Emad CV Updated 3-2016

CURRICULUM VITAE
EMAD F. AZIZ
DO, MB. CHB, FACC, FHRS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
DIRECTOR ACAP CARDIAC & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH
CLINICAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
AL-SABAH ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE
MOUNT SINAI HEART
DATE OF PREPARATION: March 2nd
, 2016
PERSONAL DATA:
Name: Emad Farid Aziz
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt
Citizenship: US Citizen
Mailing Address: 12 Stegman Place,
Jersey City, NJ 07305-1414
Telephone & Facsimile: 201-434-3499
Mobile: 201-388-6666
E-mail: Eaziz@Chpnet.Org
DrEAziz@Gmail.com
Eaziz@Nyit.edu
ACADEMIC TRAINING:
August 2001 - New York Collage Of Osteopathic Medicine
May 2004 Old Westbury, NY. D.O.
August 1993 - ST. Joseph’s School of Cardiac Technology
September 1994 Paterson, NJ. RCIS, RCS
August 1982 - Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
February 1989 Alexandria, Egypt. M.B. CH.B
LICENSURE:
February 2011 New York State: 260476 (Active-2016)

E.F. Aziz, DO. MB. CHB. FACC. FHRS
Curriculum Vitae 3/2/2016
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August 2011 New Jersey State: 25MB09057300 (Active-2016)
June 2011 California State: 20A12002 (Active-2016)
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
March 17-19th
, 2016 New Horizons in Heart Failure
Course Director: Angelo Auricchio,
LivaNova, Sorin Group USA, Inc
Nice, France
March 4-7th
, 2015 New Horizons in Heart Failure
Course Directors: David Hayes, MD; Angelo Auricchio,
Sorin cardiac Rhythm Management
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
June 9, 2014 Artic Front Master’s Program, CRYOABLATION
Course Directors: James Irwin, MD; John Harding, MD
Medtronic
Mounds View, MN.
December 16, 2013 S-ICD®
System Training,
Course Directors: Bradley Knight, MD & Mark Kremers,
MD
BostonScientific
St. Paul, MN.
September 20-23, 2012 Heart Rhythm Society 19th
Board Review Course,
Course Director: N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FHRS & David
E. Haines, MD, FHRS
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology CCEP Prep Course
Chicago, Illinois.
November 9-10, 2011 Advanced Interventional Left Heart Lead Implant Program,
Course Director: Seth J. Worley, MD
Lancaster General Health System
Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management
Lancaster, PA
October 18-19, 2011 Practical CARTO-3 System Workflow Mastery,
The Ethicon Endo Surgery Center
Biosense Webster
Cincinnati, Ohio
August 5-7, 2011 Heart Rhythm Society Scholarship,
Course Director: Joshua M. Cooper, MD
Emerging Electrophysiologists: Transition to Practice

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Washington, DC.
May 18-23, 2011 Biotronick International Fellows Scholarship Program,
Course Director: Josep Brugada, MD
Madrid, Spain
July 2009 – June 2011 Fellowship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology,
Dual Accreditation Approved by AOA and ACGME
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY 10025
February 2009 – March 2009 Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure,
The Heart Failure Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapy
Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center
Bronx, NY 10467
July 2007 – June 2009 Clinical Fellowship in Cardiology,
New York, NY 10025
July 2005 – May 2007 Junior and Senior Resident, Internal Medicine,
New York, NY 10025
July 2004 – May 2005 Internship in Internal Medicine, Dual Accredited Internship
Approved by AOA and ACGME
New York, NY 10025
January 1996 – December 2000 Research Associate & Coordinator, Department of
Cardiology Participated in all Cath Lab trials including
SHOCK trial, EPILOG-STENT trial, TIMI11 study, OAT
trial and PARAGON. Principal Investigators: James N.
Slater, MD; Judith Hochman, MD.
New York, NY 10025
August 1993 – September 1994 Cardiovascular Technologist (RCVT)
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
Paterson, NJ 07503
March 1990 – July 1993 Resident in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Track
Gamal Abdel-Naser University Hospital Center
Alexandria, Egypt

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February 1989 – March 1990 Internship, House officer in Internal Medicine.
Alexandria University Hospitals
Alexandria, Egypt.
BOARD CERTIFICATION AND ELIGIBILITY:
July 2003 COMLEX I: Passed
January 2004 COMLEX II: Passed
February 2005 COMLEX III: Passed
July 2009 Board Certified American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine
August 2010 Board Certified American Osteopathic Board of Cardiology
August 2015 Board Certified American Osteopathic Board of Electrophysiology
June 2011 Certified Spectranetics Laser CVX-300 Lead Management
October 2016 Certificate: Basic Cardiovascular Life Support certified
October 2016 Certificate: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certified
September 1994 Certificate: Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist RCIS
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIPS:
Heart Rhythm Society (Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society)
Cardiac Electrophysiology Society
Egyptian Society of Cardiology (ESc)
American Heart Association (AHA)
American College of Cardiology (Fellow of the American College of Cardiology)
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC)
European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI)

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American Academy of Osteopathic Medicine (AAO)
Egyptian American Medical Society (EAMS) (Elected President 2016-2018)
National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA)
New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS)
AOIA Osteopathic Political Action Committee Chairman’s Circle (AOIA-OPAC)
Council of Quality of Care and Outcomes Research American Heart Association (QCOR-AHA)
HOSPITAL & ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
August 1993 – September 1994 Preceptor, Department of Cardiology
St. Joseph’s School of Cardiovascular Technology
Paterson, NJ 07503
November 1994 – December 2000 Chief Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS)
New York, NY 10025
January 1995 – December 1999 Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Research Coordinator
For Dr. James N. Slater, Dr. Judith Hochman (Shock Trial,
OAT Trial, EPILOG Trial, EPILOG-Stent Trial)
New York, NY 10025
January 2001 – June 2004 MI Team, Senior Member
New York, NY 10025
Participated in all Acute Myocardial Infarction & Primary
Angioplasty
May 2001 – May 2004 Preceptor, Department of internal medicine
Cardiology Course & EKG Classes for APEP “Accelerated
program for Émigré Physicians” Students, 2002, 2003,
2004 classes
New York Collage of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM)
Old Westbury, NY 11568
July 2004 – Present Clinical Instructor; Department of Medicine
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital center

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New York, NY 10025
July 2004 – Present Creator and Coordinator: ACAP “Advanced Cardiac
Admission Program”, Department of Medicine, Division of
Cardiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY 10025
July 2005 – 2011 Fellow Hypertension Task Force
New York, NY 10025
July 2006 – Present Director ACAP Cardiac Research Program,
Department of Medicine and Division of Cardiology
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY 10025
July 2006 – Present Director ACAP Volunteer & Émigré Physician Program,
Department of Medicine and Division of Cardiology
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY 10025
February 2011 – Present Mentor AOA/AOF iLEARN Mentor Program
American Osteopathic Foundation
AOA/AOF Mentor Exchange
August 2011 – 2012 Clinical Instructor Department of Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Old Westbury, NY 11568
August 2011 – 2014 Assistant Professor of medicine
Department of Medicine,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY 10023
October 2011 – Present Director Electrophysiology Research
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital center
New York, NY 10025
October 2011 – Present Attending Physician, Cardiology & Electrophysiology
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital center
New York, NY 10025
October 2011 – Present Preceptor & Mentor Macaulay Honors College and
internships

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Macaulay Honors College
New York, NY 10023
September 2012 – Present Preceptor Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Physical Diagnosis course
The City College of New York
New York, NY 10031
Sept 2014 – Present Member of the Interdisciplinary Zena and Michael A
Weiner Cardiovascular Institute
Mount Sinai Heart,
New York, NY 10023
September 2015 – Present Associate Professor of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY 10023
November 2015 – Present Visiting Attending
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY 10023
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Didactic Lectures weekly on cardiac electrophysiology
topics to electrophysiology and Core fellows
Weekly didactic cardiac electrocardiography Rounds to
electrophysiology and Core fellows
Monthly Journal Club on cardiac electrophysiology topics
to electrophysiology and Core fellows
Supervisory role daily in electrophysiology laboratories,
during daily ward rounds and once a week in Outpatient
office
Cardiac care Unit rounds including didactic session on
cardiac electrocardiography
Cardiology Fellows Supervisory role during cardiology
weekly continuity Clinics
Internal medicine residents and cardiology fellows Mentor,
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manuscript writing as well as presentation in national and
international meetings.
Bimonthly teaching rounds for the Electrophysiology
Laboratory technologist and nursing staff, geared toward
new innovations and Diagnosis and Therapy in preparation
for RCES and CEPS Examinations
HONORS, ACHIEVEMENTS & INTERVIEWS:
May 2016 Will be enlisted in the New York Times Magazine, Annual
New York SUPER DOCTORS for year 2016
March 2016 Elected presented to the American Egyptian Medical
Society (EAMS) for the term 2016-2018
May 2015 Enlisted in the New York Times Magazine, Annual New
York SUPER DOCTORS for year 2015
October 2014 Enlisted in the New York Times Magazine Annual New
York SUPER DOCTORS Rising Stars for year 2014
June 2014 Named to the Stereotaxis CENTURY club, which
recognizes the top robotic ablation experts in the nation
May 2014 Commencement as a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society;
F.H.R.S.
The HRS Scientific Session, San Francisco, CA, 2014
June 2013 Enlisted in the International Association of Cardiologists
(IAC)
May 2013 Selected to be enlisted in the New York Times Magazine
Annual New York SUPER DOCTORS Rising Stars for year
2013
May 2012 Chosen exclusively by Boston Scientific to implant the first
innovative INGENIO®
pacemaker, utilizing Minute
Ventilation Sensor for Chronotropic Incompetence in the
East Coast, second in the US, on May 8th
, 2012
March 2012 Commencement as a Fellow of the American College of
Cardiology, F.A.C.C
The ACC Scientific Session, Chicago, Illinois, 2012

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June 2009 Winner of the 10th
Annual Joan Barber Memorial Research
Award The New York Echo Society Meeting, June 2009.
May 2009 Winner of the Jay N. Cohn New Investigator Clinical and
Integrative Physiology Award.
The 13th
Annual Scientific Meeting of the HFSA, Boston
2009
May 2009 Winner of the Best Poster - Hypothesis Driven
Retrospective Research.
The 3rd
Annual SL/RHC Research Fair St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital Center, NY, April 2009
December 2004 Founder & Editor ACAP websites;
www.NYCardiologyPathways.Org &
www.NYArrhythmia.Org
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
May 2003 Top teaching Student Award, by APEP class 2004.
New York Collage of Osteopathic Medicine, NY
May, 2002 Excellence of Community Outreach Award
New York Collage of Osteopathic Medicine, NY
November 2000 Employee Recognition Award
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
September 1994 Academic Excellence Award
St. Joseph’s Hospital Center, Paterson NJ
June 1985 Honors in Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology Departments
Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt
May 1981 National Merit Scholarship for Graduate Education
Alexandria, Egypt
May 1981 State First rank in State Higher Secondary Examination
Alexandria, Egypt
EDITORIAL BOARD & ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR PEER-REVIEW JOURNALS:
Translational Medicine-Current Research – Editorial Board Member, 2011
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases – Editorial Board Member, 2011
International Journal of Clinical Medicine – Editorial Board Member, 2011

