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Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH

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Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Chief, Heart Failure Program

Biography

I am the Chief of Heart Failure at Yale Cardiology. I focus on the care of patients with end stage heart failure, left ventricular assist devices, and heart transplants. My Internal Medicine training was at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston. During that time, I received an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. I did my fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure at Duke University Medical Center along with a two year research fellowship at DCRI. My research interest is in using data to improve the care of heart failure patients. I partner with several investigators at Yale to run pragmatic clinical trials across the health system that are aimed at answering foundational questions about the practice of heart failure.

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Education & Training

Advanced Heart Failure Fellow
Duke University Medical Center (2015)
Fellow
Duke University Medical Center (2014)
Research Fellow
Duke Clinical Research Institute (2014)
MPH
Harvard School of Public Health (2010)
Intern and Resident
Brigham and Women's Hospital (2010)
MD
SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine (2006)
BA
New York University, Mathematics and Biology (2001)

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Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Tariq Ahmad's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Publication Committee

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    Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure

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    American Heart Journal

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    Heart Failure Advisory Board

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    Faculty Advisory Council

Clinical Care

Overview

Tariq Ahmad, MD, MPH, is a cardiologist who specializes in treating patients with end-stage heart failure and heart transplants. He also cares for patients with cardiomyopathies, which are diseases of the heart muscle, and advanced valvular diseases. “I help take care of patients who have been told that they are out of options. In some ways, it’s like the oncology of cardiology,” Dr. Ahmad says.

Dr. Ahmad traces his love of medicine to his grandfather, a surgeon, who would allow him to follow along on hospital rounds. But his decision to pursue cardiology happened with more serendipity. “In medical school, I read a cardiology textbook that was just beautifully written. It was an outstanding book and I kept reading it and decided I would pursue that specialty,” Dr. Ahmad says.

“For hundreds of years we’ve developed a physical exam around the properties of the heart,” he says. “There’s lots of dimensions to it that are absolutely fascinating.”

Away from his patients’ bedsides, Dr. Ahmad is deeply involved in research that attempts to better understand how heart failure happens. “I’ve investigated blood molecules that can help predict who is going to have more advanced diseases, and who is not. These are called biomarkers, and we are still working to improve them.”

At Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Ahmad is an assistant professor of cardiology.

Clinical Specialties

Heart Failure; Critical Care Medicine

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Board Certifications

  • Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2018
  • Cardiovascular Disease

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Latest Certification Date
    2016
    Original Certification Date
    2016

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