Amit Khera MD MSc, FACC, FAHA, FASPC
Preventive Cardiology
Professor of Medicine; Director, Preventive Cardiology; Director, Cardiology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center
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5323 Harry Hines BoulevardDallas, TX 75390
Phone+1 214-645-8300
Fax+1 214-645-7269
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Education & Training
Harvard School of Public HealthMSc, Epidemiology, 2013 - 2014
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2001 - 2004
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2003 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Fellow (FAHA) American Heart Association
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Multicomponent Intervention Study- Blood Donors With High Cholesterol Start of enrollment: 2023 Feb 27
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- AHA PREVENT Equations With Lipoprotein(a) and Risk Assessment for Primary Prevention.Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Amit Khera
JAMA Cardiology. 2025-08-01 - Performance of the FIND-FH machine learning algorithm for the identification of individuals with suspected familial hypercholesterolemia.Spencer V Carter, Taylor Triana, Mujeeb Basit, Ruth Schneider, Colby R Ayers
Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2025-07-23 - Increase in Lipoprotein(a) Screening and Utilization at an Urban Academic Medical Center.Willis Wong, Cindy Kao, Ruth Schneider, Alagarraju Muthukumar, Ann Marie Navar
The American Journal of Cardiology. 2025-07-01
Lectures
- Facts or Alternate Facts: A Case-Based Deep Dive Into the Recently Released Prevention Guidelines2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
- Future Hub: Precision Cardiology: Polygenic Risk Scores2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
- Test Yourself Faculty2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
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Authored Content
- Astronaut Cardiovascular Health and Risk Modification (Astro-CHARM) Coronary Calcium Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk CalculatorJuly 2018
Press Mentions
Should Cardiovascular Risk Equations Add Lp(A)?June 23rd, 2025- PREVENT Risk Calculator Works Well in Patients with High and Low Lp(A)June 10th, 2025
- One Hundred Years and Beyond: What's Going to Be Hot at AHA 2024November 14th, 2024
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Grant Support
- IMPLEMENTING MULTICOMPONENT INTERVENTIONS TO TREAT BLOOD DONORS WITH FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIAUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER2022–2027
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish, Hindi, Urdu
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