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European Journal of Medical Research – Associate Editor, 2012
REVIEWER FOR PEER-REVIEW JOURNALS:
Archives Of Physiology And Biochemistry – Reviewer since 2014
Journal for Healthcare Quality – Reviewer since 2012
Journal of Cardiac Failure– Reviewer since 2012
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association – Reviewer since 2012
Chronicles of Young Scientists – Reviewer since 2011
Journal of American Osteopathic Association – Reviewer since 2011
International Journal of Cardiology – Reviewer since 2010
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology – Reviewer since 2010
Journal of Medical Case Reports – Reviewer since 2009
American Journal of Cardiology – Reviewer since 2009
American Heart Journal – Reviewer since 2008
Journal of Critical Pathways in Cardiology – Reviewer since 2007
Progress in Cardiovascular Disease – Reviewer since 2007
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS COMMITTEE, CHAIR, ASSOCIATE FACULTY & DIRECTORSHIP:
October 2007 Multi-Disciplinary Pathways For ACS Management in the Big
Apple 2007.
September 2009 ESCAPE 2009 Symposium: Novel Pathway for low Ejection
fraction and Sudden Cardiac death Awareness and Prevention
Eligibility.
March 2012 2nd
Annual Chilling in Manhattan, Voice of Survivors Program;
Focus on Women.
April 2012 2nd
Annual ESCAPE Sudden Cardiac Death Awareness
Symposium, The GAP in Identifying SCD Patients; the Role of the
ACAP Program.
September, 2012 Target Meeting’s, The 2nd
World Cardiovascular, Diabetes, and
Obesity Webinar Conference.
February, 2013 Chair and Associate Faculty, Cardio Egypt 2013, Cairo, Egypt
March, 2013 Associate Faculty, Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT)
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April 2013 Committee Chair and Faculty, 3rd
International Conference on
Clinical & Experimental Cardiology, the OMICS Group, Chicago,
2013
September, 2013 Associate Faculty, Biotronik International Fellows Meeting,
Chicago, 2013
March, 2014 Associate Faculty, Sorin Advisory Board Meeting, New York,
2014
November, 2014 Associate Faculty, Miracle on the Hudson Meeting, New York,
2014
June, 2015 Course Director and Associate Faculty, EP Attending Boot Camp:
Managing Patients on Your Own, New York, 2015
September, 2015 Course Director and Associate Faculty, Intro to Electrophysiology:
ICD Therapy: Indications, Actual Cases and Programming, New
York, 2015
February, 2016 Associate Faculty, Biotronik International Fellows Meeting,
Lecture and Wet Lab, Philadelphia, 2016
March, 2016 Course Director and Associate Faculty, Intro to Electrophysiology:
New Horizon’s in Heart failure Therapy 2016, New York, 2016
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Original, Peer Reviewed Articles:
1. Eyal Herzog, Emad Aziz, Sherryl Croitor, Olivier Frankenberger, Rajan Gurunathan,
Jeannie Albu, Nicholas Mezitis. Pathway for the management of Hyperglycemia in
Critical Care Units. Crit Pathways in Cardiol. 5(2):114-120, June 2006.
2. Eyal Herzog, Emad Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Avi Fischer, Jonathan S. Steinberg.
Translation of the RACE pathway for management of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter
into admission notes. Crit Pathways in Cardiol. 5(1): 15-17, March 2006.
3. Eyal Herzog, Emad Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Alan Rozanski, Marrick Kukin. Translation
of Critical Pathways for Acute Coronary Syndrome and for Acute Heart Failure into
Admission Forms and Discharge Planning. Crit Pathways in Cardiol. 4(2):59-63, June
2005
4. Delia Cotiga, Aysha Arshad, Emad Aziz, Sandeep Joshi, Tina Sichrovsky, Jonathan S.
Steinberg. Acute Conversion of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation during Dofetilide Initiation.
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology 2007; 30:1527–1530.
5. Eyal Herzog, Olivier Frankenberger, Emad Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Sandhya Balaram, E.
John Nasrallah, Stanley Cortell, and Franz H. Messerli, A Novel Pathway for the

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Management of Hypertension for Hospitalized Patients. Crit Pathways in Cardiol
6(4):150-160, December 2007.
6. Ganesh Kamath, Delia Cotiga, Jayanthi Koneru, Aysha Arshad, Walter Pierce, Emad F.
Aziz, Anisha Mandava, Suneet Mittal, Jonathan S. Steinberg. The utility of 12-lead
Holter monitoring in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation for the identification of
nonresponders after cardiac resynchronization therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2009;
53:1050-1055
7. Eyal Herzog, Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Suneet Mittal. Novel
ESCAPE Pathway for Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention. Crit Pathways in Cardiol
2009;8: 1–6
8. Emad F. Aziz, Sandeep Pulimi, Clenton Coleman, Dan Musat, Eyal Herzog, David L.
Coven, Mun K. Hong. Increased Vascular Access Complications in Patients with Renal
Dysfunction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Procedures Using Arteriotomy Closure
Devices. J Invasive Cardiol 2010;22:8–13
9. Eyal Herzog, Janet Shapiro, Emad F Aziz, Ji Chong, Mun K Hong, Dan Weiner, Richard
Lee, Gregory Janis, Yevgeny Azrieli, Barbara Velasquez, Leonida Lacdao, Suneet Mittal.
Pathway for the Management of Survivors of Out of the Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Crit
Pathways in Cardiol 2010;June(2)9:49-54
10. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Girish N Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Narender
Annapureddya, Alexandre Benjoa, Eyal Herzog. The Association of The Friesinger Score
and Pulse Pressure in an Urban South Asian Patient Population: Pulse Pressure an
Independent Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2010 May -
June;4(3):142-147.
11. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Carlos L. Alviar, Amjad Nader, Dan Musat, Ajay Shah,
Farooq A. Chaudhry, Eyal Herzog. Right Ventricular Dysfunction is a Strong Predictor
of Developing Atrial Fibrillation in Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure Patients,
ACAP-HF Data Analysis. J Cardiac Fail October 2010. Vol. 16, Issue 10, Pages 827-
834
12. Fahad Javed, Shahzeb A Khan, Emad F Aziz, Taimur Abbasi, Ramya Suryadevara and
Eyal Herzog. Unusual towering elevation of Troponin I after ST-Elevation Myocardial
Infarction and intensive monitoring with echocardiography post-percutaneous Coronary
Intervention. J Med Case Reports. 2010 May 18;4(1):137.
13. Dan Musat, Emad F. Aziz, Jayanthi Koneru, Ganesh Kamath, Aysha Arshad, Suneet
Mittal, Jonathan S. Steinberg. Computational Method to Predict Esophageal Temperature
Elevations during Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2010 Jun 10
14. Jessica Lai-Ling, Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Electrocardiogram for Hiccups? Am J
Med (e-Pub ahead of printing) 2010 Nov.06.025
15. Emad F. Aziz, Fahad Javed, Balaji Pratap, Eyal Herzog. Strategies for the Prevention
and Treatment of Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Review. Open Access Emergency Medicine
2010:2 99–114

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16. Fahad Javed, Emad F. Aziz, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal, Girish Nadkarni, Shahzeb A
Khan, Alexandre M Benjo, Eyal Herzog, Franz H. Messerli. Association of Body Mass
Index and Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in the Elderly African-American Females.
Obesity, 2010 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print].
17. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Fahad Javed, Balaji Pratap, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal,
Deborah Tormey, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Early Administration of
Nitroglycerin in Addition to Diuretic Improve Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney
Disease Presenting With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, a Two Year Follow-Up.
Hospital Practice (Minneap). 2011 Feb;39(1):126-32
18. Fahad Javed, Girish N Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Manpreet S. Sabharwal, N
Annapureddy, Alexander Benjo, Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. The associations of the
Friesinger score and estimated glomerular filtration rate in an urban South Asian patient
population. Clin Nephrol. 2011 Apr;75(4):356-61.
19. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Maria E. De Benedetti Zunino, Fahad Javed, Deborah
Tormey, Olivier Frankenberger, Mun K. Hong, Eyal Herzog. Success in Implementing a
Hospital Wide Evidence-Based Clinical Pathways System for the Management of
Cardiac Patients; the ACAP Program Experience. Crit Pathways in Cardiol 10(1):22-28,
March 2011.
20. Emad F. Aziz, Carlos L. Alviar, Eyal Herzog, Juan Pablo Cordova, Joseph H.
Bastawrose, Chaithanya k Pamidimukala, Andre Tojino, Terrence S. Park, Dan Musat,
Marrick Kukin. Continuous Infusion of Furosemide Combined with Low Dose Dopamine
Compared to Intermittent Boluses in Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure is Less
Nephrotoxic and Carries a Lower Readmission at 30-days. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2011 May-
Jun;52(3):227-35.
21. Emad F Aziz, Fahad Javed, Balaji Pratap, Joseph H. Bastawrose, Andre Tojino,
Chaithanya k Pamidimukala, Terrence S. Park, Sandeep Pulimi, Eyal Herzog, and
Marrick L. Kukin. Malnutrition as Assessed by Nutritional Risk Index is Associated with
Worse Outcome in Patients Admitted with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. ACAP-
HF Data Analysis. Heart Int. 2011;6(1):e2. Epub 2011 Jun 15.
22. Fahad Javed, Alexandre M Benjo, Manpreet S Sabharwal, Kiran Reddy, Girish Nadkarni,
Emad Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Dexmedetomidine use in the setting of cocaine induced
hypertensive emergency and aortic dissection. A novel indication. (Published online
ahead of print) Case Reports in Medicine, June, 2011.
23. Emad F. Aziz, Sandeep Pulimi, Balaji Pratap, Fahad Javed, Maria E. De Benedetti
Zunino, Deborah Tormey, Mun K. Hong, Eyal Herzog. Implementing a Pathway for the
Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome leads to Improved Compliance with
Guidelines and a Decrease in Angina Symptoms. J Healthc Qual. 2011 Jun 2. doi:
10.1111/j.1945-1474.2011 [Epub ahead of print]
24. Edgar Argulian, Dan G. Halpern, Emad F. Aziz, Seth Uretsky, Farooq Chaudhry, Eyal
Herzog. Novel 'CHASER' Pathway for the Management of Pericardial Disease. Crit
Pathways in Cardiol, Volume 10 - Issue 2 - pp 57-63, June 2011

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25. Eyal Herzog, Emad F Aziz, Janet Shapiro. Integrating Voices of Survivors into the
System of Care Post-Cardiac Arrest. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2011 Jun;10(2):113-4.
26. Emad F. Aziz, Carlos L. Alviar, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog. Triple Vessel Coronary
Artery Disease Presenting as a Positive Electrocardiographic Stress Test and a Negative
SPECT Nuclear Scan: An Unusual Case of Balanced Ischemia. Heart Int. 2011 Sep
29;6(2):e22. Epub 2011 Nov 18.
27. Emad F Aziz, Aleksandr Korniyenko, Balaji Pratap, Juan Pablo Cordova, Carlos L.
Alviar, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog. Mild Hyperkalemia and low eGFR, a Tedious Recipe
for Cardiac Disaster in the Elderly; an Unusual Reversible Cause of Syncope and heart
Block. Heart Int. 2011;6(2):e12. Epub 2011 Oct 26.
28. Dan G Halpern, Edgar Argulian, Alexandros Briasoulis, Farooq Chaudhry, Emad F.
Aziz, Eyal Herzog. A Novel Pericardial Effusion Scoring Index to Guide Decision for
Drainage. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2011 Jun;10(2):57-63.
29. Fahad Javed, Shahzeb A Khan, Emad F Aziz, Muhammad Shoaib Akram, Girish N
Nadkarni, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal, Zurish Ahmad, Alexandre M. Benjo, Eyal Herzog,
Eric Ayers. Association of Hypertension and Bone Mineral Density in Elderly African
American Female Population. J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Mar-Apr;104(3-4):172-8.
30. Emad F Aziz, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog. Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Prognosis
in Acute Heart Failure. Invited Article for the Decompensated Heart Failure section of
Volume 8, Issue 3, of Current Heart Failure Reports, 2011.
31. Eyal Herzog, Jacqueline Tamis, Emad F. Aziz, Janet Shapiro. A novel program focused
on women survivors who were enrolled in a cardiac arrest pathway. Crit Pathw Cardiol.
2013 Mar;12(1):28-30.
32. Edgar Argulian, Franz Messerli, Emad F. Aziz, Glenda Winson, Vikram Agarwal, Firas
Kaddaha, Bette Kim Mark Sherrid. Antihypertensive Therapy in Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy American Journal of Cardiology. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Jan 19. pii:
S0002-9149(12)02570-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.12.026. [Epub ahead of print]
33. Edgar Argulian, Eric Bader, Patricia Chavez, Emad F Aziz. Irregular Supraventricular
Tachycardia. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Nov 25;173(21):2001-3
34. Benjo A, El-Hayek GE, Messerli F, Dinicolantonio JJ, Hong MK, Aziz EF, Herzog E,
Tamis-Holland JE. High dose statin loading prior to percutaneous coronary intervention
decreases cardiovascular events: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Nov 23. doi: 10.1002/ccd.25302. [Epub ahead of print]
35. Garcia DC, Benjo A, Cardoso RN, Macedo FY, Chavez P, Aziz EF, Herzog E, Alam M,
de Marchena E. Device stratified comparison among transfemoral, transapical and
transubclavian access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): A meta-
analysis. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Mar 15;172(2):e318-21
36. Benjo AM, Garcia DC, Jenkins JS, Cardoso RM, Molina TP, El-Hayek GE, Nadkarni
GN, Aziz E F, Dinicolantonio JJ, Collins T. Cilostazol increases patency and reduces
adverse outcomes in percutaneous femoropopliteal revascularisation: a meta-analysis of
randomised controlled trials. Open Heart. 2014 Nov 4;1(1)

