Expertise

Areas of Clinical Expertise: Interventional Cardiology

Research Interests: Platelet physiology and Inflammation; Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Platelets and HOCM


His primary interests as a Clinical Cardiologist are percutaneous therapy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and studies on platelet function as it pertains to acute coronary syndrome and percutaneous interventions.

Affiliations

Division Chief, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University

Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine, University of South Alabama

Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University

Professor, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Section of Cardiology, Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine (past)

Part-time instructor, Internal Medicine
1993 - 1997

Temple and Spencer Chair, Section of Cardiology, Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine (past)

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
1997 - current

Director, Invasive Laboratory-Ben Taub Hospital
1997 - current

Communities
Cardiovascular Medicine
Degrees
MD, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 1989
BS, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Biology, 1984
MS, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Physiology
Keywords
cardiology internal medicine
Associations
American Society of Internal Medicine
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Texas Society of Internal Medicine
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions