Dr.Ragavendra R Baliga, MD, MBA, FACP, FACC, FRCP is Associate Director & Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He is Deputy Editor of the Global Heart Journal. He is the CME Editor for J of Am College of Cardiology and JACC Imaging. He also serves on the Editorial Board of ACC Journal Scan and editorial advisor for Cardiology Review. He completed his medical training from St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, Internal Medicine Training at Bangalore Medical College and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

He obtained his cardiovascular training from Imperial College Hospitals (Hammersmith Hospital & St. Mary's Medical School), London, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston University and UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. He was a faculty cardiologist at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and has a MBA from Ross School of Business @ University of Michigan.