26Jae K. Oh25Michael E. Farkouh24William W. O’Neill23Peter M. Pollak23Claire E. Raphael23

Online presence

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    scai.org/charanjit-s-rihal-md-mscai

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Background & recognition

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Education

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Editorial & leadership roles

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  • Chair

    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic

    2018
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  • Director

    Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Mayo Clinic

    2010
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  • Master of SCAI (MSCAI)

    Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

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