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Office
7200 Cambridge St
Fl 10
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 713-798-1750Fax+1 713-798-4693
Summary
- I am board certified in Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant. Currently I serve as the Director of the Heart Failure Clinic at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center and Assistant Director of the Advanced Heart Failure fellowship program. My clinic interests include advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant, diastolic dysfunction, valvular heart disease, exercise physiology and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Education & Training
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2008 - 2009
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2005 - 2008
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2005
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 2001
- University of Texas at AustinBS, Biochemistry
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2014 - 2024
- NY State Medical License 2003 - 2018
- PA State Medical License 2008 - 2008
- American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor Texas Monthly, 2022
- Houston Top Doctors Houstonia Magazine, 2019-2020
- Star Award for Clinical Excellence Baylor College of Medicine, 2018
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Clinical Trials
- REDUCE LAP-HF III Corvia Protocol 1701 Start of enrollment: 2017 Jul 12
- Hemodynamic-GUIDEd Management of Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 15
- Surveillance HeartCare® Outcomes Registry Start of enrollment: 2018 Dec 28
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 204 citationsRight ventriculo-arterial coupling in pulmonary hypertension: a magnetic resonance studyJavier Sanz, Ana García-Álvarez, Leticia Fernández-Friera, Ajith Nair, Jesus G Mirelis
Heart. 2012-02-01 - 21 citationsValidation of the Prognostic Utility of the Electrocardiogram for Acute Drug Overdose.Alex F. Manini, Ajith Nair, Rajesh Vedanthan, David Vlahov, Robert S. Hoffman
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2017-02-03 - 60 citationsLatent Pulmonary Vascular Disease May Alter the Response to Therapeutic Atrial Shunt Device in Heart Failure.Barry A Borlaug, John Blair, Martin W Bergmann, Heiko Bugger, Dan Burkhoff
Circulation. 2022-05-24
Journal Articles
- Anticoagulation in Heart Failure: Who, When and WhyNair AP, Sealove B, Halperin, J, Webber G, Fuster V, Eur Heart J Suppl, 2006
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Investigating Genetic Variants in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices for Nonischemic CardiomyopathyScott C, Posey J, Butac C, Lamba H, Oberton S, Shafii A, Liao K, Loor G, George J, Simpson L, Delgado R, Civitello A, Nair A, International Society of Heart Lung Transplant, Scientific Meeting, Denver, CO, 4/2023
- Greater Burden of Biventricular Dysfunction in Female Recipients of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular DevicesLamba H, Kherallah RY, Kassi M, Delgado R, Mattar A, Nair A, Chatterjee S, Shafii A, Loor G, Rogers J, Civitello A, Liao K, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Denver, CO, 4/2023
- Sex Disparities in the Use of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support for Nonischemic-Cardiogenic ShockBhardwaj A, Rajapreyar I, Kumar S, Nair A, Brailovsky Y, Pirlamarla P, Baran D, International Society of Heart Lung Transplant, Denver, CO, 4/2023
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Press Mentions
- Treat Heart Failure More like CancerJuly 24th, 2024
- New Implantable Device Treats Heart FailureDecember 4th, 2020
- HF Admissions Spike in Step with FluMarch 28th, 2019
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Fellow
- Heart Failure Society of AmericaFellow
- International Society of Heart Lung TransplantationMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
External Links
- Baylor College of Medicine Profilehttps://www.bcm.edu/healthcare/find-a-physician/details/index.cfm?id=2484
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