Heart expert receives the Wenger Award for Excellence in Medical Leadership

Alexandra J. Lansky, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of the Yale Cardiovascular Research Group and the Yale Valve Program, has received the Wenger Award for Excellence in Medical Leadership. Lansky was honored “for her longtime commitment to pursuing gender-based outcomes research and teaching interventional cardiology and prevention,” according to a press release. The Wenger Awards are given by WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease to recognize those who have set precedent in advancing women’s heart health.