Ami E. Iskandrian, MD, MACC
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Section Chief of Nuclear Cardiology
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Dr. Iskandrian has been awarded the Master of the American College of Cardiology (MACC), Gifted Teaching Award of the American College of Cardiology, the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, The Leadership Award of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the Mesopotamia Distinguished Award in Medicine, and numerous local, regional, national and international awards. He is a Past Chair of the Certification Board of Nuclear cardiology, Past Chair of the imaging committees of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, Past member of the Association of University Cardiologists, and Chair of the Research Committee of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Iskandrian has been voted as one of the “Best Doctors in America” for the last 10 years. He has served on numerous editorial Boards and is a reviewer of several specialty and subspecialty journals. |
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Contact Information |
Lyons-Harrison Research Building, Room 318 |
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| Office Administrator |
Chris Bolling |
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Professional |
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Training |
Cardiology Fellowship Internal Medicine Residency Medical Degree |
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Board Certifications |
American Board of Internal Medicine – Cardiovascular Diseases American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Nuclear Cardiology |
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Clinical |
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Clinical Interests |
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Research |
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Research Interests |
Interaction between coronary anatomy and physiology Myocardial perfusion and cardiac function including synchrony in diabetes and chronic kidney diseases Newer imaging methods Newer forms of stress testing Nuclear cardiac imaging Prediction of sudden death. Risk assessment using cardiac imaging |
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Selected Journal Articles |
Hage FG, Iskandrian AE. The effect of caffeine on adenosine myocardial perfusion imaging: Time to reassess? J Nucl Cardiol. 2012 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. Zoghbi GJ, Iskandrian AE. Selective adenosine agonists and myocardial perfusion imaging. J Nucl Cardiol. 2012 Feb;19(1):126-41. Roy B, Pawar PP, Desai RV, Fonarow GC, Mujib M, Zhang Y, Feller MA, Ovalle F, Aban IB, Love TE, Iskandrian AE, Deedwania P, Ahmed A. A propensity-matched study of the association of diabetes mellitus with incident heart failure and mortality among community-dwelling older adults. Am J Cardiol. 2011 Dec 15;108(12):1747-53. Epub 2011 Sep 22. Hage FG, Aljaroudi W, Aggarwal H, Bhatia V, Miller J, Doppalapudi H, Wazni O, Iskandrian AE. Outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease and implantable cardiac defibrillator: Primary versus secondary prevention. Int J Cardiol. 2011 Aug 19. [Epub ahead of print] Hage FG, Dean P, Bhatia V, Iqbal F, Heo J, Iskandrian AE. The prognostic value of the heart rate response to adenosine in relation to diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. Am Heart J. 2011 Aug;162(2):356-62. Epub 2011 Jul 18. |
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