Nandita Scott, MD
Ellertson Family Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Mass General Brigham Women's Heart Health Program
Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Section, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Scott is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Medical School in Ontario, Canada. She held the positions of Chief Internal Medicine and Chief Cardiology Resident. She subsequently completed a fellowship in Echocardiography at Massachusetts General Hospital.
She worked on Cape Cod for several years and became involved with the American Heart Association to help found the first Go Red For Women Luncheon there. As a result she was awarded the American Heart Association Physician of the Year Award in 2005.
She joined the Cardiology Division at MGH in 2007 and is currently the Co-Director for the Corrigan Womans Heart Health Program.
Dr. Scott also helped establish the Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Service at MGH and sees women who develop heart disease during pregnancy or pregnant women with pre-existing cardiac conditions.
Publications
Assessing and Modifying Coronary Artery Disease Risk in Women. Sarma A, Scott NS. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2017 Jul;19(7):51. doi: 10.1007/s11936-017-0554-2. PMID: 28523440 PMID:28523440
Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk in Women With Hypertension During Pregnancy.Honigberg MC, Zekavat SM, Aragam K, Klarin D, Bhatt DL, Scott NS, Peloso GM, Natarajan P. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Dec 3;74(22):2743-2754. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.052. Epub 2019 Nov 11.PMID: 31727424. PMID:31727424
Risk Factors, Imaging Findings, and Sex Differences in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. Sharma S, Kaadan MI, Duran JM, Ponzini F, Mishra S, Tsiaras SV, Scott NS, Weinberg I, Ghoshhajra B, Lindsay M, Gibson CM, Chi G, Michalak N, Wood MJ. Am J Cardiol. 2019 Jun 1;123(11):1783-1787. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.040. Epub 2019 Mar 8. PMID: 30929769. PMID:30929769
Infertility and Risk of Heart Failure in the Women's Health Initiative. Lau ES, Wang D, Roberts M, Taylor CN, Murugappan G, Shadyab AH, Schnatz PF, Farland LV, Wood MJ, Scott NS, Eaton CB, Ho JE. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Apr 26;79(16):1594-1603. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.02.020. PMID: 35450577. PMID:35450577
Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk in Women With Hypertension During Pregnancy. Honigberg MC, Zekavat SM, Aragam K, Klarin D, Bhatt DL, Scott NS, Peloso GM, Natarajan P. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Dec 3;74(22):2743-2754. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.052. Epub 2019 Nov 11. PMID: 31727424. PMID:31727424
Risk Factors, Imaging Findings, and Sex Differences in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. Sharma S, Kaadan MI, Duran JM, Ponzini F, Mishra S, Tsiaras SV, Scott NS, Weinberg I, Ghoshhajra B, Lindsay M, Gibson CM, Chi G, Michalak N, Wood MJ. Am J Cardiol. 2019 Jun 1;123(11):1783-1787. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.040. Epub 2019 Mar 8. PMID: 30929769. PMID:30929769