Johanna Contreras, MD

Johanna Contreras, M.D., is the Director of the Ambulatory Heart Failure Network and Director of Diversity and Inclusion in Heart Failure at Mount Sinai Health System, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine. She earned her medical degree from Universidad Industrial de Santander in Colombia and completed residency, cardiology, and advanced heart failure and transplant training at Tufts Medical Center. She also completed a research fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Molecular Immunology, and Exercise Physiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Contreras is committed to promoting diversity and equity in cardiovascular care, particularly for minority patients. She is a founding member of the American Heart Association Hispanic Latino Cardiovascular Collaborative, Women in Transplant and Mechanical Support, and the Equity in Heart Transplant Project. She leads clinical research to expand minority participation in trials and improve access to advanced heart failure therapies.