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About
I completed medical school at the University of Aleppo and completed my internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic. Afterwards, I completed my general cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowships at Emory University. I then joined the Minneapolis Heart Institute for a year of advanced adult structural and congenital heart disease interventions.
My special interests are in structural heart interventions, such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), balloon valvuloplasty, paravalvular leak repair, percutaneous valve implantation and other similar therapies.
I have authored over 100 published manuscripts. My research has been recognized by various medical associations. I earned the Junior Investigator Award for the best article authored by a junior investigator and published in the Annals of internal medicine for my work, "Use of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin for the Exclusion of Inducible Myocardial Ischemia.”
I was also a finalist for multiple young investigator awards by the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Failure Society of America. I was an invited author for a Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association about Drug Induced Arrhythmias, published in October 2020.
When not practicing medicine, I enjoy spending time with my family and cycling.
Articles & Publications
Journal Articles
Tisdale JE, Chung MK, Campbell KB, Hammadah M, Joglar JA, Leclerc J, Rajagopalan B; American Heart Association Clinical Pharmacology Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. Drug-Induced Arrhythmias: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020 Oct 13;142(15):e214-e233. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000905. Epub 2020 Sep 15. PMID: 32929996 Free article. Review.
Vaccarino V, Almuwaqqat Z, Kim JH, Hammadah M, Shah AJ, Ko YA, Elon L, Sullivan S, Shah A, Alkhoder A, Lima BB, Pearce B, Ward L, Kutner M, Hu Y, Lewis TT, Garcia EV, Nye J, Sheps DS, Raggi P, Bremner JD, Quyyumi AA. Association of Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia With Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease. JAMA. 2021 Nov 9;326(18):1818-1828. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.17649. PMID: 34751708.
Vaccarino V, Sullivan S, Hammadah M, Wilmot K, Al Mheid I, Ramadan R, Elon L, Pimple PM, Garcia EV, Nye J, Shah AJ, Alkhoder A, Levantsevych O, Gay H, Obideen M, Huang M, Lewis TT, Bremner JD, Quyyumi AA, Raggi P. Mental Stress-Induced-Myocardial Ischemia in Young Patients With Recent Myocardial Infarction: Sex Differences and Mechanisms. Circulation. 2018 Feb 20;137(8):794-805. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030849. PMID: 29459465 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Hammadah M, Han BK, de Oliveira Nunes M, Aboulhosn JA, Zahn EM, Daniels MJ, Cavalcante JL, Lesser JR, Garcia S. Hypoattenuated Leaflet Thickening After Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement With the SAPIEN 3 Valve. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Oct;14(10):2047-2048. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.04.023. Epub 2021 Jun 16.PMID: 34147444 .
Hammadah M, Ponce C, Sorajja P, Cavalcante JL, Garcia S, Gössl M.Clin Cardiol.. Point-of-care ultrasound: Closing guideline gaps in screening for valvular heart disease. 2020 Dec;43(12):1368-1375. doi: 10.1002/clc.23499. Epub 2020 Nov 11. PMID: 33174635.
Hammadah M, Samman Tahhan A, Mheid IA, Wilmot K, Ramadan R, Kindya BR, Kelli HM, O'Neal WT, Sandesara P, Sullivan S, Almuwaqqat Z, Obideen M, Abdelhadi N, Alkhoder A, Pimple PM, Levantsevych O, Mohammed KH, Weng L, Sperling LS, Shah AJ, Sun YV, Pearce BD, Kutner M, Ward L, Bremner JD, Kim J, Waller EK, Raggi P, Sheps D, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. Myocardial Ischemia and Mobilization of Circulating Progenitor Cells. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Feb 20;7(4):e007504. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007504. Epub 2018 Feb 10. PMID:31898922.
Hammadah M, Kim JH, Tahhan AS, Kindya B, Liu C, Ko YA, Al Mheid I, Wilmot K, Ramadan R, Alkhoder A, Choudhary F, Gafeer MM, Abdelhadi N, Pimple P, Sandesara P, Lima BB, Shah AJ, Ward L, Kutner M, Bremner JD, Sheps DS, Raggi P, Sperling LS, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. Use of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin for the Exclusion of Inducible Myocardial Ischemia: A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Dec 4;169(11):751-760. doi: 10.7326/M18-0670. Epub 2018 Nov 6.PMID: 30398528.
Hammadah M, Kim JH, Al Mheid I, Samman Tahhan A, Wilmot K, Ramadan R, Alkhoder A, Khayata M, Mekonnen G, Levantsevych O, Bouchi Y, Kaseer B, Choudhary F, Gafeer MM, Corrigan FE 3rd, Shah AJ, Ward L, Kutner M, Bremner JD, Sheps DS, Raggi P, Vaccarino V, Samady H, Mavromatis K, Quyyumi AA. Coronary and Peripheral Vasomotor Responses to Mental Stress. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 May 3;7(10):e008532. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.008532.PMID: 29728013.
