AklFahedMDMPH
Cardiology • Boston, MAInterventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease Genetics
Physician-scientist and interventional cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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Office
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114Phone+1 617-726-2865- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Akl Fahed, MD, MPH is a physician, scientist, and innovator. He completed all his clinical and research training at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School where he is currently on faculty.
He is triple-board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology. His clinical practice is focused on invasive diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, including intravascular imaging, coronary physiology, and high-risk interventions, and cardiac intensive care.
His NIH-funded research at Mass General Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard focuses on using genomics and data science to improve understanding, prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease. He has published numerous papers as lead author and in top-tier journals and received multiple awards for his work.
He is an expert in genomics, precision medicine, digital health and innovation in healthcare and serves as genomic and precision medicine lead for the American College of Cardiology.
As co-founder and chief medical and scientific advisor of Goodpath (a VC-backed digital health startup), Dr. Fahed helped shape a new model for delivering value-based care at scale for chronic conditions.
Education & Training
Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2020 - 2021- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2016 - 2020
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2016
Harvard T. H Chan School of Public HealthMPH, 2012 - 2015- Harvard Medical SchoolPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Cardiovascular Genetics, 2010 - 2013
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 2010, M.D.- Georgetown UniversityCertificate, Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management, 2007
- American University of BeirutBS, Biology, 2003 - 2006
- Georgetown UniversityCertificate, International Politics and Economics, 2006
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2013 - 2025- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Role of Genetics in Advancing Cardiometabolic Drug Development.Roukoz Abou-Karam, Fangzhou Cheng, Shoshana Gady, Akl C Fahed> ;Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 2024 Mar 7
- Machine Learning in Invasive and Noninvasive Coronary Angiography.Unlu, O., Fahed, A.> ;Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 2023 Dec 1
- Massive underrepresentation of Arabs in genomic studies of common disease.Romit Bhattacharya, NingNing Chen, Injeong Shim, Hiroyuki Kuwahara, Xin Gao, Fowzan S Alkuraya, Akl C Fahed> ;Genome Medicine. 2023 Nov 22
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Books/Book Chapters
Press Mentions
Polygenic Risk-Based Detection of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Intervention with Statin and Colchicine (PROACT 2)May 9th, 2023- Boston Digital Health Company Offers Long COVID Treatment AlternativeApril 3rd, 2022
- What Makes for an Ergonomic WFH Set-Up?March 12th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- French, Arabic
Hospital Affiliations
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
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