Prof Ruchika Meel is a general cardiologist at Sandton Mediclinic, clinician scientist at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and Editor- in- Chief of South African Heart Journal. She has an interest in clinical cardiology and cardiovascular imaging. She has a passionate interest in research with to date 1 book publication, four book chapters and 49 research articles and over 60 congress presentations. She is currently involved in research projects related to aortic aneurysms and valvular heart disease. She is a Fellow of European Society of Cardiology and an executive member of the Cardiac Imaging Society of South Africa and education committee. She has received multiple awards for conference presentations and was the recipient of Carnegie doctoral and post-doctoral awards. She was awarded the prestigious TH Bothwell research prize in Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand school of clinical medicine annual awards ceremony.
