Heather Gornik, M.D.

Heather Gornik, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sections of Clinical Cardiology and Vascular Medicine and Medical Director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory. 

She is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease and has been certified in vascular disease by the American Board of Vascular Medicine. She is also fully trained in vascular ultrasound and is a registered vascular technologist. Dr. Gornik’s clinical specialty interests include general cardiology, atherosclerosis, peripheral vascular disorders, deep vein thrombosis and vascular ultrasound.

A native of Chicago, Dr. Gornik completed her undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University, double majoring in public health and Spanish literature. She received a Master’s degree in biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University and her medical degree from The University of Chicago/ Pritzker School of Medicine, where she graduated with honors. She continued her education at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received an M.M. Sc. in clinical investigation. Dr. Gornik received an academic appointment as an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Gornik completed a medical internship and residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where she became Chief Medical Resident. Her clinical training continued with a fellowship in cardiology from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In 2005, she completed a fellowship in vascular medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and was appointed to Cleveland Clinic as a staff cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sections of Clinical Cardiology and Vascular Medicine.

Among her many awards, Dr. Gornik was honored with the Calvin Fentress Research Award, the American Medical Women’s Association Award, the Arnold Dunne Medical Intern Award and the Starfish Award for Compassionate Patient Care from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

As a clinical investigator, Dr. Gornik has focused her research studies on optimizing the diagnosis and management of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), or atherosclerosis of the extremities. She is involved in clinical trials of new treatments for PAD and is working on developing new tools to diagnose vascular disorders by non-invasive means.

Dr. Gornik has lectured frequently on her clinical specialty interests and her research work. She is author or co-author of book chapters in medical textbooks and she has published articles and abstracts in leading, peer-reviewed journals.

She is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology and the Society for Vascular Ultrasound.

Watch a video about Dr. Gornik and her treatment of peripheral arterial disease.

• Medical Director, Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory
• Board Of Directors, Intersociety Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories
• Director of Research, Section of Vascular Medicine

• Vascular ultrasound credentials: registered vascular technologist
• Registered physician in vascular interpretation

American Board of Vascular Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease

Internal Medicine

• William F. Keating Award, American College Of Cardiology
• Fellow, American College Of Cardiology
• Chief Medical Resident, Brigham And Women's Hospital
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Society

• American Society of Echocardiograph
• American College of Cardiology 3
• American Heart Association
• Society for Vascular Medicine
• Society for Vascular Ultrasound