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37. Anna Koulova, Zack Hillel, Emad F. Aziz. Unusual Pulmonary Vein Isolation Ablation
Complication Due to Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Facilitated by a Three-Dimensional
Computed Tomogram. The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm management.
February 2015 - Volume 6 Number 2.
38. Benjo A, Cardoso RN, Collins T, Garcia D, Macedo FY, El-Hayek G, Nadkarni G, Aziz
E F, Jenkins JS. Vascular brachytherapy versus drug-eluting stents in the treatment of in-
stent restenosis: A meta-analysis of long-term outcomes. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.
2015 May 11
39. Patricia Chavez, Franz H Messerli, Abel Casso Dominguez, Emad F Aziz, Tina
Sichrovsky, Daniel Garcia, Connor D Barrett, Stephan Danik. Atrioesophageal fistula
following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Systemic Review of Case reports. Open
Heart. 2015 Sep 10;2(1):e000257.
Articles Submitted & Invited Publications for Review:
1. Emad F Aziz, Alexandre Benjo, Daniel Garcia, Shashi Kumar, Wallacy Garcia,
Francisco YB Macedo, Cezar Benjo, Eyal Herzog. Post-operative Biatrial Pacing
Consistently Decreases Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized-controlled
Trial Meta-analysis. Invited Publication in the Surgical Supplement to Circulation, 2014
2. Emad F. Aziz, Fahad Javed, Bani M Azari, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap,
and Eyal Herzog. A Major Gap Still Exists in Applying Published Guidelines for primary
Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death and Underutilization of Device Implantation; An
ESCAPE Database Analysis. Submitted to the Journal of American College of
Cardiology.
3. Emad F Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Chaithanya K Pamidimukala, Terence Park, Sadia Qadir,
Haitem Muafa, Pughal Gnanaprakasam, Rashmi Reddy, Urvi Pai, Eyal Herzog. Long
Term Outcomes of Atrial Fibrillation Therapies According to a Standardized
Management Pathway; an ACAP-RACE Registry Analysis. Submitted to Hospital
Medicine.
4. Alexandre M. Benjo, Shashi Kumar, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog, Orlando Santana, Emad
F. Aziz. Omega 3 supplementation decreases atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery patients:
a randomized-controlled trial meta-analysis. Submitted to International Journal of
Cardiology for Review.
5. Emad F. Aziz, Carlos L. Alviar, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Fahad Javed, Catalin Florita,
Sandeep Pulimi, Dan Musat, Juan Pablo Cordova, Hyun Kyung Rhee, David L. Coven,
Eyal Herzog, and Mun K. Hong. Arteriotomy Closure Complications in Diabetic Patients
Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization: Role of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Decreasing
Infection Risk. Submitted to American Journal of Cardiology for Review.
6. Emad F. Aziz, Luca Nai Fovino, Boyang Liu, Fahad Javed, Balaji Pratap, Eyal Herzog,
Marrick Kukin. Implementation of Novel Pathways for management of Acute
Decompensated Heart Failure Improves Guidelines Adherence Along With Decreases in
Mortality and Readmission: a Four Years ACAP-HF Analysis. Submitted to International
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7. Balaji Pratap, Eyal Herzog, Emad F. Aziz. Atrial Fibrillation in Peri-Myocardial
Infarction: What we need to know. Invitation paper from the JAFP Journal 2012.
8. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Terrence Park, Andre
Tojino, Joseph H. Bastawrose, Eyal Herzog. Octogenarians with Atrial Fibrillation Carry
a Higher Risk of Mortality and Stroke with Decreased Utilization of Anticoagulation, an
ACAP-RACE Analysis. Submitted to International Journal of Cardiology for Review.
9. Emad F. Aziz, Boyang Liu, Luca Nai Fovino, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Joseph H.
Bastawrose1, Terrence Park, Andre Tojino, Balaji Pratap, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog.
Women with Atrial Fibrillation Carries a Higher Risk of Stroke and all-Cause Mortality,
An ACAP-RACE Analysis. Submitted to International Journal of Cardiology for Review.
10. Emad F. Aziz, Fahad Javed, Juan Pablo Cordova, Balaji Pratap, Marrick Kukkin, David
Newmann, Eyal Herzog. Heart Failure Patients Admitted with Elevated Cardiac Troponin
Post Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Firing Carry the Highest Mortality Rates.
Submitted to Journal of Cardiac Failure for Review.
11. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, David Newman, Ashraf Fawzy, Eyal Herzog. Long Term
Prognosis for 2000 Patients Admitted with Syncope Using a Novel Pathway for
Management of Syncope in a Tertiary Care Center. Submitted to Journal of American
College of Cardiology for Review.
12. Emad F. Aziz, Jonathan Kahan, Balaji Pratap, Eyal Herzog, Donald K. Kotler.
Characteristics of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with HIV on HAART. Submitted
to International Journal of Cardiology for Review.
13. Daniel C. Garcia, Francisco Yuri B. Mercado, Alexandre M. Benjo, Emad F. Aziz,
Eduardo De Marchena. Catheter Based Renal Sympathetic Denervation for Resistant
Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trials Meta-Analysis. Submitted to
International Journal of Cardiology for Review.
14. Nadine Montemarano, Emad F. Aziz. Hybrid Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation. Cardiology
Research and Practice Journal 2013
15. Emad F Aziz, Balaji Pratap. Perimyocardial infarction atrial Fibrillation. Journal of
Atrial Fibrillation 2013
Presented & Published Abstracts:
1. Saihari Sadanandan, Jacqueline Tamis, Jackerpan Chaipromprasit, Emad Aziz, James
Slater. Clinical and angiographic predictors of CPK-MB release following coronary Stent
implantation. JACC 35:4A, 2000.
2. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Shadi Abdelnour, Bobocea Manuela Andreea Elena, Devi
Gopinath, Dan Musat, Ajay Shah, Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry.
Comparison of 85% Of Age-predicted Maximum Heart Rate, Heart Rate Reserve and
Rate Pressure Product for Risk Stratification and Prognosis in Diabetics: A Dobutamine
Stress Echocardiography Study. Circulation 2005;112(17):3354
3. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Ajay Shah, Shruthi Shah, Donna MacMillan, Siu-Sun
Yao, James Wilentz, Farooq A Chaudhry. Wall Motion Score by Stress

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Echocardiography is Superior to Angiographic Jeopardy Score for Risk Stratification and
Prognosis. J. Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 47(4):94A, 124A
4. Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Emad Aziz, Bilal Ayub, Sabrina Sawhney, Danny Pudpud,
Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Prognostic Implications of Right Ventricular Ischemia
in Patients Referred For Stress Echocardiography. Circulation 2005;112(17):3353
5. Emad Aziz, Dan Musat, Sripal Bangalore, Ashraf Fawzy, Deborah Tormey, Olivier
Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Risk Assessment and Stratification for future cardiac events
in patients admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome using a novel critical pathway and
its validation by Framingham Risk Score. J. Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 47(4):94A, 167A
6. Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Raffy Kahn, Ashraf Fawzy, Deborah
Tormey, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, James N. Slater. 10-year follow-up outcome of an
interventional revascularization strategy in patients with stable angina, using
conventional Bare-Metal Stent Angioplasty and/or Rotational Atherectomy. Presented at
CRT 2006 as a poster presentation.
7. Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Joseph Mathew, Stacy Vargel, Clenton
Coleman, Lance Weathers, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog,. Impact of a Novel
Critical Pathway for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome leads to markedly
improved Compliance with Guidelines and decreased Angina Symptoms at 12-month
follow-up. J. Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47(4):268A-268A
8. Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Sripal Bangalore, Clenton Coleman, Deborah Tormey, Eyal
Herzog. The Impact of the Implementation of a Novel Critical Pathway for Management
of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome on House staff Education to improve
Compliance with National Guidelines. Presented at the AHA 7th Scientific Forum on
Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, March
2006.
9. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Xiaoqian Zhang, Naoi Imai, Sanobar Parkar, Ajay Shah,
Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Role of Diastolic Dysfunction as
Measured by Left Atrial Size in Patients Undergoing Stress Echocardiography. Accepted
at ASE 2006.
10. Sripal Bangalore, Gayathri Kamalakkannan, Emad Aziz, Raffay Khan, Devi Gopinath,
Catherine Weinberg, Omar Weaver Pinzon, Sabrina Sawhney, Nilo Ayuyao, Ajay Shah,
Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Prognostic Impact of Renal Function in Patients
Undergoing Stress Echocardiography. Accepted at ASE 2006
11. Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Gamal Hassanien, Afag Seidova, Franz
Messerli. Evaluation of the role of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in
complementing the standard treatment of prehypertension. Presented at ASH 21st
2006,
as a poster presentation.
12. Nicholas Mezitis, Emad Aziz, Sherryl Croitor, Dan Musat, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal
Herzog. Assessment and Validation of a Novel Critical Pathway for the Management of
Hyperglycemia in Cardiac Patients admitted to Coronary Care Units. Presented at the
42nd
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13. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Rabia Arshad, Ajay Shah, Ramya Smitha Suryadevara,
Naohiko Imai, Sanobar Parkar, Deborah Cantales, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry.
Stress Echocardiography can Risk Stratify and Prognosticate Patients With Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy. Circulation 2006;II-368:1859.
14. Delia Cotiga, Aysha Arshad, Emad Aziz, Walter Pierce, Jonathan S Steinberg. Don’t Be
Fooled by CRT Device Counters in Patients with AF: Common Presence of Ineffective
Biventricular Capture as Determined by Sophisticated Holter Monitoring. Circulation
2006;II-473:2314
15. Aysha Arshad, Dan Musat, Delia Cotiga, Emad Aziz, Omar Wever- Pinzon, Farooq
Chaudhry, Jonathan S Steinberg. Comparison of Intracardiac Ultrasound of Pulmonary
Vein Flow with Transthoracic Echocardiogram for Diastolic Dysfunction Diagnosis.
Accepted as poster in AHA 2006.
16. Delia Cotiga, Raffay Khan, Emad Aziz, Arti Shah, Tina Sichrovsky, Walter Pierce,
Aysha Arshad, Suneet Mittal, Jonathan S. Steinberg. Correlation of Clinical Response to
Innefective Biventricular Capture as Determined by 12-lead Holter in Patients with Heart
Failure and Atrial Fibrillation. Submitted to ACC 2007
17. Emad F. Aziz, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Zlata Platzman,
Deborah Tormey, Ashraf Fawzy, Galen Leung, Eyal Herzog, David L. Coven, Mun K.
Hong. Role of Renal Function in Vascular Access Complication Rates in Patients
Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Procedures using Arteriotomy Closure Devices. . J.
Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49(9):1B, 9.3-212-6B
18. Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Delia Cotiga, Sripal Bangalore, Joseph Mathew, David
Djebali, Jorge Silva, Ashraf Fawzy, Eyal Herzog, Aysha Arshad, Jonathan Steinberg.
Complication Rate Following Device Implantation in Patients with Impaired Renal
Function. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 49: 1A-41A
19. Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Zlata Platzman, Dan Musat, Deborah Tormey, Galen
Leung, Ashraf Fawzy, Sari Weissbard, Eyal Herzog, David L. Coven, Jacqueline Tamis-
Holland, Mun K. Hong. Admission Glucose Levels is the Culprit in Vascular Access
Complications in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Transfemoral Coronary Procedures.
Presented at SCAI Meeting 2007.
20. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Ajay Shah, Seth Uretsky, Jorge Silva, Sanobar Parkar,
Sabrina Sawhney, Donna MacMillan Marotti, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A. Chaudhry.
Obesity Paradox in Risk Stratification and Prognosis of Patients Undergoing Stress
Echocardiography. J. Am Coll cardiol 2007;49(9):163A-164A,.
21. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Jorge Silva, Sabrina Sawhney, Ajay Shah, Ramya Smitha
Suryadevara, Shruthi Pranesh, Danny Pudpud, Naohiko Imai, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A.
Chaudhry. Prognostic Gender Differences during Stress Echocardiography. J. Am Coll
cardiol 2007;49(9):149A-149A.
22. Dan Musat, Aysha Arshad, Delia Cotiga, Emad Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Tina Sichrovsky
Jonathan Steinberg. Monitoring of Esophageal Temperature during Pulmonary Vein
Isolation: New Computational Method for Assessment of Proximity of Ablation Site to
Esophagus. J. Am Coll cardiol 2007;49(9):17A-17A.

