Dr. Christos G. Mihos is a non-invasive cardiologist and echocardiographer with board certification in Cardiovascular Disease and level III board-certification in Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography. Dr. Mihos serves as the Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at the Columbia University Division of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

A native of Boston, Massachusetts and of first generation Greek-American background, Dr. Mihos earned his medical degree at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2009. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine (2012) and fellowship in cardiovascular disease (2015) at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and subsequently completed a two-year fellowship in advanced echocardiography at Massachusetts General Hospital (2017), where he also served as a clinical research fellow at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Mihos is an active member of the American Society of Echocardiography, the American College of Cardiology, the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, and the American Osteopathic Association. He serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Dr. Mihos has vast experience in clinical cardiovascular research and presents at national and international conferences. His academic focus includes valvular heart disease, inherited and acquired cardiomyopathy, and the use of strain echocardiography to study cardiac mechanics in health and disease. He is the principal investigator of the grant-funded prospective “Effects of Exercise and FITness on Left Ventricular Remodeling, Torsion and Wall MechanIcs Study (FIT-TWIST)”, which is studying the effects of recreational exercise and cardiac rehabilitation on the structure and function of the left ventricle in health and after a myocardial infarction, as well as the grant-funded“Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation, Right Heart Remodeling, and Mechanics Following Mitral Valve Surgery or Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (STEER)” study on structural and valvular heart disease.

Dr. Mihos has collaborated with international cardiovascular imaging experts to lead the creation of the GE Healthcare educational series ‘Vivid Learning Academy on Strain Imaging in Echocardiography’, which serves to advance the widespread adoption of strain echocardiography in clinical practice. Additionally, he is an editorial board member and has served as guest editor for the Journal of Thoracic Disease and Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, and has published research in the prestigious Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, and Annals of Thoracic Surgery. He is a research mentor to medical students, residents, and fellows, and helps to maintain the academic excellence of Mount Sinai Medical Center.

*This physician is employed by Mount Sinai Medical Center