Suzanne Arnold

Suzanne V. Arnold, MD, MHA , is a clinical scholar and noninvasive cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute and Professor in the School of Medicine at University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her work involves a broad range of research questions within the field of cardiovascular outcomes, with a focus on the health status of patients with valvular heart disease, heart failure, and chronic coronary disease. Dr. Arnold graduated from The Ohio State University with undergraduate degrees in molecular genetics, mathematics, and economics followed by a joint degree in medicine (MD) with a specialization in aging and a Masters of Health Administration (MHA). After completing internal medicine and cardiology training at Washington University in St. Louis, she completed a research fellowship in cardiovascular outcomes funded by the American Heart Association. Her subsequent work on the health status outcomes of patients undergoing valvular interventions has been funded by the NIH/NHBLI and US FDA. She led or contributed to several of the health status studies from pivotal clinical trials of transcatheter valve interventions (aortic, mitral, and tricuspid) and several health status studies from the STS/ACC TVT Registry.