Purav Mody, MD

Medical director of the noninvasive cardiology lab at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital in Dallas   

In cardiovascular medicine, the distance between a structural imaging suite and an interventional lab is often measured in more than hallway footage. It is also measured in culture, language and institutional priority. Dr. Purav Mody has spent his career eliminating that distance. As a physician who is equally fluent in advanced cardiac imaging and transcatheter structural intervention, he has built programs that bring these disciplines into genuine real-time collaboration, with measurable results for patients and institutions alike. 

At VA North Texas, Purav built what became the highest-volume transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral repair program in the nation in 2021. This achievement is all the more remarkable for its occurring despite the systemic constraints inherent in the VA health system. At Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital in Dallas, he scaled TEER volume from five to more than 50 cases between 2022 and 2025 and introduced transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement and ventricular restoration programs. 

Today Dr. Mody, 39 years old at nomination deadline, serves with equally impressive aplomb as medical director of noninvasive cardiology at The Heart Hospital. His operational leadership has become a highly reliable resource for the institution. He restructured echo lab workflows and staffing models, implemented tracking systems for echocardiography orders and achieved increased volumes alongside improved financial performance—all while maintaining exceptional quality metrics. His 30 peer-reviewed publications and Young Investigator distinctions at major scientific forums confirm that his impact extends to the national evidence base. 

Dr. Purav Mody is that rare cardiologist who is simultaneously a proceduralist, an imager, a researcher, an administrator and a mentor. He has delivered—and continues to deliver—quantified, sustained impact across all five of those dimensions.