Dr. Nehal N. Mehta is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Dermatology at George Washington University. He was awarded the Inaugural Lasker Clinical Research Scholar Award in 2012 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he was the founding Principal Investigator of the largest cohort study of atherosclerosis in psoriasis at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. His group was the first to show the favorable impact of treatment of skin disease on coronary inflammation and high-risk coronary plaque. His group provided fundamental proof in humans of the dangerous impact of untreated inflammation on coronary vascular health. Dr. Mehta has published hundreds of papers on inflammation and cardiometabolic health. He continues to lead several efforts to curb cardiovascular events in predisposed populations. He has led several imaging-based intervention trials in humans, testing the impact of novel therapies on coronary health. He is an advisor to several domestic and international efforts for atherosclerosis detection. He is an active board member of the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) Scientific Advisory Board. He was inducted into the American Society of Clinical Investigation and elected a fellow of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.