JosephK.SamahaMD

Cardiology • Germantown, TN

Cardiac Electrophysiology, Interventional Cardiology, Preventive Cardiology

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Office
8060 Wolf River Blvd
Germantown, TN 38138
Phone+1 901-271-1000

Fax+1 901-271-4187

Education & Training

University of TennesseeFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1980 - 1982
University of TennesseeResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1980
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

MS State Medical License 1989 - 2025
TN State Medical License 1977 - 2025
MT State Medical License 2015 - 2021
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Cardiovascular Disease
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Heart/Stroke Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Cardiac Care Recognition Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

55 citations
Depot-specific overexpression of proinflammatory, redox, endothelial cell, and angiogenic genes in epicardial fat adjacent to severe stable coronary atherosclerosis.
Harold S. Sacks, John N. Fain, Paramjeet Cheema, Suleiman W. Bahouth, Edward Garrett
Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 2011-11-30
91 citations
Inflammatory Genes in Epicardial Fat Contiguous With Coronary Atherosclerosis in the Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes: Changes associated with pioglitazone
Harold S. Sacks, John N. Fain, Paramjeet Cheema, Suleiman W. Bahouth, Edward Garrett
Diabetes Care. 2011-02-01
230 citations
Uncoupling Protein-1 and Related Messenger Ribonucleic Acids in Human Epicardial and Other Adipose Tissues: Epicardial Fat Functioning as Brown Fat
Harold S. Sacks, John N. Fain, Ben Holman, Paramjeet Cheema, Aron Chary
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2009-09-01

Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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