AlexABaherMD

Cardiology • Coon Rapids, MN

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology

Physician

Join to view full profile

Dr. Baher is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

Connect with other colleagues in the same hospital or clinic
Search all U.S. specialist profiles and refer a patient
Read the latest clinical news and earn CME/CEU credits

See Dr. Baher's full profile

Already have an account?

Office
4040 COON RAPIDS BLVD NW STE 120
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Is this information wrong?

Education & Training

University of Utah HealthFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2017 - 2019
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2013 - 2016
Methodist Hospital (Houston)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2010
UCLAMS, Physiological Sciences
UCLABS, Microbiology Immunolog and Molecular Genetics

Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
IA State Medical License 2023 - 2023
MN State Medical License 2019 - 2023
UT State Medical License 2017 - 2020
MA State Medical License 2016 - 2017
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
American Society of Echocardiography2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Saturation recovery-prepared magnetic resonance angiography for assessment of left atrial and esophageal anatomy.
Johannes Siebermair, Eugene G. Kholmovski, Douglas Sheffer, Joyce D. Schroeder, Leif Jensen, Mobin Kheirkhahan, Alex Baher, Majd Ibrahim, Theresa Reiter, Tienush Rassa...> ;The British Journal of Radiology. 2021 Jun 18
2 citations
Late Gadolinium Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation of Post-Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Esophageal Thermal Injury Across the Spectrum of Severity
Qussay Marashly, Alex Baher, Madan Acharya, Mobin Kheirkhahan, Benjamin Hardisty, Mossab Aljuaid, Ibrahim Tawhari, Mark Ibrahim, Alan K. Morris, Eugene G. Kholmovski, ...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Apr 6
3 citations
Magnetic resonance imaging-guided cryoballoon ablation for left atrial substrate modification in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Bettina Kirstein, Alan H. Morris, Alex Baher, Ibolya Csecs, Mobin Kheirkhahan, Gagandeep Kaur, Eugene G. Kholmovski, Nassir F. Marrouche> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2020 Jul 1
16 citations
Left atrial fibrosis progression detected by LGE-MRI after ablation of atrial fibrillation.
Mobin Kheirkhahan, Alex Baher, Matin Goldooz, Eugene G. Kholmovski, Alan K. Morris, Ibolya Csecs, Mihail G. Chelu, Brent D. Wilson, Nassir F. Marrouche> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2020 Apr 1
9 citations
Recurrence quantification analysis of complex-fractionated electrograms differentiates active and passive sites during atrial fibrillation.
Alex Baher, Benjamin Buck, Manuel Fanarjian, J. Paul Mounsey, Anil K. Gehi, Eugene Chung, Fadi G. Akar, Charles L. Webber, Joseph G. Akar, James P. Hummel> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2019 Nov 1
29 citations
Atrial fibrosis in non-atrial fibrillation individuals and prediction of atrial fibrillation by use of late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging.
Johannes Siebermair, Promporn Suksaranjit, Christopher J. McGann, Kathryn A. Peterson, Mobin Kheirkhahan, Alex Baher, Kavitha Damal, Reza Wakili, Nassir F. Marrouche, ...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2019 Apr 1
Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure: Time to Implement Ablation Control.
Alex Baher, Nassir F. Marrouche> ;Current Cardiology Reports. 2019 Feb 21
78 citations
High-Power Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Using Late Gadolinium Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Novel Index of Esophageal Injury.
Alex Baher, Mobin Kheirkhahan, Stephen J. Rechenmacher, Qussay Marashly, Eugene G. Kholmovski, Johannes Siebermair, Madan Acharya, Mossab Aljuaid, Alan K. Morris, Gaga...> ;JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2018 Sep 26
New skip parameter to facilitate recurrence quantification of signals comprised of multiple components
James P. Hummel, Joseph G. Akar, Alex Baher, Charles L. Webber> ;Chaos. 2018 Aug 1
9 citations
Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Co-existing Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Time to Revisit the Management Guidelines?
Alex Baher, Nassir F. Marrouche> ;Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review. 2018 Jun 1
10 citations
A method for quantifying recurrent patterns of local wavefront direction during atrial fibrillation.
James P. Hummel, Alex Baher, Ben Buck, Manuel Fanarjian, Charles L. Webber, Joseph G. Akar> ;Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2017 Oct 1
32 citations
Cardiac MRI improves identification of etiology of acute ischemic stroke.
Alex Baher, Ashkan Mowla, Santhisri Kodali, Venkateshwar Polsani, Faisal Nabi, Sherif F. Nagueh, John Volpi, Dipan J. Shah> ;Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2014 Jan 1
11 citations
Safety of MRIs in patients with pacemakers and defibrillators.
Santhisri Kodali, Alex Baher, Dipan J. Shah> ;Methodist Debakey Cardiovascular Journal. 2013 Jul 1
5 citations
Management of ventricular tachycardia in heart failure.
Alex Baher, Miguel Valderrábano> ;Methodist Debakey Cardiovascular Journal. 2013 Jan 1
40 citations
Coronary venous ethanol infusion for the treatment of refractory ventricular tachycardia.
Alex Baher, Dipan J. Shah, Miguel Valderrábano> ;Heart Rhythm. 2012 Oct 1
78 citations
Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia: Ping pong in the His-Purkinje system
Alex Baher, Matthew J Uy, Fagen Xie, Alan Garfinkel, Zhilin Qu, James N. Weiss> ;Heart Rhythm. 2011 Apr 1
68 citations
Modifying L-Type Calcium Current Kinetics: Consequences for Cardiac Excitation and Arrhythmia Dynamics
Aman Mahajan, Daisuke Sato, Yohannes Shiferaw, Ali Baher, Lai-Hua Xie, Robert Peralta, Riccardo Olcese, Alan Garfinkel, Zhilin Qu, James N. Weiss> ;Biophysical Journal. 2007 Oct 26
264 citations
A Rabbit Ventricular Action Potential Model Replicating Cardiac Dynamics at Rapid Heart Rates
Aman Mahajan, Yohannes Shiferaw, Daisuke Sato, Ali Baher, Riccardo Olcese, Lai-Hua Xie, Ming Jim Yang, Peng Sheng Chen, Juan G. Restrepo, Alain Karma, Alan Garfinkel, ...> ;Biophysical Journal. 2007 May 4
39 citations
Short-term cardiac memory and mother rotor fibrillation
Ali Baher, Zhilin Qu, Ashkan Hayat-Davoudi, Scott T. Lamp, Ming-Jim Yang, Fagen Xie, Stephen Turner, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss> ;American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2007 Jan 1
52 citations
Mother rotors and the mechanisms of D600-induced type 2 ventricular fibrillation
Tsu Juey Wu, Shien-Fong Lin, Ali Baher, Zhilin Qu, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss, Chih Tai Ting, Peng Sheng Chen> ;Circulation. 2004 Oct 12
76 citations
Intracellular Ca dynamics in ventricular fibrillation
Chikaya Omichi, Scott T. Lamp, Shien-Fong Lin, Junzhong Yang, Ali Baher, Shengmei Zhou, Mina Attin, Moon Hyoung Lee, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, Boris Kogan, Zhilin Qu, Ala...> ;American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2004 May 1
89 citations
A simulation study of the effects of cardiac anatomy in ventricular fibrillation
Fagen Xie, Zhilin Qu, Junzhong Yang, Ali Baher, James N. Weiss, Alan Garfinkel> ;The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2004 Mar 1
Join now to see all