SamerSalkaMDFACC

Cardiology • Dearborn, MI

Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Endovascular Interventional Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging

Managing Partner, Premier Cardiovascular Specialists; CEO, Physician Practice Solutions; CEO, Premier Clinical Records

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Office
20200 Outer Dr
Dearborn, MI 48124
Phone+1 313-624-8417

Fax+1 313-357-7074
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Education & Training

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1990 - 1993
Wayne State University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 1989 - 2026
WI State Medical License 1990 - 1993
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification RcopiaMU EHR, DrFirst.com, Inc., 2011-2013
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

32 citations
Hospitalization Costs for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States Are Substantially Higher Than Medic...
Majed Afana, Waleed Brinjikji, Harry J. Cloft, Samer Salka> ;Clinical Cardiology. 2015 Jan 1
88 citations
Demographic and Co-Morbid Predictors of Stress (Takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy
Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed, Waleed Brinjikji, Samer Salka> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2012 Nov 1
221 citations
In-hospital mortality among patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A study of the National Inpatient Sample 2008 to 2009
Waleed Brinjikji, Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed, Samer Salka> ;American Heart Journal. 2012 Aug 1
2 citations
Proximal right coronary artery diverticulum resulting in recurrent distal embolization.
Igor Shkolnik, Samer Salka> ;The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2011 Nov 1
10 citations
Electrophysiologic Studies in Octogenarians.
Ahed Nahhas, Samer Salka, Donald D. Tresch, Jule N. Wetherbee, Ronald Siegel> ;The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 1994 Oct 1
11 citations
Spontaneous coronary artery embolus associated with calcific aortic stenosis.
S Salka, G H Almassi, M L Leitschuh> ;Chest. 1994 Apr 1
14 citations
Cerebral thromboembolization after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in patients without transesophageal echocardiographic findings of left atrial thrombus.
Samer Salka, Kooroush Saeian, Kiran B. Sagar> ;American Heart Journal. 1993 Sep 1
21 citations
Transvenous biopsy of intracardiac tumor under transesophageal echocardiographic guidance
Samer Salka, Ronald Siegel, Kiran B. Sagar> ;American Heart Journal. 1993 Jun 1
46 citations
Myocardial dysfunction and ultrastructural alterations mediated by oxygen metabolites.
Shinobu Miki, Muhammad Ashraf, Samer Salka, Nicholas Sperelakis> ;Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 1988 Dec 1
Enlisting the unconscious as an ally in grief therapy: the creative use of affirmations, metaphors, and guided visualization.
Salka, S.> ;Hosp J. 1997
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Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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Hospital Affiliations

Corewell Health Dearborn HospitalDearborn, Michigan
Trinity Health Livonia HospitalLivonia, Michigan
Garden City HospitalGarden City, Michigan
Henry Ford Macomb HospitalsClinton Township, Michigan
Corewell Health Farmington Hills HospitalFarmington, Michigan