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Bio: Rajesh Kabra, MD, FACC, FHRS is a cardiac electrophysiologist and Associate Program Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship program with Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute at HCA Midwest Health in Overland Park, KS. He serves as Professor (Adjunct), University of Tennessee Health Scuince Center, Memphis TN. He graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (1993 batch), following which he did his Internal Medicine Residency at St Francis Hospital, Evanston IL and University of Iowa, Iowa City IA. He did his Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at University of Iowa, Iowa City IA and Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship at the Massachussetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston MA.

Dr. Kabra was a professor, Section Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology, and founding program director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis TN prior to joining KCHRI. Dr. Kabra received the “Top 40 Under 40” award by the Memphis Business Journal and has been awarded the Castle Connolly Top Doctor award several years. He serves on several national committees including the American College of Cardiology Electrophysiology Council, and the American College of Cardiology EP performance question writing committee

Dr. Kabra is very active in clinical research and has served as local principal investigator for several multicenter clinical studies. He has authored several manuscripts in prestigious journals including the Journal of American College of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Journal, American Journal of Cardiology, and Journal of the American Medical Association. His research interests include use of artificial intelligence in cardiac electrophysiology and outcomes with atrial fibrillation management.

Bio: Dr. Anil Chauhan is a Professor of Radiology and the Department Vice-Chair of Artificial Intelligence, Informatics, and Innovation. He graduated from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, followed by residency at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis MN, where he was awarded "Research Resident of the Year", and fellowship in body imaging at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. Before joining the faculty at KUMC, Dr. Chauhan held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania as Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Advanced Liver Imaging, and at the University of Minnesota as Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Radiology Research Resources.

Dr. Chauhan enjoys teaching the medical students, residents, and fellows, and was awarded "teacher of the year" by the residents at the University of Minnesota. His areas of clinical practice involve abdominal imaging, with a specific interest in oncologic imaging. He is also a fellow of multiple societies, including AIUM, SAR and SRU. 

Dr. Chauhan has an extensive research background, with specific interest in radiomics, large data analytics, and oncologic imaging research. He has special passion of AI applications in early diagnosis and prognosis of disease process. He is on editorial board of multiple journals, and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Chauhan has also developed multiple collaborations between different departments, colleges, and Institutions. He has given numerous CME lectures locally and nationally.

Bio: I am a transplant nephrologist at University of Kansas Medical center since 2020. I work with patients with late-stage kidney disease throughout the spectrum of kidney transplantation, including pre- transplant evaluation and all aspects of management at the time of and after transplant. My primary clinical research interest is to understand and identify the gaps in cardiac care for patients with kidney disease with the goal to standardize the testing and management in pre- and post-transplant patient for a successful and long-lasting kidney transplantation. I have been an active member of American society of transplantation by being on various community of practice executive committee for the past 3 years. I am also program director for transplant nephrology fellowship at University of Kansas. I am an AIIMSonian from AIIMS Delhi, batch of 2002. My husband Amit Noheria is also an AIIMSonian from Batch of 2000. We have 1 son who keeps us busy during and outside of work.

Bio: Dr. Amit Noheria is the Director of Program for AI Research in Cardiovascular Medicine (PARC) and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). He grew up in India and graduated medical school from the acclaimed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, India. He received Master of Science in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. He finished his clinical training with Internal Medicine residency at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Cardiology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA and Electrophysiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Before joining KUMC, he was an Assistant Profession of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Noheria takes care of patients with complex heart rhythm disorders including complex congenital heart disease and heart failure. He is passionate about teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. He is committed to meaningful research and innovation that can improve the care and lives of patients. His research interests have evolved toward novel processing methods including artificial intelligence (AI) in reexploring electrocardiography (ECG), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and other aspects of cardiovascular care including arrhythmia ablation and implantable cardiac electronic devices. He is the founding Director of PARC at KUMC which has the mission of pursuing research in precise interpretation of cardiovascular diagnostic data powered by AI to improve patient outcomes.

Bio: Dr. Bansal completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at New York Medical College, New York. Subsequently, he served as the Chief Resident at New York Medical College, New York. Then he completed his Gastroenterology Fellowship from the University Hospital at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York. Currently, he is the Medical Director of Gastroenterology Cancers Prevention Clinic of the NCI-designated Kansas University Cancer Center and a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Gastroenterology at the University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS.

His overarching research interest is cancer prevention. He conducts research in the areas of inherited gastrointestinal cancer syndromes, Barrett’s esophagus and novel imaging techniques for detection of premalignant and malignant lesions in the gastrointestinal tract. He is the principal investigator on a National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded 16-center trial to test a novel combination of vaccines and IL-15 superagonist in patients with Lynch syndrome. He recently was funded by the NCI to repurpose itraconazole for prevention of recurrent Barrett’s esophagus in a 5-center clinical trial. He has > 100 peer-reviewed publications and is a reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals including Nature, Gastroenterology and Gut. His work on cancer prevention vaccines was recently profiled in the Wall Street Journal.

Bio: Dr. Mathur serves as the Associate Director of Medical and Dental Education in the Office of Academic Affiliations in the Veterans Health Administration. In his 25+ year career with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), he has served in multiple roles at the Kansas City VA Medical Center and VA Integrated Service Network 15 (VISN15) including Associate Chief of Staff for Education, VISN15 Academic Officer, Service Chief for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory Director, VISN15 Chief Pathologist, and VA Site Director for Pathology Residents.

In addition, Dr. Mathur has been active in medical student and resident education at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he is a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and previously served as the Associate Program Director of the Pathology Residency Program and Discipline Director for Pathology and related disciplines for the ACE (Active, Competency-based, Excellence-driven) undergraduate medical curriculum. His classroom teaching and educational program leadership have been recognized by multiple teaching awards including the Ruth Bohan Teaching Professorship.

Dr. Mathur completed his medical education at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India, followed by a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and fellowships in Hematopathology and Surgical Pathology at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, and the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC. He is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with subspecialty certification in Hematology.