Charu Gandotra, MD, MS, FACC, FASE currently serves as Acting Deputy Director in the Division of Cardiology and Nephrology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In addition, Dr. Gandotra serves as Clinical Faculty and Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Howard University. She completed her MBBS from Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, India, internal medicine residency and general cardiology fellowship at Howard University Hospital, Washington DC. She completed Masters in Clinical and Translational Research at Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science. She joined FDA in 2018 and has been involved in review of drugs to treat various cardiovascular disorders such as heart failure, atrial fibrillation, peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, pericarditis, etc. She is passionate about trial design and endpoints.