Dipti Itchhaporia, M.D., F.A.C.C. is the program director of disease management
for the Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart and Vascular Institute, a position she
has held since 2001, she is also the Eric & Sheila Samson Endowed
Chair in Cardiovascular Health. In April 2021, Dr. Itchhaporia assumed
the position of President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC),
where she leads more than a 54,000-member global organization in its mission
to transform cardiovascular care. As medical director of disease management,
Dr. Itchhaporia leads the congestive heart failure management program
and the anticoagulation clinic at the Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart and Vascular
Institute, which is Orange County’s highest volume, highest-rated
cardiovascular program and one of the preeminent cardiovascular centers
on the West Coast. She joined the medical staff at Hoag Hospital and also
established her private practice specializing in diagnostic and interventional
cardiology in 1996.
Dr. Itchhaporia received her medical degree from St. Louis University School
of Medicine and continued to complete her residency in internal medicine
at Stanford University Medical Center. Subsequently, she joined the General
Medicine Faculty at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
as assistant clinical professor and then went on to do a cardiology fellowship
at Georgetown University and an interventional cardiology fellowship at
Stanford University. She is board certified in cardiology, interventional
cardiology and nuclear cardiology.
Dr. Itchhaporia holds many leadership positions with renowned organizations
including present member of the Western Affiliates board of the AHA, past
president of the Orange County Chapter of the AHA, and past Chair of the
Board of Governors of the ACC. She has also served as the state chapter’s
Southern California Governor, immediate past-President and Orange County
Councilor. In addition, Dr. Itchhaporia is a member of the ACC’s
Council of Clinical Cardiology, Steering Committee Board of Governors
and co-chair of the Practice Administrators Committee.
Dr. Itchhaporia has been active in the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
as a member of the government relations committee for a number of years
and served on the National American Heart Association’s Professional
Education Committee from 2008-2010.
Dr. Itchhaporia is an outspoken advocate for building greater awareness
about cardiovascular disease, which is the number one killer of both men
and women. She regularly conducts community lectures aimed to educate
people about cardiovascular disease. Dr. Itchhaporia has also authored
or co-authored many scientific papers related to the medical specialty
of cardiology.