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Tariq Ahmad, MD, Cardiology, New Haven, CT, Yale-New Haven Hospital

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Cardiology New Haven, CT

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation, Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Overview of Dr. Ahmad

Dr. Tariq Ahmad is a cardiologist in New Haven, CT and is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital. He received his medical degree from Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and has been in practice 11 years. He is one of 280 doctors at Yale-New Haven Hospital who specialize in Cardiology. He also speaks multiple languages, including Hindi and Urdu. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • Duke University Hospital
    Duke University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2014 - 2015
  • Duke University Hospital
    Duke University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2010 - 2014
  • Harvard School of Public Health
    Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, 2008 - 2010
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2010
  • Harvard School of Public Health
    Harvard School of Public HealthM.P.H., 2010
  • Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
    Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2006
  • New York University
    New York UniversityB.A., Mathematics and Biology, 2001

Certifications & Licensure

  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2015 - 2024
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2010 - 2016
  • MA State Medical License
    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
  • Daland Foundation Research Grant American Philosophical Society, 2012-2015
  • Young Author Achievement Award Journal of American College of Cardiology, 2016
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Long-Chain Acylcarnitine Metabolites are Associated with Adverse Outcomes and Reversible with Mechanical Circulatory Support in Systolic Heart Failure  
    Tariq 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 Study  
    Ronac 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 Failure  
    Jennifer 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
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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

Lectures

  • Challenging Cases and Diagnostic Dilemmas 
    2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
  • Biomarkers and LVADs. 
    1/1/2015
  • Heart Failure Devices and Biomarkers. 
    1/1/2015
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Press Mentions

  • EHR Pop-Ups Spur Better GDMT Implementation in Heart Failure
    EHR Pop-Ups Spur Better GDMT Implementation in Heart FailureApril 3rd, 2022
  • PROMPT-HF Studies Customized Alert in EHR for Improved Guideline Adherence for HF Treatment
    PROMPT-HF Studies Customized Alert in EHR for Improved Guideline Adherence for HF TreatmentApril 3rd, 2022
  • Patient Registry Provides a Connection Between Heart Failure and COVID-19
    Patient Registry Provides a Connection Between Heart Failure and COVID-19June 12th, 2020
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Hindi, Urdu

Hospital Affiliations