The ACC has announced Kamala Tamirisa, MD, FACC, as the next chair-elect of the ACC Board of Governors (BOG). Tamirisa, who serves as the associate professor of internal medicine in the Division of Cardiology and director of electrophysiology research at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, is currently governor of the ACC Texas Chapter and will assume her new role in April 2027, following ACC.27 in Houston, TX. She will serve as BOG Chair from 2028 to 2029 after Dinesh Kalra, MD, FACC.

Tamirisa holds several leadership roles within the ACC and across the cardiovascular community. She is a member of the ACC BOG Steering Committee for 2026-2027 and serves on the Heart Rhythm Society Board of Trustees. She also founded and formerly hosted ACC’s Women in Cardiology Practice Made Perfect podcast and serves as an editorial consultant for JACC: Advances.

Tamirisa is the co-author of Prevention of Burnout in Medicine and serves on the editorial boards of Heart Rhythm Case Reports, Journal of Atrial Fibrillation and American Heart Journal Plus.

"Dr. Tamirisa represents the very best of ACC leadership – a commitment to service, an ability to connect people, and belief in the power of collaboration across the College," says BOG Chair Renuka Jain, MD, FACC. "I am excited for the perspective, energy and dedication she will bring to the BOG."

Keywords: Leadership