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Tarek Ajam, MD, Cardiology, Hobart, IN, St. Mary Medical Center

TarekAjamMDMS

Cardiology • Hobart, IN

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Electrophysiology

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Summary

  • Dr. Tarek Ajam is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist in Northwest Indiana. and is affiliated with St. Mary's Medical center and Methodist hospitals. He received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine, and then eight years of post graduate training including internal medicine, cardiology, and electrophysiology. He specializes in cardiac electrophysiology. He has more than 30 publications and over 100 citings. He is dedicated into diagnosing and treating cardiac rhythm disorders.

    With advanced diagnostic tools, including electrophysiology studies, he tailors treatment plans for conditions like atrial fibrillation, SVT, ventricular tachycardias, heart block, and syncope. Expertise extends to innovative interventions such as cardiac ablation and implantable devices.

Education & Training

  • Aurora Health Care
    Aurora Health CareFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2021 - 2023
  • Aurora Health Care
    Aurora Health CareFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2018 - 2021
  • St Louis University School of Medicine
    St Louis University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2018
  • Indiana University School of Medicine
    Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2014

Certifications & Licensure

  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
  • WI State Medical License
    WI State Medical License 2018 - 2023
  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2015 - 2018
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Effect of Carvedilol vs Metoprolol Succinate on Mortality in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction  
    Tarek Ajam, Samer Ajam, Srikant Devaraj, Kahee Mohammed, Stephen Sawada, Masoor Kamalesh, American Heart Journal
  • It’s time to focus on decreasing cardiovascular mortality in NAFLD population: potential use of statins and PCSK9 inhibitors  
    Tarek Ajam, Anuj Chhaparia, Zachary Oman, Ali Mehdirad, Current Trends in Cardiology, 9/18/2017
  • Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Case Report  
    Tarek Ajam, Gina Hyun, Brandon Blue, Nabeel Rajeh, Annals of Hematology & Oncology, 2016

Abstracts/Posters

  • HIGHER AMBULATORY HEART RATES PREDICT INCREASED LONG TERM MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH HFREF
    M Kamalesh, T Ajam, S Ajam, S Devaraj, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 10.1016/S0735-1097(17)34291-2, 11/29/2017
  • Effect of carvedilol vs metoprolol succinate on mortality in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
    Tarek Ajam, Samer Ajam, Srikant Deveraj, Masoor Kamalesh, European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure, Paris, France, 4/2017
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Heart Failure Among a Nationwide Sample of US Veterans
    Lukasz P Cerbin, Marat Fudim, Srikant Devaraj, Tarek Ajam, Sunil V Rao, Masoor Kamalesh, Circulation, 2017

Lectures

  • Higher Beta-blocker Versus Lower Heart Rate in Patients with Heart Failure Due to Systolic Dysfunction 
    Washington D.C. - 3/2017

Other

Authored Content

  • Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Safety Issues in the ElderlyAugust 2020

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Tarek Ajam, Dr. Tarek Ajam, MD, Dr. T Ajam