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23. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Jorge Silva, Sabrina Sawhney, Ajay Shah, R Suryadevara,
Danny Pudpud, Nylo Imai, Siu-Sun Yao, Farouk A. Chaudhry, Preload lnclependence of
diastolic torsional dynamics evaluated by two-dimensional ultrasound speckle tracking
imaging. J. Am Coll cardiol 2007;49(9):149A-149A
24. Sripal Bangalore, Sandeep Joshi, Farbod Raiszadeh, Shruthi Pranesh, Chris Cianci,
Emad Aziz, Sanobar Parkar, Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry.
Prognostic Implications of Concentric versus Eccentric Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in
Patients Undergoing Stress Echocardiography. Accepted as a Poster presentation at ASE
2007.
25. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Seth Uretsky, Sanobar Parkar, Chris Cianci, Sabrina
Sawhney, Donna MacMillan Marotti, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Risk
Stratification and Prognosis of High Risk Females Undergoing Stress Echocardiography.
Accepted as a Poster presentation at ASE 2007.
26. Joseph Mathew, Ravi Singh, Emad Aziz. Unusual Presentation of Acute Coronary
Syndrome in an HIV patient. Case Report submitted to the ACP 2007
27. Maria C Mirant-Borde, Lance Weathers, Jayanthi Koneru, Luis Chug, Pedro Rivera,
Emad Aziz, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland. Heart Disease Awareness in Women from an
Urban Community is lower than you think. Submitted to AHA 2007
28. Eyal Herzog, Sripal Bangalore, Donna MacMillan Marotti, Emad Aziz, Wallacy Garcia,
Ajay Shah, Sandeep Joshi, Wanda Castillo, Debbie Kim, Farooq Chaudhry. Feasibility
Trial of an Ultra-Portable Handheld Ultrasound: Are we ready for an “Echo
Stethoscope”? Submitted to AHA 2007
29. Dan Musat, Jorge Silva, Emad Aziz, Donna MacMillian, Danny Pudpud, Aysha Arshad,
Suneet Mittal, Farooq A. Chaudhry, Jonathan S. Steinberg. Atrial Strain Imaging of
Pulmonary Veins in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation, Oct 2007; 116: II_570
30. Emad Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, David Djebali, Wallcey
Garcia, Jaime Upequi, Deborah Tormey, Steve Lee, Geena Varghese, Olivier
Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Early Administration of Nitroglycerin in addition to
Diuretics Improve Mortality at 12 Month in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Treated for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Accepted as a Poster Abstract in
Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) Congress Meeting, April 2008.
31. Emad Aziz, Raffy Khan, Sripal Bangalore, Afag Seidova, Dan Musat, Deborah Tormey,
Olivier Frankenberger, Nicholas Mezitis, Eyal Herzog. A Novel Pathway for the
Management of Hyperglycemia Facilitates a Rapid Intensive Glycemic Control in
Critical Care Patients Without Causing any Hypoglycemic Episodes. Circulation, Oct
2007; 116: II_850.
32. Dan Musat, Emad Aziz, Rimvida Obeleniene, Sripal Bangalore, Glenda, Winson, Vilma
Castandena, Claudia Musat, Farooq Chaudhry, Mark Sherrid. Impact of Acute Response
of Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy to Oral Disopyramide and Correlate of
Response. J Am Coll Cardiol 51 (10): A35. 1016-40
33. Emad F. Aziz, Catalin Florita, Sandeep Pulimi, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Hyun
Kyung Rhee, Maged A. Hana, Deborah Tormey, Steven Lee, Eyal Herzog, David Coven,

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Tariqshah Syed, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Mun K. Hong. Antibiotic Prophylaxis in
Diabetic Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization and Treated with Closure Devices
Dramatically Decreases Infection Risk. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 11, 2008; 51: B23 -
B98.
34. Emad F. Aziz, Olivier Frankenberger, Natalie Slowik, Sunil Kumar, Dan Musat,
Deborah Tormey, Steven Lee, Costantine Albany, Isabele Krupska, Alexander Ritter,
Evan Schneidmesser, Saurabh Verma, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Eyal Herzog. Hispanic
patients with an Intermediate TIMI Risk Score Carry the Worst Outcome When
Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome; a Local Experience from a Novel Pathway!
Accepted as a Poster Abstract in Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) Congress
Meeting, April 2008.
35. Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog, David Djebali, Olga Kuteyeva, Dan Musat, Deborah
Tormey, Steven Lee, Alexander Ritter, Evan Scheidmessar, Olivier Frankenberger,
Marrick Kukin. Early Diuretic Administration Combined With Admission B-Natriuretic
Peptide Level are the Strongest Predictors of Readmission at 30 Days in Patients Treated
for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Using a Novel Pathway. J Am Coll Cardiol 51
(10): A35 1016-8
36. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Sripal Bangalore, Jules Aljammal, Bhatia Vivek, Jaime
Upegui, Dan Musat, Steven Lee, Aaron Zigelbaum, Amanda Schneider, Anish Shah,
Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Early Administration of Nitroglycerin in Addition to
Diuretic Improve Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Presenting With
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, a Two Year Follow-Up. J Am Coll Cardiol 51 (10):
A35 1016-1
37. Sripal Bangalore, Jorge Silva, Olga Kristof-Kuteyeva, Ganesh Kamath, Emad Aziz,
Sandeep Joshi, Shruthi Pranesh, Rajeev Joshi, Chris Cianci, Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun
Yao, Farooq A. Chaudhry. Risk Stratification and Prognosis of Hispanic Patients with
Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Stress Echocardiography. J.
Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 11, 2008; 51: A98 - A177.
38. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Natalie Slowik, Shruthi Pranesh, Gangadhara Kabli, Sunil
Kumar, Olga Kristof-Kuteyeva, Sandeep Joshi, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A. Chaudhry. Risk
Stratification and Prognosis of Obese Patients Unable to Exercise Referred for Stress
Testing: Incremental Value of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography. J. Am. Coll.
Cardiol., March 11, 2008; 51: A98 - A178.
39. Ganesh S. Kamath, Delia Cotiga, Aysha Arshad, Emad F. Aziz, Anisha Mandava,
Suneet Mittal, and Jonathan S. Steinberg. 12-Lead Holter Monitoring Identifies Non-
Responders Following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Atrial
Fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 53(12):1050-5, 2009 Mar 24.
40. Ganesh S. Kamath, Delia Cotiga, Dan Musat, Gangadhara Kabbli, Jorge Silva Enciso,
Emad F. Aziz, Aslam Khan, Daniel Marrero, Suneet Mittal and Jonathan S. Steinberg. Is
There Any Value in Initiating Dofetilide After Sotalol Has Failed to Control Atrial
Fibrillation? Heart Rhythm Vol 6, No.5 May Supplement 2009 S140.

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41. Ganesh S. Kamath, Gangadhara Kabbli, Jorge Silva Enciso, Emad F. Aziz, Delia Cotiga,
Dan Musat, Mark V. Sherrid, and Jonathan S. Steinberg. Safety and Efficacy of
Dofitalide for Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Heart Rhythm. May 2008, Vol. 5, n.5, pp. S154
42. Ajay Shah, Rawa Sarji, Rajeev Joshi, Emad F. Aziz, Sunil Joshi, Danny Pudpud,
Sandhya Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, Farooq Chaudhry. Long Term Comparison of
Robotic Epicardial versus Endovascular Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Heart
failure Hospitalization and Death. Circulation. 2008;118:S-1031-S1032
43. Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Sandeep Pulimi, Amjad Nader, Lauren Rosenberg, Deborah
Tormey, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal, Raja Singh, Anshu Alok, Olivier Frankenberger,
Eyal Herzog. Implementation of a Novel pathway for Management of Acute Coronary
Syndrome Improves Guidelines Adherence and Remarkably Decrease Mortality and
Readmission Rates at Four Years Follow up. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 10, 2009; 53:
A367 - A402
44. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Ajay Shah, Amjad Nader, Sahil Jaiswal, Hari Om
Sharma, Balaji Pratrap, Sandeep Pulimi, Anshu Alok, Deborah Tormey, Steven Lee,
Ritter Alexander, Suzanne Karl, Eyal Herzog. 25% Decrease in Admission B-type
Natriuretic Peptide within 24 hours, Predicts The Most Favorable Outcome in Acutely
Decompensated Heart Failure patients. Accepted as a Poster Abstract in Society of Chest
Pain Centers (SCPC) Congress Meeting, May 2009.
45. Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Amjad Nader, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal, Dan Musat, Ajay
Shah, Rishi Malhan, Divyajot Sandhu, Raja Singh, Sahil Jaiswal, Deborah Tormey,
Suzanne Karl, Amanda Schneider, Marrick Kukin. Continuous Infusion of Furosemide
combined with Low Dose Dopamine Compared to Intermittent Boluses in acutely
Decompensated Heart Failure Patients is Less Nephrotoxic and Carries a Lower
Readmission at 30-days. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 10, 2009; 53: A144 - A197
46. Emad Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Amjad Nader, Hari Om Sharma, Sandeep Pulimi, Manpreet
Singh, Suchita Mishra, Deborah Tormey, Mina Botross, Marrick Kukin. Malnutrition as
Assessed by Nutritional Risk Index is Associated with Worse Outcome in Patients
Admitted with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. J Card Fail. August 2009;15(6),
Supplement A: S4). Presented as an Oral Presentation to HFSA 2009 in Boston,
Nominated for the Jay N. Cohn New Investigator Clinical/Integrative Physiology Award.
47. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Amjad Nader, Ajay Shah, Anshu Alok, Omar Wever-
Pinzon, Maria Elena De Benedetti, Carlos Leon Alviar, Rishi Malhan, Rajan Garg,
Deborah Tormey, Raja Singh, Farooq A. Chaudhry, Eyal Herzog. Right Ventricular
Dysfunction is a Strong Predictor of developing Atrial Fibrillation in Acutely
Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure Patients. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 10, 2009;
53: A100 - A143
48. Emad F. Aziz, Suneet Mittal, Dan Musat, Juan Pablo Cordora, Balaji Pratarp, Nicolay
Hernandez, Sriram Chaowdary, Vipin Lohiya, Birju Shah, Kiran Kunar Kalal, Jonathan
S. Steinberg, Eyal Herzog. The Effect of Left Ventricular Dysfunction on Long-Term
Outcome in Patients Presenting with Unexplained Syncope. Submitted to AHA 2009.

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49. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Fahad Javed, Sandeep Pulimi, Balaji Pratarp, Amjad
Nader, Eyal Herzog. Implementation of a Novel pathway for Management of Acute
Decompensated Heart Failure Improves Guidelines Adherence and Remarkably Decrease
Mortality and Readmission Rates; a Four Years ACAP-HF Analysis. Circulation, Nov
2009; 120: S882.
50. Jorge Silva Enciso, Harikrishna Makani, Jorge Romero, Emad Aziz, Marrick Kukin,
Franz H Messerli. Do Statins have a role in the prevention of Heart Failure? J. Am. Coll.
Cardiol., 2010, 55; A56:1131-109
51. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Alexandre Benjo, Ramya Suryadevara, Iffat Shaheen, Carlos
Alviar, Jorge Romero, Eyal Herzog, Franz H Messerli. Lack of Effect of Thiazide
Diuretics on Bone Mineral Density in Hypertensive Elderly African American Women. J.
Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2010, 55; A56:1130-106
52. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Silva Enciso, Srinivas Bommireddipalli, Emad Aziz, Ameeta
Ahuja, Farooq A Chaudhry. Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Predicts Improvement
Of Left Ventricular Function In Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Induced
Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2009;120:S330).
53. Ajay Shah, Rajeev Joshi, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Ameeta Ahuja, Emad Aziz, Sandhya
Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, Farooq A Chaudhry. Response to Cardiac
Resynchronization Therapy improves Left Ventricular Filling Pressure. Circulation, Nov
2009; 120: S816.
54. Ajay Shah, Rajeev Joshi, Emad Aziz, Ameeta Ahuja, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Sandhya
Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, Farooq A Chaudhry. Pulmonary Vascular Resistance
predicts Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Circulation, Nov 2009; 120:
S815.
55. Ajay Shah, Rawa Sarji, Rajeev Joshi, Emad Aziz, Sunil Joshi, Danny Pudpud, Sandhya
Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, and Farooq A Chaudhry. Long Term Outcomes after
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Comparison of Robotic Epicardial versus
Endovascular Procedures. Circulation, Oct 2008; 118: S_1031 - S_1032
56. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Carlos L. Alviar, Sriram Chowdhry, Nischala Dhanekula,
Yoon K. Yang, Arvinder Cheema, Taruna Sharma, Vipin Lohiya, Jennifer L. Hou,
Jeannette Huaman, Asher Stein, Eyal Herzog. CHADS2 Score Greater Than Two Predicts
Higher Mortality At 4-years Follow-up in Patients Admitted with Atrial Fibrillation; An
ACAP-RACE Registry Analysis. Presented as a Poster at the QCOR, Washington 2010
57. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratarp, Carlos L. Alviar, Sandeep Pulimi, Nischala Dhanekula,
Yoon K. Yang, Venkat Rao, Ankit Garg, Arvinder Cheema, Taruna Sharma, Jennifer L.
Hou, Asher Stein, Eyal Herzog. Low Risk ACS Patients Admitted to Telemetry Floors
Carries Better Outcome than Those Admitted to Non-Telemetry Floors, an ACAP-ACS
Analysis. Presented as a Poster at the QCOR, Washington 2010
58. Emad F Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Dan Musat, Kiran K Kalal, Juan Pablo Cordova, Carlos L
Alviar, Nischala Dhanekula, Venkat Rao, Andre Tojino, Teresita O Aziz, Robin Knox,
Eyal Herzog. African-American Patients Presenting with Unexplained Syncope Have

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Significantly Worse 1-year Outcome When compared to Non-African Americans. Circ
Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 4:AP122,
59. Emad F Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Omar Wever-pinzon, Fahad Javed, Yoon K Yang, Kiran K
Kalal, Venkat Rao, Resmi Premji, Putun patel, Andre Tojino, Jeannette Huaman, Yosef
Chodakiewitz, Eyal Herzog. Comparison of the Utilization of Evidence-Based Therapies
and Clinical Outcomes between Teaching and Non-teaching Medical Services after the
Implementation of Novel Clinical Pathways for the Management of Cardiac Patients.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 4:AP121,
60. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Silva Enciso, Jorge Romero, Emad Aziz, Farooq A
Chaudhry. Inotropic Contactile Reserve can Risk Stratify and Prognosticate Patients with
HIV Cardiomyopathy: a Dobutamine Stress Echo Study. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2010, 55;
A96:1261-249.
61. Fahad Javed, Emad F. Aziz, Alexandre M. Benjo, Ramya Suryadevara, Carlos Alviar,
Jorge Romero, Iffat Shaheen, Eyal Herzog, Franz Messerli. Lack of effect of thiazide
diuretics on bone mineral density in hypertensive elderly african american women. J. Am.
Coll. Cardiol., March 2010 (Vol. 55, Issue 10, Supplement, Page A56.E530
62. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Silva Enciso, Emad Aziz, Jorge Romero, Deborah Cantales,
Farooq A Chaudhry. Role of Stress Echocardiography in Risk Stratification and
Prognosis of Patients with HIV. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2010, 55; A95:1260-242.
63. Daniel L. Musat, Naga V. Garikipati, Alexandre Benjo, Akshay Avula, Emad F. Aziz,
Sonali Mantoo, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Suneet Mittal. The Effect of Atrial Rhythm on the
QTc Interval: Implications for Dofetilide Dose Titration. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,
2010,55A2:1023-121
64. Shahzeb A Khan, Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Girish Nadkarni, Adnan Raufi, MD, Eyal
Herzog. Acquired Left Ventricular Hypertrabeculation/Noncompaction In Neuro-
sarcoidosis – A Rare but Complicated Association. Poster finalist at internal medicine
2010 in Toronto, Canada.
65. Fahad Javed, Girish N Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Narender Annapureddya, Alexandre
Benjoa, Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. The Association of the Friesinger Score and
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in an Urban South Asian Patient Population. Am J
Kidney Dis. 2010 Jun;55(4): Page B83 (April 2010)
66. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Girish N Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Rishi Malhan,
Alexandre Benjo, Eyal Herzog. The association of the Friesinger score and Pulse
Pressure in an urban South Asian Patient population: Pulse Pressure an independent
predictor of coronary artery disease. Journal of Clinical Hypertension Volume 12 Issue
s1, Pages A18 - A147
67. Fahad Javed, Girish N Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Narender Annapureddya, Alexandre
Benjoa, Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. The Association of the Friesinger Score and
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in an Urban South Asian Patient Population.
Accepted as a poster for presentation at 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM10) April
13th - 17th, 2010 Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Orlando, FL

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68. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Manpreet S Sabharwal, Girish Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan,
Alexandre M Benjo, Franz H Messerli, Eyal Herzog. Association of Body Mass Index
and Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in the Elderly African-American Females.
Circulation. 2010;122:A21452
69. Emad F. Aziz, Juan Pablo Cordova, Balaji Pratap, Manpreet S Sabharwal, Fahad Javed,
Carlos L Alviar, Dan Musat, Eyal Herzog. Heart Failure Patients Admitted with Elevated
Cardiac Troponin post implantable cardioverter-defibrillator Firing Carry the Highest
Mortality Rates. J Cardiac Fail August 2010 (Vol. 16, Issue 8, Supplement, Page S60).
70. Fahad Javed, Girish N Nadkarni, Emad F. Aziz, Alexandros Briasoulis, Narender
Annapureddy, Shahzeb A. Khan, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal, Nay Hyte, Eyal Herzog.
Low post-procedural estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) predicts higher rates
of restenosis in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for Peripheral Artery Disease
(PAD). Circulation. 2010;122:A21405
71. Aleksandr Korniyenko, Juan P. Cordova, Ronaldo Sevilla, Girish Nadkarni, Carlos L.
Alviar, Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Utility of ST-Segment Changes in Lead aVR To
Identify the Culprit Lesion in Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Updated Meta-analysis
On Sensitivity and Specificity. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2010;56;B105
72. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Romero, Jorge Silva Enciso, Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog.
Leukocyte Count Predicts Cardiovascular Events in Patients With HIV. Circulation, 23
November 2010; 122: A16323
73. Dan Musat, Suneet Mittal, Sean Morgan, Patricia Chavarria, Glenda Winson, Emad F
Aziz, Bette Kim, Jonathan S Steinberg, Mark V Sherrid. ICD in Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy: Outcome and Complications. Circulation, 23 November 2010; 122:
A19528
74. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Manpreet S Sabharwal, Girish Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan,
Alexandre M Benjo, Eyal Herzog, Franz H Messerli. Association between Body Mass
Index and Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in the Elderly African-American female
population. Circulation, 23 November 2010; 122: A21452
75. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Girish Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Alexandros Briasoulis,
Manpreet S Sabharwal, Carlos L Alviar, Nay Hyte, Eyal Herzog. Low post-procedural
estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate predicts higher rates of restenosis in patients
undergoing primary angioplasty for Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation, 23 November
2010; 122: A21405
76. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Fahed Javed, Carlos L. Alviar,
Kaylan K. Bandavaram, Sejal Mehta, Venkat R. Kakollu, R. Premji, Danielle Binler,
Donald Kotler, Eyal Herzog. Ziagen® (Abacavir) is Associated with Increase Event
Rates and Mortality in Patients with Suspected Cardiovascular Disease and HIV
Infection. Circulation, 23 November 2010; 122: A21178
77. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Terrence Park, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Praveen
Devineni, Andre Tojino, Sejal Mehta, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose, Shubha D. Bhat,
Yagnang K. Vyas, Eyal Herzog. Octogenarians with Atrial Fibrillation, Carry a Higher

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Risk of Death and Stroke with less use of Anticoagulation. An ACAP-RACE Analysis. J.
Am. Coll. Cardiol., April 5, 2011; 57: E1251.
78. Eyal Herzog, Janet Shapiro, Emad F. Aziz, Mun K. Hong, Dan Wiener, Suneet Mittal. A
Novel Pathway to Provide Therapeutic Hypothermia to Survivors of Out-of-Hospital
Cardiac Arrest Leads to a Remarkable 43% Survival with an Excellent Neurologic
Outcome in VT/VF but Failed to Improve Outcome for in Hospital Cardiac Arrest or
Patients with an Asystole or PEA. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., April 5, 2011; 57: E1001.
79. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Terrence Park, Balaji Pratap, Kalyan K.
Bandavaram, Andre Tojino, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose, Fahad Javed, Praveen Devineni,
Eyal Herzog. Women with Atrial Fibrillation are at a Higher Risk to Develop Stroke, an
ACAP-RACE Analysis. Presented as a Poster at the QCOR, Washington 2011.
80. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose,
Terrence Park, Joseph Kim, Claire Murphy, Joanna Verzosa, Nick David, and Eyal
Herzog. Do Emergency Room Physicians Correctly Identify Patients Presenting with
Unexplained Syncope who Warrant Hospitalization? Accepted as an Oral Presentation at
the International Academy of Cardiology 16th
World Congress on Heart Disease Annual
Scientific Session, Vancouver, B.C. Canada July 23-26, 2011.
81. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose,
Terrence Park, Steven Lee, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. A Simple Novel SELF-
Pathway Appropriately Identify High Risk Patients When Admitted with Unexplained
Syncope. Circulation. 2011; 124: A18006
82. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose,
Terrence Park, Steven Lee, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. A Novel SELF-Pathway for
Management of Patients Presenting with Unexplained-Syncope Appropriately Identify
High Risk Patients as Validated by the OESIL Risk Score. Circ Cardiovasc Qual
Outcomes. 5:A225, 2012
83. Emad F. Aziz, Terrence Park, Balaji Pratap, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Joseph H.
Bastawrose, Michael Hanna, Kultida Tangwongchai, Darcie Alwood, Chelsea
Rittenhouse, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. Implementation of a Novel RACE pathway
for Management of Atrial Fibrillation Improves Guidelines Adherence and Remarkably
Decrease Mortality and Readmission Rates; an ACAP-RACE Analysis. Presented as a
Poster at the QCOR, Atlanta 2012
84. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Steve Lee, Joseph H.
Bastawrose, Terrence Park, Michael Hanna, Kultida Tangwongchai, Darcie Alwood,
Chelsea Rittenhouse, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. Short and Long Term Outcomes of
Patients Admitted with Unexplained Syncope Using a Simple Novel SELF-Pathway.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 5:A52, 2012
85. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Joseph H. Bastawrose,
Terrence Park, Michael Hanna, Kultida Tangwongchai, Urvi Pai, Darcie Alwood,
Chelsea Rittenhouse, Akitto Ledda, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. A Major Gap Still
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Death and Underutilization of Device Implantation; An ESCAPE Database Analysis. J.
Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 27, 2012; 59: E701
86. Devindra Dabiesingh, Emad F Aziz. Digoxin in Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid
Ventricular Rate: Slow and Steady May Win the RACE. Accepted as a Poster
Presentation at the International Academy of Cardiology 16th World Congress on Heart
Disease Annual Scientific Session, Toronto, B.C. Canada July 27-30, 2012.
87. Emad F Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Chaithanya K Pamidimukala, Terence Park, Sadia Qadir,
Bani M Azari, Joseph Bastawrose, Haitem Muafa, Pughal Gnanaprakasam, Rashmi
Reddy, Urvi Pai, Vikram Sangani, Chelsea Rittenhouse, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog. Long
Term Outcome of Atrial Fibrillation Therapies; an ACAP-RACE Registry Analysis.
Accepted as an Oral Presentation at the International Academy of Cardiology 16th
World Congress on Heart Disease Annual Scientific Session, Toronto, B.C. Canada July
27-30, 2012.
88. Alexandre M. Benjo, Shashi Kumar, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog, Orlando Santana, Emad
F. Aziz. Omega-3 Supplementation Decreases Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgery
Patients: a Randomized-Controlled Trial Meta-Analysis. Submitted to American heart
Association, Los Angeles 2012.
89. Alexandre M. Benjo, Emad F. Aziz, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog, Nay, Todd Heimowitz,
Nirat Beohar, Tyrone Collins, Christopher White. Drug Eluting Stents are Superior to
Bare Metal Stents in Improving Patency and Rutherford classification and Decreasing In-
stent Restenosis and Target Lesion Revascularization in Patients with Severe Coronary
Artery Disease: a Randomized-Controlled Trial Meta-Analysis. Submitted to American
heart Association, Los Angeles 2012.
90. Alexandre M. Benjo, Francisco Y. Macedo, Francisco O. Nacimento, Emad F. Aziz,
Eyal Herzog, Fahad Javed, Todd Heimowitz, Nirat Beohar. Short Term Oral Sirolimus
Decreases In-stent Restenosis, Target Lesion and Vessel Revascularization and Late
Lumen Loss without Increasing the Incidence of Cancer: a Randomized-Controlled Trial
Meta-Analysis. Submitted to American heart Association, Los Angeles 2012.
91. Alexandre M. Benjo, Shashi Kumar, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog, Wallacy Garcia, Emad
F. Aziz. Vitamin C Decreases Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgery Patients While
Vitamin E may Decrease Response: a Randomized-Controlled Trial Meta-Analysis.
Accepted for Presentation at the QCOR 2013 Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Circ Cardiovasc
Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:A288
92. Emad F Aziz, Chaithanya k Pamidimukala, Joseph H. Bastawrose, Balaji Pratap, Urvi
Pai, Jonathan Kahn, Pallav P Kataria, Eun Sik Cho, Ian Lizardo, Anthony Awad,
Alexandre M. Benjo, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog. ACS Patients with Government
Healthcare Insurance Coverage Have Increased Long Term Morbidity and Mortality; an
ACAP-PAIN Registry Analysis. Accepted for Presentation at the QCOR 2013 Meeting,
Baltimore, MD
Pai, Jonathan Kahn, Pallav P Kataria, Eun Sik Cho, Ramya Bharathi, Anthony Awad,
Alexandre M. Benjo, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog. Effect of Race on Long Term Outcomes

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in Patients Admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome; an ACAP-PAIN Registry Analysis.
Submitted to American heart Association, Los Angeles 2012. J Am Coll Cardiol.
2013;61(10_S)
Pai, Jonathan Kahn, Pallav P Kataria, Eun Sik Cho, Anthony Awad, Alexandre M. Benjo,
Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog. Major Gap Exists between Races in Applying Published
Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death; An ESCAPE Database
Analysis. Accepted as a Panel Discussion Oral presentation to American heart
Association, Los Angeles 2012. Circulation. 2012; 126: A19166
95. Alexandre Benjo, Klio Chantziara, Christos Maniotis, Shashi Kumar, Erdal Gursoy, Todd
Kobrinski, Walter Pierce, Eyal Herzog, Emad Aziz. Intensive glucose increases
hypoglycemic events without decreasing death or improving neurological outcome: a
meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Accepted as a Poster presentation to
American heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium, Los Angeles 2012.
96. Alexandre M Benjo, Shashi Kumar, Christos Maniotis, Walter Pierce, Emad Aziz, Eyal
Herzog. Friend or Foe? Epinephrine Does Not Impact Survival and May Worsen
Neurological Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: a multi-step meta-analysis of
randomized control trials. Accepted as an Oral presentation to American heart
Association Resuscitation Science Symposium, Los Angeles 2012.
97. Alexandre Benjo, Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Francisco YB Macedo, Fahad Javed,
Tyrone Collins, Christopher J White. Below-Knee Drug Eluting Stents Have Improved
Patency, and Symptoms Compared to Bare Metal Stents: a Meta-Analysis. J Am Coll
Cardiol. 2012; 60(17_S)
98. Jasmine Beria, Jonathan Giordano, Min-Kyung Jung, Emad F Aziz, Deborah Lardner,
Zehra Ahmed, Michael Passafaro. A Prospective Study using Electrocardiograms as a
Potential Screening Tool for the Detection of Chronic Chaga’s Disease in an Endemic
Population: El Salvador. Presented as a poster at American Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene (ASTMH) in Atlanta, 2012
99. Alexandre M Benjo, Shashi Kumar, Firas Kaddaha, Georges El-Hayek, Chaithanya K
Pamidimukala, Cezar Benjo, Marcos Molina, Eyal Herzog, Emad F. Aziz. Class III
Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs are Safe to Decrease Defibrillator Shocks: A Meta-Analysis of
Randomized Controlled Trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013; 61(10_S).
100.Alexandre M Benjo, Girish Nadkarni, Chaithanya K Pamidimukala, Manpreet S
Sabharwal, Vijay Lapsia, Mayra Rodriguez, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog, Emad F Aziz.
Hispanics with Renal Failure and Atrial Fibrillation Have Higher Rate and Earlier
Incidence of Readmissions as Compared to Black or White Patients: An ACAP-RACE
Registry Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;61(10_S)
101.Alexandre M Benjo, Girish Nadkarni, Chaithanya K Pamidimukala, Manpreet S
Sabharwal, Vijay Lapsia, Shiv Kumar Agarwal, Fahad Javed, Eyal Herzog, Emad F
Aziz. Caucasians with Renal Failure and Atrial Fibrillation Have Higher Mortality as
Compared to Black or Hispanics Patients: An ACAP-RACE Registry Analysis. J Am
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102.Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Joseph Bastawrose,
Tashkeer Abbas, Urvi Pai, Shauib Mohamed, Ramya Bharathi, Joshua Aziz, Ammy
Aalburo, Fahad Javed, Alexandre Benjo, Eyal Herzog. The Calm Before the Storm; 5-
year follow up of ACS Patients Demonstrate a Late Steep Increase in Cardiovascular
Events, an ACAP-ACS Database Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;61(10_S)
103.Emad F Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Joseph Bastawrose, Urvi Pai,
Ramya Bharathi, Leeda Ahmadi, Taskheer Abbas, Rashmi Reddy, Rishad Usmani,
Alyosha Smolarski, Alexandre Benjo, Eyal Herzog. Risk Stratification and Assessment
for future cardiac Events in patients admitted with ACS using a Novel Critical pathway
and its Validation by Framingham Risk Score; an ACAP-ACS Database Analysis. Circ
Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013; 6: A145
104.Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimuakala, Urvi Pai, Alexandre M. Benjo, Balaji
Pratap, Joseph Bastawrose, Rishad Usmani, Matthew Pierce, Ramya Bharathi, Ian M.
Lizardo, Ammy Malinay, Joshua Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Digoxin Remains a Valid Rate
Control of Choice in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation; Its Deleterious Effect are
Balanced by the Addition of Beta-Blockers and Calcium Channel Blockers. An ACAP-
RACE Registry Analysis. Accepted for Presentation at the heart Rhythm Society meeting,
Denver, CO, 2013
105.Alexandre M. Benjo, Christos Maniotis, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Shashi Kumar,
Joshua Aziz, Cezar Benjo, Matthew Pierce, Erdal Gursoy, Eyal Herzog, Walter Pierce,
MD and Emad F. Aziz. Segmental versus Circumferential Ablation for Symptomatic
Atrial Fibrillation, the Jury is Still Out: A Meta-Analysis. Submitted to HRS 2013
106.Chaithanya K Pamidimukala, Emad F Aziz, Joseph H Bastawrose, Shuaib Mohamed,
Urvi Pai, Rishad Usmani, Shashi Kumar, Balaji Pratap, Alexandre M Benjo, Eyal
Herzog. Risk Stratification and Assessment for future Cardiac Events in Patients admitted
with ACS Using a Novel Critical Pathway and its Validation by Framingham Risk Score,
an ACAP-PAIN Database Analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:A145
107.Shashi Kumar, Alexandre M. Benjo, Chaithanya K Pamidimukala, Fahad Javed, Wallacy
Garcia, Francisco YB Macedo, Daniel C Garcia, Orlando Santana, Francisco O
Nascimeto, Matthew Pierce, Eyal Herzog, Emad F Aziz. Vitamin C Decreases Atrial
Fibrillation In Cardiac Surgery Patients But Vitamin E May Decrease Response: A
Randomized-controlled Trial Meta-analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013; 6:
A288
108.Chaithanya K Pamidimukala, Emad F Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Joseph H Bastawrose, Shuaib
Mohamed, Urvi V Pai, Eun Sik J Cho, Ramya Bharathi, Ian M Lizardo, Alexandre M
Benjo, Eyal Herzog. The Correlation Between Insurance Coverage and Long-term
Outcomes in Patients Presenting With ACS. An ACAP-PAIN Registry Analysis. Circ
Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:A179
109.Georges EL-Hayek, Alexandre M. Benjo, Joao L. Cavalcante, Shashi Kumar, Orlando
Santana, Daniel C Garcia, Eyal Herzog, Walter Pierce, Emad F Aziz, Seth Uretsky, and
Francisco O Nascimento. The Use of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in
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and Does Not Impact the Need for Cardiac Catheterizations: A busting meta-analysis.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:A268
110.Patricia Chavez; Franz H Messerli; Emad F Aziz; Tina Sichrovsky; Stephan Danik;
Conor Barrett. Atrioesophageal Fistula Following Ablation Procedures for Atrial
Fibrillation: A Case Series. Circulation. 2013; 128: A16235
111.Daniel Garcia; Francisco YB Macedo; Alexandre Benjo; Emad Aziz; Eyal Herzog;
Eduardo De Marchena. Catheter-based renal sympatetic denervation for resistant
hypertension: a meta-analysis of clinical trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;61(10_S)
112.Eric Bader; Alexandre Benjo; Martin Tabaksblat; Amy Chorzempa; Chaithanya K.
Pamidimukala; Emad Aziz; Erdal Gurzoy; Walter Pierce; Taimur Mirza; Jacqueline
Tamis-Holland. Decreased in-hospital mortality in hypertensive patients undergoing
stemi: is hypertension to be encouraged? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013; 61(10_S)
113.Emad F. Aziz, C. Maniotis, C. Pamidimukala, A. Benjo, B. Pratap, J. Bastawrose, U.
Pai, M. Pierce, R. Bharathi, E. Herzog. Heart Failure is the Strongest Predictor of
Mortality in Patients Presenting with Unexplained Syncope. An ACAP-SELF Registry
Analysis. Oral Presentation at Europace 2013, Athens, Greece. Europace (2013) 15
(suppl 2): ii114-ii115.
114.Emad F. Aziz, C. Maniotis, C. Pamidimukala, A. Benjo, J. Bastawrose, B. Pratap, E.
Cho, S. Mohamed, R. Usmani, E. Herzog. Short and Long Term Outcomes of Patients
Admitted with Unexplained Syncope Using a Simple Novel SELF-Pathway. . An ACAP-
RACE Registry Analysis. Oral Presentation at Europace 2013, Athens, Greece.
Europace (2013) 15 (suppl 2): ii114-ii115.
115.Matthew Pierce, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Joseph Bastawrose, Bani M. Azari, MD,
Rishad Usmani, Alexandre Benjo, Walter Pierce, Eyal Herzog, and Emad F. Aziz. The
effects of Gender, Calcium Channel Blockers and Digoxin on Dofetilide therapeutic
efficacy and Outcomes: An ACAP-Tikosyn Registry Analysis. Presented at The
International Academy of Cardiology Meeting, Canada, 2013
116.Daniel Garcia, Alexandre Benjo, Guilherme Nasi, Patricia Chavez, Paulo V. Jardim,
Emad F Aziz. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump versus Peripheral Left Ventricular Assist
Device in Cardiogenic Shock: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials - Same
Effect, Less Complication. Circulation. 2013; 128: A12588
117.Alexandre Benjo, Daniel Garcia, Shashi Kumar, Wallacy Garcia, Francisco YB Macedo,
Cezar Benjo, Eyal Herzog, Emad F Aziz. Post-operative Biatrial Pacing Consistently
Decreases Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized-controlled Trial Meta-
analysis. Circulation. 2013; 128: A17324
118.Daniel Garcia; Alexandre M. Benjo; Guilherme Nasi; Francisco Y. Macedo; Emad
Aziz. Subclavian Access Safety for TAVR: A Two Steps Meta-Analysis. J Am Coll
Cardiol. 2013; 62(18_S1)
119.Alexandre M. Benjo; Daniel Garcia; James Jenkins; Rhanderson Cardoso; Taina Molina;
Emad Aziz; Tyrone Collins. Cilostazol increases patency and reduces adverse outcomes
in percutaneous femoropopliteal revascularisation: a meta-analysis of randomised
controlled trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014; 63(12_S)

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120.Rhanderson N. Cardoso; Alexandre M. Benjo; Tyrone Collins; Daniel Garcia; Francisco
Y. Macedo; Georges EL-Hayek; Carlos Zamora; Emad Aziz; James S. Jenkins. Vascular
Brachytherapy versus Drug-Eluting Stents in the Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis: a
Meta-Analysis of Long Term Outcomes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014; 64(11_S)
121.Alexandre Benjo; Daniel Garcia; Rajan Patel; Rhanderson Cardoso; Francisco Macedo;
Georges El-Hayek; Emad Aziz; Christopher White. Proximal embolic protection
decreases cerebral microembolization compared to distal protection for carotid stenting: a
meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014; 63(12_S)
122.Matthew Pierce; Balaji Pratap; Chaithanya K Pamidimukala; Joseph H Bastawrose;
Archana Lingannan; Narmadha Panneerselvam; Adilaxmi Gurram; Dipen Patel; Prachi
Kalamkar; Rishad Usmani; Tad Umali; Eyal Herzog and Emad F Aziz. Female Gender,
Laser Sheath Use and Operator Skill Drive the Success and Complication Rates of
Cardiac Device Lead Extraction: An ACAP Registry Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol.
2014;63(12_S).
123.Alexandre Benjo, Daniel Garcia, Christopher White, Rhanderson Cardoso, Francisco
Macedo, Alan Schob, Georges El-Hayek, Girish Nadkarni, Emad F Aziz, Rajan Patel. A
Meta-Analysis of Multi-Vessel versus Culprit Artery Only Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. JACC March 17, 2015.
Volume 65, Issue 10S
124.Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Adilaxmi Gurram, Joseph Bastwrose, Tad Umali, Balaji
Pratap, Eyal Herzog, Emad F. Aziz. Octogenarians with Atrial Fibrillation have the
highest all-cause mortality and stroke re-admission combined with fewer Use of
Anticoagulation. An ACAP-RACE Longitudinal database Analysis. Accepted to the
Heart Rhythm Meeting, Boston, 2015
125.Olga Reynbakh, Philippe Akhrass, Nektarios Souvaliotis, Chaithanya Pamidimukala,
Hasnun Nahar, Joseph Bastawrose, Joshua Aziz, Davendra Mehta, Emad F Aziz.
Perioperative Use of Surgical Hemostatic Powder for EP Device Implantation Reduces
Postoperative Rates Of Pocket Hematoma and Infection. Heart Rhythm Meeting, 2016.
126.Hafeez Ul Hassan, Philippe Akhrass, Nektarios Souvaliotis, Bemen Habashi, Hasnun
Nahar, Joseph Bastawrose, Joshua Aziz, Davendra Mehta, Emad F Aziz. Short and Long
Term Clinical Predictors of Pharmacological Cardioversion in Patients with Persistent
Atrial Fibrillation Using Dofetilide. Heart Rhythm Meeting, 2016.
127.Hafeez Ul Hassan, Philippe Akhrass, Nektarios Souvaliotis, Bemen Habashi, Hasnun
Nahar, Joseph Bastawrose, Joshua Aziz, Davendra Mehta, Emad F Aziz. Sex
Differences in the Response Rate to Chemical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation Using
Dofetilide. Heart Rhythm Meeting, 2016.
Book Chapters:
1. Eyal Herzog, Emad Aziz, Mun K. Hong. The PAIN Pathway for the Management of
Acute Coronary Syndrome. Acute Coronary Syndrome in Clinical Practice. Springer
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2. Eyal Herzog, Emad Aziz, Mun K. Hong. Translation of Critical Pathways for Acute
Coronary Syndrome into Admission Notes and Discharge Planning. Acute Coronary
Syndrome in Clinical Practice. Springer Publishing, 2007
3. David Wild, Emad Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Marrick Kukin. Diagnosis and Treatment of
Congestive Heart Failure. Acute Coronary Syndrome in Clinical Practice. Springer
Publishing, 2007
4. Hossein Eftekhari, Inna Bukharovich, Emad Aziz, Mun K. Hong. Epidemiology and
Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Acute Coronary Syndrome in Clinical
Practice. Springer Publishing, 2007
5. Mathew Daka, Emad Aziz, Robert Leber, Mun Hong. Diagnosis and Treatment of ST-
Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Acute Coronary Syndrome in Clinical
Practice. Springer Publishing, 2007
6. Emad Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Nicholas Mezitis. Hyperglycemia Complicating the Acute
Coronary Syndrome: Algorithm for Hyperglycemia Management during ACS. Acute
Coronary Syndrome in Clinical Practice. Springer Publishing, 2007
7. Emad Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Echocardiography during Angina Pectoris and Acute
Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Room. Echocardiography in Acute Coronary
Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention. Springer Publishing, 2009.
8. Eyal Herzog, Emad Aziz, Mun K. Hong. A Novel Pathway for the Management of Acute
Coronary Syndrome. Echocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis,
Treatment and Prevention. Springer Publishing, 2009.
9. David Wild, Eyal Herzog, Emad Aziz, Marrick Kukin. Pathway for the Management of
Heart Failure Complicating Acute Coronary Syndrome. Echocardiography in Acute
Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention. Springer Publishing, 2009.
10. Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death after Acute
Myocardial Infarction. The CCU Survival Guide. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, January
2012.
11. Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Strategies for the Prevention and Treatment of Sudden
Cardiac Arrest. The CCU Survival Guide. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, January 2012.
12. Eyal Herzog, Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Mun K Hong. Pathway for the Management of
Acute Coronary Syndrome. The CCU Survival Guide. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
January 2012.
13. Eyal Herzog, Edgar Argulian, Emad F Aziz, Marrick Kukin. Pathway for the
Management of Acute Heart Failure. The CCU Survival Guide. Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, January 2012.
14. Eyal Herzog, Eitan Klein, Emad F Aziz, Janet Shapiro, Mun K Hong, Suneet Mittal.
Pathway for the Management of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. The CCU Survival
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15. Edgar Argulian, Dan Halpern, Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Supraventricular Arrhythmias
and Atrial Fibrillation. The CCU Survival Guide. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, January
2012.
16. Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. The Approach to the Patient with Syncope. The CCU
Survival Guide. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, January 2012.
17. Eric M Bader, Edgar Argulian, Eyal Herzog, and Emad F Aziz. Procedures to Treat
Arrhythmias in the Cardiac Care Unit. The CCU Survival Guide. Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, January 2012.
18. Dan Halpern, Harikrishna Makani, Edgar Argulian, Balaji Pratap, Emad F Aziz, and
Eyal Herzog. Commonly Used Medications for the Treatment of Arrhythmias. The CCU
Survival Guide. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, January 2012.
19. Electrocardiogram in Pericardial Disease. Eric Bader, Eyal Herzog, Henry Greenberg,
Emad F Aziz. Pericardiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, August 2014.
20. Pericarditis in Acute Coronary Syndrome. Hari Krishna, Eyal Herzog, Emad F Aziz,
Moun K Hong. Pericardiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, August 2014.
21. 'CHASER' Pathway for the Management of Pericardial Disease. Edgar Argurlin, Dan
Halpern, Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, August 2014.
22. Cardiopulmonary and Cardiocerebral Resuscitation. Eyal Herzog, Lee Herzog, Emad F.
Aziz. Hurst's the Heart, McGraw-Hill Education, 2016 edition.
LECTURES/GRAND ROUNDS IN CARDIOLOGY (INCLUDING CME APPROVED):
1. New Horizon’s in Heart Failure Medical & Device Therapies, 2016 Updates. Cardiology
Fellows Program, Sponsored by Biotronik, September 2015
2. Atrial Fibrillation NOAC Management, 2015 Updates. Grand Rounds at St. Barnabas
Medical Center, Bronx, NY December 2015
3. ESCAPE Pathway, ICD Indications and Updates in 2015. Grand Rounds at Mount Sinai
St. Luke’s NY, NY November 2015
4. Pathways in Management of Syncope, 2015 Updates. Grand Rounds at Mount Sinai St.
Luke’s NY, NY November 2015
5. ICD Therapy: Indications, Actual Cases and Programming. Fellows Program, Sponsored
by SJM, September 2015
6. How to Choose a Device that is specific to every patient, Real Case-Based Covering. EP
Attending Boot Camp, June 2015
7. Remote Magnetic Navigation Ablation Mini Course, EP Attending Boot Camp, June
2015
8. New Horizon’s in Heart Failure Medical & Device Therapies, 2015 Updates. Cardiology
Grand Round Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, May, 2015

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9. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia without Structural Heart Disease. Medicine
Grand Round Broward Hospital, Florida. 11, 2014
10. Syncope, Working Diagnosis, Updates 2014. Medicine Grand Round Harlem Hospital.
11. Working up Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation. Atrial Fibrillation Management and
Treatment Update. Al Sabah Arrhythmia Institute Sponsored CME Course, Samuel B. &
David Rose Building, Lincoln Center, 10/2013
12. Critical Care Pathway Management for Unexplained Syncope, 2013 Updates. Cardiology
Grand Rounds, 9/2013
13. The effects of Gender, Calcium Channel Blockers and Digoxin on Dofetilide therapeutic
efficacy and Outcomes: An ACAP-Tikosyn Registry Analysis. Presented at The
International Academy of Cardiology Meeting, Canada, 2013
14. Heart Failure is the Strongest Predictor of Mortality in Patients Presenting with
Unexplained Syncope. An ACAP-SELF Registry Analysis. Europace 2013, Athens,
Greece.
15. Short and Long Term Outcomes of Patients Admitted with Unexplained Syncope Using a
Simple Novel SELF-Pathway. An ACAP-RACE Registry Analysis. Europace 2013,
Athens, Greece.
16. Improving Health Care Quality in an Insolvent System: Who will lead? OMICS Group
3rd
International Conference on Clinical & Experimental Cardiology, Chicago, 4/2013
17. Catheter Ablation of VT without Structural Heart Disease. CardioEgypt 2013, 40th
Congress Cairo, Egypt, 3/2013
18. Robotic & Magnetic Navigation for Atrial Fibrillation. CardioEgypt 2013, 40th
Congress
Cairo, Egypt, 3/2013
19. Unknowns, in Electrocardiograms and Electrophysiological Electrograms. CardioEgypt
2013, 40th
Congress Cairo, Egypt, 3/2013
20. Major Gap Exists between Races in Applying Published Guidelines for Primary
Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death; An ESCAPE Database Analysis. Panel Discussion
presentation to American heart Association, Los Angeles 11, 2012.
21. Exploring Management Options in Cryptogenic Stroke; The Role of Reveal XT
Insertable Cardiac Monitor. Neurology Grand Round, 9/2012
22. State of the ART Management of Atrial Fibrillation, 2012 Update. Cardiology Grand
Rounds, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 9/2012
23. Rate and Rhythm Control for Atrial Fibrillation, New Anticoagulants and RACE
Pathway Update for 2012. Medicine Noon Conference, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital,
8/2012
24. Long Term Outcome of Atrial Fibrillation Therapies; an ACAP-RACE Registry
Analysis. International Academy of Cardiology 16th World Congress on Heart Disease
Annual Scientific Session, Toronto, B.C. Canada July 27-30, 2012.

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25. Atrial Fibrillation Management for The Primary Care Physicians; what’s there to Know?
Medicine Noon Conference, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 6/2012
26. Syncope: a Diagnostic & Treatment Strategy, SELF Pathway. Medicine Conference, St.
Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 5/2012
27. The GAP in Identifying SCD Patients; the Role of the ACAP Program. 2nd
Annual
ESCAPE Sudden Cardiac Death Awareness Symposium, 2012. St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital, 4/2012
28. Advanced in Atrial Fibrillation Management; 2012 Updates? Medicine Conference, St.
29. 2nd
Annual Chilling in Manhattan, Voice of Survivors Program; Focus on Women. St.
30. Catheter Ablation of VT Without Structural Heart Disease. Cardiology Grand Rounds,
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 12/2011
31. Improving Health Care Quality in an Insolvent System: Who will lead? Medicine Grand
Rounds, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 9/2011
32. Do Emergency Room Physicians Correctly Identify Patients Presenting with Unexplained
Syncope who Warrant Hospitalization? The International Academy of Cardiology 16th
World Congress on Heart Disease Annual Scientific Session, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
July 23-26, 2011.
33. Arrhythmias in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Clinical Conference, St.
34. Key Features in Implementing the ACAP Program; NINE Novel Pathways and Counting.
Medicine Grand Rounds, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 5/2011.
35. The ACAP Program Success. Cardiology Grand Rounds, Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital, PA 11/2010.
36. Implementing a Hospital Wide Evidence-Based Clinical Pathways System for the
Management of Cardiac Patients; the ACAP Program Experience. ACS New York 2010
Symposium, 10/2010.
37. Success in Implementing a Hospital Wide Evidence-Based Clinical Pathways System for
the Management of Cardiac Patients; the ACAP Program Experience. Medicine Grand
Rounds 8/2010.
38. Malnutrition as Assessed by Nutritional Risk Index is Associated with Worse Outcome in
Patients Admitted with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Jay N. Cohn New
Investigator (JNCNI) Clinical/Integrative physiology Award, the 13th
Annual Scientific
Meeting of the HFSA 2009.
39. Right Ventricular Dysfunction is a Strong Predictor of Developing Atrial Fibrillation in
Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure Patients, ACAP-HF Data Analysis. Winner
abstract for the tenth annual Joan Barber Memorial Research Award. The New York
Echo Society Meeting, June 2009.

