Prof Ruchika Meel is a general cardiologist and clinician scientist in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. She has an interest in clinical cardiology and cardiovascular imaging. She has a passionate interest in research with to date 1 book publication, four book chapters and 49 research articles and over 60 congress presentations. She is currently involved in research projects related to aortic aneurysms and valvular heart disease.

She is a Fellow of European Society of Cardiology, European Association of Cardiovascular imaging and serves on various committees. She has received multiple awards for conference presentations and was the recipient of Carnegie doctoral and post-doctoral awards. She was awarded the prestigious TH Bothwell research prize in Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand school of clinical medicine annual awards ceremony. She has recently been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Heart Association Journal.