Vratika Agarwal, MD, is a non-invasive cardiologist and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Faculty of Medicine at Columbia University. She is a board-certified cardiologist who specializes in Structural and Valvular Imaging. She is board certified in both echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography.

Dr. Agarwal graduated from Deccan College of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, India. She completed her residency and Cardiology fellowship at Staten Island University Hospital/Northwell Health. She was titled Chief Cardiology Fellow during her fellowship. Later, she completed her Fellowship in Structural Interventional Imaging with New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Additionally, at the University of California San Francisco, Vratika Agarwal, MD, completed advanced training for Clinical Research. She came to Columbia University after being at Yale University School of Medicine, where she was part of the structural heart disease team. She mentored Cardiology fellows, Advanced Imaging fellows, and sonographers at the Yale School of Medicine. She continues to teach non-cardiologists about the importance and uses of cardiovascular ultrasound while speaking for awareness of the cardiovascular disease in women. In addition, she has provided support back in Hyderabad, India, with initiatives to increase access to healthcare services in underserved areas.

Areas of expertise: Echocardiography Transesophageal echocardiogramValvular heart diseaseTranscatheter valve replacement