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40. SCD Myth Busters, Insight from the ESCAPE Pathway. Medicine Grand Rounds 4/2009
41. The ACAP Program; Guidelines Implementation Tools. Cardiology Department
Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center. 3/2009
42. Implementation of a Novel pathway for Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Improves Guidelines Adherence and Remarkably Decrease Mortality and Readmission
Rates at Four Years Follow up. Cardiology Grand Rounds 3/2009.
43. Continuous Infusion of Furosemide combined with Low Dose Dopamine Compared to
Intermittent Boluses in acutely Decompensated Heart Failure Patients is Less
Nephrotoxic and Carries a Lower Readmission at 30-days. Cardiology Grand Rounds
3/2009.
44. Right Ventricular Dysfunction is a Strong Predictor for developing Atrial Fibrillation in
Acutely Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure Patients. Cardiology Grand Rounds
3/2009.
45. Sudden Cardiac Death Awareness Workshop Launch Date for the ESCAPE Pathway.
Workshop Training Program 1/2009
46. The Failing Heart! Psychotropic Therapy Induced LBBB precipitating Severe LV
Systolic Cardiomyopathy. The Ninth Annual New Frontiers in Heart Failure Therapy,
Integrated Devices and Pharmacotherapy Conference. January, 2009
47. The Art and Science of Acute Coronary Syndrome Management. Medicine Grand
Rounds 8/2008
48. The Art and Science of Heart Failure Management. Medicine Grand Rounds 7/2008
49. A Novel Pathway for the Management of Hyperglycemia Facilitates a Rapid Intensive
Glycemic Control in Critical Care Patients Without Causing any Hypoglycemic
Episodes. AHA 2007 Orlando, Florida, Oral Presentation.
50. Acute Management of In-Hospital Hypertension. Multi-Disciplinary Pathways for ACS
Management in the Big Apple 2007. Conference October 13, 2007.
51. Management of In-Hospital Hypertension; a JNC Prospective. Medicine Grand Rounds,
July 2007
52. Management of Syncope; Through a Novel pathway. Medicine Grand Rounds, July 2007
53. Impact of a Novel Critical Pathway for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome
leads to markedly improved Compliance with Guidelines and decreased Angina
Symptoms at 12-month follow-up. Cardiology Grand Rounds, March 2006.
54. Osteopathic Medicine & Cardiology; emphasis on Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
in Hypertension Management & in Critical Ill Patients in the Coronary Care Units.
Medicine Grand Rounds, 2005
55. Is BNP Testing of any Value or, is it a Sham?, Senior Resident Lecture, Medicine Grand
Rounds, March 2007
56. Cath Lab past, present & future. SICP 1996
57. Cardiology in critical care; a view in post Cath care. SICP 1997

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58. Outcome of Stent deployment and proper vessel sizing, Cardiovascular Symposium of
Allied Health, 1996.
LECTURES/GRAND ROUNDS IN CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:
1. Challenging Cases & Unknowns. International Biotronik Fellows Meeting, Chicago 2013
2. Robotic & Magnetic Navigation for Atrial Fibrillation. St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Electrophysiology Conference, 4/2013
3. Mapping Left-Sided Atrial Flutter, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Electrophysiology Conference,
3/2012
4. Syncope Management in 2012, A Case Based Review, Medicine Grand Rounds,
Roosevelt Hospital 2/2012
5. The HRS/ASA Consensus on the Perioperative Management of Patients with Implantable
Devices, What Should we know? May 2011
6. HRS 2011 Late-Breaking Trial Updates (Discern-AF, CONFIRM), May 2011
7. Collection of Repetitive Monomorphic Ventricular Ectopic Originating from Aortic
Cusps, March 2011
8. A week of atypical tachycardia, (The beauty of all Pacing Maneuvers), February 2011
9. M & M Conference (A tangled catheter, Chest Pain after Flutter Ablation, High DFTs in
renal patients) March 2011
10. What is the Reason beyond all this VT and ICD Shocks? Pro-arrhythmic ICD Leads &
therapeutic VT ablation & discussion, January 2011
11. Focal Automatic VT arising at the border of a fibrotic post MI area, January 2011
12. CFAE & Updated 2011 Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines, December 2010
13. M & M Conference (Delayed extraction, Tamponade) December 2010
14. 5-Hour Case of Pacing Maneuvers in a Previously Failed ablation Case, Dual
Arrhythmias, December 2010
15. AHA Presentations 2010, (ROCKET-AF, SMART-AV, Omega-3), November 2010
16. Left-Sided Atrial Tachycardia, November 2010
17. A baffling ECG (Atrial Tachycardia with 2:1 Atrioventricular Block), October 2010
18. M & M Conference (Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis, Tamponade during PVI,
Arrest post DFT testing), October 2010
19. Lead Extractions: HCM Case with Abandoned Left-sided Leads and High DFTs (To
Extract or Not), September 2010
20. Up-to-date Catheter Management of Atrial Fibrillation & its Modalities, August 2010
21. Ventricular Arrhythmias in the Normal Hearts; Right-ventricular Outflow Tract RVOT &
its Likeness, August 2010

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22. A Case of Persistent Left-Sided Post-Op Atrial Flutter & Determined Physicians, August
2010
23. Atrioventricular Reciprocating Tachycardia, characteristics of AVRT & Concealed
Bypass Tract ablation, July 2010
24. Common Isthmus-Dependent Atrial Flutter, June 2010
25. Very Complex Case of Focal reentrant Left-atrial tachycardia and Peri-mitral atrial flutter
that required ablation via endocardial and epicardial access, November, 2009
26. Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia, Case Presentation, Management and Literature Review,
September, 2009
CLINICAL TRIALS PARTICIPATION: (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR*)
1. FINESSE Trial: A multicenter randomized double blind, placebo-controlled trial
comparing the efficacy and safety of Reteplase and Abciximab combination therapy with
Abciximab alone administered early or just prior to primary percutaneous coronary
interventions for acute myocardial infarction. Facilitated Intervention with Enhanced
Reperfusion Speed to Stop Events Sponsor: Centocor Inc.
2. TRA-CER: A multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to
Evaluate the safety and efficacy of SCH 530348 in Addition to standard of care in
subjects with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical
Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome. Sponsor: Schering-Plough.
3. INTENSIVE: A multi-center, phase 3b, stratified, randomized open-label clinical trial to
evaluate the efficacy of Intensive Apidra® /Lantus® therapy versus Sliding Scale Insulin
on infarct size in hyperglycemic subjects with Anterior STEMI (ST elevation myocardial
infarction) undergoing PCI (Percutaneous coronary intervention). Sponsor: Sanofi-
Aventis.
4. FIX-HF-5: A randomized, placebo, controlled, unblinded trial to evaluate a new
investigational system called OPTIMIZER for treating patients with heart failure.
Sponsor: Impulse Dynamics.
5. IMPROVE-IT: is an international, multi-center, randomized, double-blind active
comparator trial that will enroll approximately 10,000 high risk patients with ACS,
including unstable angina (UA), non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction
(NSTEMI) and ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI). Patients will
be randomized to either VYTORIN 10/40 mg or Simvastatin 40 mg per day. Patients will
be followed for over two years. Sponsor: Merck/Schering-Plough.
6. CURRENT/OASIS7: Randomized, Double-Blind,Dose Comparison, Factorial
Assignment, Efficacy Study Clopidogrel Optimal Loading Dose Usage to Reduce
Recurrent EveNTs/ Optimal Antiplatelet Strategy for InterventionS. Sponsor: Sanofi-
Aventis.
7. PACE-MI: Pacemakers and beta-blocker Therapy after Myocardial Infarction.
Interventional, Treatment, Randomized, NIH funded, Open Label, Placebo Control,
Parallel Assignment, and Efficacy Study. Sponsor: NIHLB.

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8. COGENT-1: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Parallel Group, Phase 3
Efficacy and Safety Study of CGT-2168 Compared With Clopidogrel to Reduce Upper
Gastrointestinal Events Including Bleeding and Symptomatic Ulcer Disease. Sponsor:
Cogentus Pharmaceuticals
9. OBSERV-ECG: Non-randomized, prospective, observational multi-center study.
Observational Study of the Sleuth Implantable ECG Monitoring System. Sponsor:
Transoma Medical
10. BOAT: Randomized, open label, dose comparison, parallel assignment, safety/efficacy
study. Beta-Blocker Uptitration with OptiVol after CRT. Sponsor: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital.
11. RED-HF: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study to access the efficacy and
safety of Darbepoetin Alfa treatment on mortality and morbidity in Heart Failure subjects
with symptomatic Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Anemia. Reduction of
Events with Darbepoetin Alfa in Heart Failure. Sponsor: Amgen
12. TOPCAT: Multi-center, international, randomized, double blind placebo-controlled trail
of aldosterone antagonist spironolactone, in 4500 adults with heart failure and left
ventricular ejection fraction of at least 45%. Treatment of Preserved Cardiac function
heart failure with an Aldosterone antagonist. Sponsor: NIHLB.
13. REVERT: Randomized controlled trial of cardiac resynchronization therapy comparing
conventional placement of Left ventricular lead vs. robotic placement. Sponsor:
Medtronic.
14. Ventricular arrhythmias in the North American Multidisciplinary Study of ARVD.
Sponsor: NIH Grant.
15. WBC Trial: Who Benefits from Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy? Sponsor: St. Jude
Medical
16. HeartLight Study: Prospective Multicenter Randomized, Visually-Guided Laser Balloon
(VGLB) Pulmonary Vein Isolation for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
(PAF). Sponsor: CardioFocus
17. SMART-AV: Randomized, multicenter, double-blinded, non-significant risk, three-armed
trail. Comparison of AV optimization Methods Used in Cardiac Resynchronization
Therapy. Sponsor: Boston Scientific
18. AF-CRT: The effect of Biventricular Pacing on the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation. A
Multi-center, prospective trial. Sponsor: Boston Scientific
19. ASPEN: Test the efficacy of AF suppression algorithm in patents with implantable
cardioverter defibrillators. Sponsor: St. Jude Medical
20. DETERMINE: Defibrillators to reduce risk by magnetic resonance imaging evaluation
in patients with coronary artery disease to help find other methods for identifying those
who may be at risk for developing abnormal heart rhythms that might result in sudden
cardiac death. Sponsor: St. Jude Medical.

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21. RO4607381/JTT-705 (Dalcetrapib): A phase III, double-blind, randomized placebo-
controlled study, to evaluate the effects of dalcetrapib on cardiovascular risk in stable
CHD patients, with a documented recent Acute Coronary Syndrome. Sponsor: Roche.
22. Pulmonary Vein Isolation Outcomes with Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Sponsor: Glaxo Smith Klein.
23. CABANA Trial: Catheter Ablation versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial
Fibrillation Trial. Sponsor: NIHLB
24. REPLACE Registry: multicenter trial to examine a broad range of complications related
to replacement of all companies’ cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED)
which includes both pacemakers and ICDs. Sponsor: BIOTRONIK
25. BLOCK-HF: Biventricular versus Right Ventricular Pacing in Heart Failure Patients
with Atrioventricular Block. A prospective, multi-center, randomized, double-blind,
controlled trial. Sponsor: Medtronic.
26. PALLAS: A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, parallel group trial assessing
the clinical benefit Dronedarone 400 mg BID on top of standard therapy in patients with
permanent atrial fibrillation (PAF) and additional risk factors. Sponsor: Sanofi-Avantis.
27. DETECT-AF: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-blind, Randamized, Multi-Center Study to
Assess the Effects of Dronedarone 400 mg for 12 Weeks on Atrial Fibrillation Burden in
Subjects with Permanent Pacemakers. Sponsor: Sanofi-Avantis.
28. DRONE_L_04316: The effect of Dronedarone on AF burden based on electrogram
(EGM) data in subjects with a permanent pacemaker. Sponsor: Sanofi-Avantis.
29. Pulmonary Vein isolation for Rhythm Control in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Left
Ventricular Dysfunction: A pilot Study. Sponsor: Biosense Webster. Inc.
30. ODYSSEY Outcomes Trial: Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial with Antibody to PCSK9 for
Hypercholesterolemia. Sponsor: Sanofi-Avantis.
31. Echo-CRT*: A prospective, international, multicenter, double-blinded, randomized,
parallel-group, controlled trial, to evaluate the effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy
on mortality and morbidity of subjects with heart failure and narrow QRS width (<130
ms) and echocardiographic evidence of ventricular dyssynchrony. Sponsor:
BIOTRONIK.
32. MADIT-RIT*: Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial: Reduce
Inappropriate Therapy. Sponsor: Boston Scientific.
33. AIGIS*: Anti-Bacterial Envelope for Prevention of Infection Following Cardiac Rhythm
Management Device Replacement With a Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device;
CRT-Centurion, A Multicenter, Prospective Registry. Sponsor: TYRX, Inc.
34. NAVISTAR THERMoCOOL*: Catheter for the Radiofrequency Ablation of
Symptomatic Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation, post Approval Registry PMA
#P030031/S014. Sponsor: Biosense Webster. Inc.
35. RAID*: Ranolazine ICD Trial. Late Sodium Current Blockade in High-Risk ICD Patients
University of Rochester. Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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