Hammadah M, Sullivan S, Pearce B, Al Mheid I, Wilmot K, Ramadan R, Tahhan AS, O'Neal WT, Obideen M, Alkhoder A, Abdelhadi N, Mohamed Kelli H, Ghafeer MM, Pimple P, Sandesara P, Shah AJ, Hosny KM, Ward L, Ko YA, Sun YV, Weng L, Kutner M, Bremner JD, Sheps DS, Esteves F, Raggi P, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. Inflammatory response to mental stress and mental stress induced myocardial ischemia. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 Feb;68:90-97. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.004. Epub 2017 Oct 3.PMID: 28986223.
Hammadah M, Kindya BR, Allard-Ratick MP, Jazbeh S, Eapen D, Wilson Tang WH, Sperling L. Clin Cardiol. Navigating air travel and cardiovascular concerns: Is the sky the limit? 2017 Sep;40(9):660-666. doi: 10.1002/clc.22741. Epub 2017 Jun 8.PMID: 28597566.
Hammadah M, Alkhoder A, Al Mheid I, Wilmot K, Isakadze N, Abdulhadi N, Chou D, Obideen M, O'Neal WT, Sullivan S, Tahhan AS, Kelli HM, Ramadan R, Pimple P, Sandesara P, Shah AJ, Ward L, Ko YA, Sun Y, Uphoff I, Pearce B, Garcia EV, Kutner M, Bremner JD, Esteves F, Sheps DS, Raggi P, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. Hemodynamic, catecholamine, vasomotor and vascular responses: Determinants of myocardial ischemia during mental stress. Int J Cardiol. 2017 Sep 15;243:47-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.05.093. Epub 2017 May 25.PMID: 28571621.
Hammadah M, Al Mheid I, Wilmot K, Ramadan R, Alkhoder A, Obideen M, Abdelhadi N, Fang S, Ibeanu I, Pimple P, Mohamed Kelli H, Shah AJ, Pearce B, Sun Y, Garcia EV, Kutner M, Long Q, Ward L, Bremner JD, Esteves F, Raggi P, Sheps D, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. Association Between High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Levels and Myocardial Ischemia During Mental Stress and Conventional Stress. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Apr;11(4):603-611. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.11.021. Epub 2017 Mar 15.PMID: 28330661.
Hammadah M, Kalogeropoulos AP, Georgiopoulou VV, Weber M, Wu Y, Hazen SL, Butler J, Tang WHW. High-density lipoprotein-associated paraoxonase-1 activity for prediction of adverse outcomes in outpatients with chronic heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2017 Jun;19(6):748-755. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.777. Epub 2017 Feb 7.PMID: 28176482.
Hammadah M, Al Mheid I, Wilmot K, Ramadan R, Shah AJ, Sun Y, Pearce B, Garcia EV, Kutner M, Bremner JD, Esteves F, Raggi P, Sheps DS, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. The Mental Stress Ischemia Prognosis Study: Objectives, Study Design, and Prevalence of Inducible Ischemia. Psychosom Med. 2017 Apr;79(3):311-317. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000442.PMID: 28002382.
Hammadah M, Al Mheid I, Wilmot K, Ramadan R, Abdelhadi N, Alkhoder A, Obideen M, Pimple PM, Levantsevych O, Kelli HM, Shah A, Sun YV, Pearce B, Kutner M, Long Q, Ward L, Ko YA, Hosny Mohammed K, Lin J, Zhao J, Bremner JD, Kim J, Waller EK, Raggi P, Sheps D, Quyyumi AA, Vaccarino V. Telomere Shortening, Regenerative Capacity, and Cardiovascular Outcomes. Circ Res. 2017 Mar 31;120(7):1130-1138. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.309421. Epub 2016 Dec 12.PMID: 27956416.
Hammadah M, Brennan ML, Wu Y, Hazen SL, Tang WH. Usefulness of Relative Hypochromia in Risk Stratification for Nonanemic Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Apr 15;117(8):1299-304. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.01.023. Epub 2016 Jan 28.PMID: 26897638.
Hammadah M, Georgiopoulou VV, Kalogeropoulos AP, Weber M, Wang X, Samara MA, Wu Y, Butler J, Tang WH. Elevated Soluble Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1 and Placental-Like Growth Factor Levels Are Associated With Development and Mortality Risk in Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Jan;9(1):e002115. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002115. Epub 2015 Dec 23.PMID: 26699385.
Hammadah M, Qintar M, Nissen SE, John JS, Alkharabsheh S, Mobolaji-Lawal M, Philip F, Uno K, Kataoka Y, Babb B, Poliszczuk R, Kapadia SR, Tuzcu EM, Schoenhagen P, Nicholls SJ, Puri R. Non-invasive volumetric assessment of aortic atheroma: a core laboratory validation using computed tomography angiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Jan;32(1):121-9. doi: 10.1007/s10554-015-0674-2. Epub 2015 May 12.PMID: 25962864.
Hammadah M, Fan Y, Wu Y, Hazen SL, Tang WH. Prognostic value of elevated serum ceruloplasmin levels in patients with heart failure. J Card Fail. 2014 Dec;20(12):946-52. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.08.001. Epub 2014 Aug 13.PMID: 25128745 .
