AmitKheraMDMSc, FACC, FAHA, FASPC
Cardiology • Dallas, TXPreventive Cardiology
Professor of Medicine; Director, Preventive Cardiology; Director, Cardiology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Office
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390Phone+1 214-645-8300Fax+1 214-645-7269
Education & Training
Harvard School of Public HealthMSc, Epidemiology, 2013 - 2014
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2001 - 2004
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2003 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Fellow (FAHA) American Heart Association
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Multicomponent Intervention Study- Blood Donors With High Cholesterol Start of enrollment: 2023 Feb 27
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Differential Associations of Cigar, Pipe, and Smokeless Tobacco Use Versus Combustible Cigarette Use With Subclinical Markers of Inflammation, Thrombosis, and Atherosc...Zhiqi Yao, Erfan Tasdighi, Zeina A Dardari, Kunal K Jha, Ngozi Osuji
Circulation. 2025-01-27 - 1 citationsCigar, Pipe, and Smokeless Tobacco Use and Cardiovascular Outcomes From Cross Cohort Collaboration.Erfan Tasdighi, Zhiqi Yao, Kunal K Jha, Zeina A Dardari, Ngozi Osuji
JAMA Network Open. 2025-01-02 - Novel therapeutic agents for cardiometabolic risk mitigation in heart transplant recipients.Ananya Gorrai, Maryjane Farr, Patrick O'hara, Hadi Beaini, Nicholas Hendren
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024-12-17
Lectures
- Facts or Alternate Facts: A Case-Based Deep Dive Into the Recently Released Prevention Guidelines2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
- Future Hub: Precision Cardiology: Polygenic Risk Scores2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
- Test Yourself Faculty2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
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Authored Content
- Astronaut Cardiovascular Health and Risk Modification (Astro-CHARM) Coronary Calcium Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk CalculatorJuly 2018
Press Mentions
One Hundred Years and Beyond: What's Going to Be Hot at AHA 2024November 14th, 2024
Former Smokers Pick up Some Awful Practices That Pose Significant Health HazardsAugust 26th, 2019
Cheap Combo Pill Cuts Heart, Stroke Risks, Study FindsAugust 24th, 2019- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish, Hindi, Urdu
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