
Tariq Ahmad MD MPH
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation, Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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800 Howard AvenueYale Physicians BuildingNew Haven, CT 06519
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Education & Training
Duke University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2014 - 2015
Duke University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2010 - 2014
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, 2008 - 2010
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2010
Harvard School of Public HealthM.P.H., 2010
Certifications & Licensure
CT State Medical License 2015 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2010 - 2016
MA State Medical License 2006 - 2011
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Leadership Cohort American College of Cardiology
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2016
- Daland Foundation Research Grant American Philosophical Society, 2012-2015
Clinical Trials
- PRagmatic Trial Of Messaging to Providers About Treatment of Heart Failure in the Inpatient Setting Start of enrollment: 2021 Jul 07
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Relationship between industry payments to physicians and prescription patterns for PCSK9is, ARNis and DOACs: A report from the NCDR PINNACLE registry.Amarnath R Annapureddy, Karthik Murugiah, Luke Zheng, Karl E Minges, Gowtham R Grandhi
American Heart Journal. 2026-01-01 - 2 citationsFramework for Analytical Validation of DHT-Based Actigraphy and Signal Measures in HF Trials: The VALIDATE-HF Program.Orhun Kose, Aymen Sahal, Guang K Zhang, Elite Possik, Mona Fiuzat
JACC. Heart Failure. 2025-12-11 - 1 citationsManagement of Ischemic Heart Disease in Patients With Heart Failure: JACC: Heart Failure Position Statement.Lisa M Mielniczuk, Tariq Ahmad, Josip Andelo Borovac, Kemar Brown, Lauren B Cooper
JACC. Heart Failure. 2025-12-01
Journal Articles
- Long-Chain Acylcarnitine Metabolites are Associated with Adverse Outcomes and Reversible with Mechanical Circulatory Support in Systolic Heart FailureTariq Ahmad, Jacob P. Kelly, Robert W. McGarrah, Anne S. Hellkamp, Mona Fiuzat, Jeffrey M. Testani, Teresa S. Wang, Amanda Verma, Marc D. Samsky, Mark P. Donahue, Olga..., Journal of American College of Cardiology, 1/26/2106
- Disentangling the Association between Statins, Cholesterol, and Colorectal Cancer: A Nested Case-Control StudyRonac Mamtani, James Lewis, Frank Scott, Tariq Ahmad, David Goldberg, Jashodeep Datta, Yu-Xiao Yang, Ben Boursi, PLoS Medicine, 1/26/2016
- Reduced Cardiac Index is not the Dominant Driver of Renal Dysfunction in Heart FailureJennifer Hanberg, Krishna Sury, F. Perry Wilson, Meredith Brisco, Tariq Ahmad, Jozine ter Maaten, J. Samuel Broughton, Mahlet Assefa, W. H. Wilson Tang, Chirag Parikh,..., Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1/17/2016
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Relationship Between Exercise Training and Changes in Biomarkers of Myocardial Stress, Injury and Inflammation in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.Ahmad T, Fiuzat M, Neely B, Neely M, Adams K, Whellan D, Donahue M, Kitzman D, Pina I, Zannad F, Kraus W, O'Connor CM, Felker GM, ACC, 1/1/2013
- Interaction between ST2 Levels and Exercise Training in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Analysis from the HF-ACTION Trial.Ahmad T, Felker GM, Fiuzat M, Thompson V, Shaw L, Adams K, Whellan D, Donahue M, Kitzman D, Pina I, Zannad F, Kraus W, O'Connor CM, ACC, 1/1/2012
- The Fat-Mass and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Gene, Physical Activity, and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events in Caucasian Women.Ahmad T, Chasman DI, Mora S, Pare G, Cook NR, Buring JE, Ridker PM, Lee IM, NHLBI Trainee Session on Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, 1/1/2010
Press Mentions
The GLP-1 RevolutionDecember 1st, 2025
Finerenone Cuts Intensification of Oral Diuretics in Outpatient Setting: FINEARTS-HFMarch 3rd, 2025
Only Small Minority of Eligible Patients Prescribed SGLT2 InhibitorsAugust 15th, 2024
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Hindi, Urdu
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