Meet Our Team

Dr. Pankaj Arora, MD, FAHA

Lab Director

Director, Cardiology Clinical and Translational Research Program

Director, Cardiovascular Genetics clinic program

Director, Arora Translational Lab, UAB School of Medicine, 2016-

Associate Scientist (C), Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, UAB School of Medicine, 2016-

Associate Professor (P), Medicine- Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine Chair Office, 2016-

Scientist (C), Comprehensive Diabetes Center, School of Medicine 2016

Dr. Garima Arora, MD, MRCP (UK), FACC

Co- Director

Director, Interventional Echocardiography UAB Cardiovascular Institute

Co-Director, Echocardiography Lab, UAB

Co-Director, Cardiac MRI Lab, UAB

Co-Director, Arora Translational Lab

Director, Arora Translational Lab, UAB School of Medicine, 2016-

Associate Professor (P), Medicine- Cardio Vascular Disease, Department of Medicine Chair office 2015-

Associate Scientist (C), Comprehensive Cardiovascular Centre School of Medicine 2016

Dr. Nirav Patel, MD

Fellow

PGY-4, Cardiology, ABIM Research Pathway, UAB Medicine

Instructor Fellow, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease, UAB School of Medicine, 2016

Nehal Vekariya, MS

Clinical Research Coordinator III

Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Dr. Naman Shetty, MD

Fellow

Instructor Fellow, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Clinical Research Fellow/Instructor, Cardiovascular Disease, UAB School of Medicine, 2022

Dr. Ammar Hasnie, MD

Lab Associate

PGY-3, Internal Medicine, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Akhil Pampana, MS

Statistician I

Statistician, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Alexandra Kloss, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator I

Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Haley Evans, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Tiffany George, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator I

Clinical Research Coordinator, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Mokshad gaonkar, MS

Statistician II

PhD Candidate, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Chandan Basetty, BS

Lab Associate

Medical Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Gnyata Patal, BS

Lab Associate

Medical Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Ishant Yadav, BS

Lab Associate

Medical Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

Krishin Yerabolu

Lab Associate

Undergraduate Student, Arora Translational Lab, UAB

EMSAP Class of 2025

Alumni

Dr. Austin Glenn, MD

Lab Associate

Arora Translational Lab, UAB

UAB Heersink School of Medicine Class of 2022

Vanderbilt Radiology Resident

Dr. Gargya Malla, MD, MPH, PhD

Lab Associate

Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow (NIMHD). Dr Malla’s research focuses on social determinants of cardiovascular disease and includes a multilevel framework that assesses individual factors (e.g., education, race/ethnicity), as well as contextual and structural factors (e.g., rurality, built environment) as determinants of cardiovascular conditions (e.g., coronary heart disease, heart failure and stroke). She has also contributed to several other research projects focused on multilevel influences on health.