Mohammad Ahmed Zaki Al-Ani MD (He/Him)

Heart Failure & Transplantation, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Clinical Informatics

Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Radiology, and Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics. Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3). Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy program. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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1600 SW Archer RdRm 4102Gainesville, FL 32610
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Summary

Mohammad Al-Ani, MD, is a cardiologist based in Gainesville, FL, specializing in heart failure, transplantation, cardiothoracic imaging, and clinical informatics. He completed his medical degree at the University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine in 2005 and pursued his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at the University of Florida. Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor at UF Health and practices as a heart failure and imaging cardiologist at UF Health Shands Hospital. His expertise includes working with cardiomyopathies, sarcoidosis-related cardiomyopathy, nuclear cardiology, heart failure, and exercise stress testing. Dr. Al-Ani has published several articles, and his work has been recognized with awards such as the AI2Health Datathon's first place in 2023 and the Carl Pepine Research Award in 2020.

Education & Training

University of Florida College of MedicineFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2019 - 2020
University of FloridaFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2016 - 2019
University of FloridaResidency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2016
University of Jordan Faculty of MedicineClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2019 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Certification board of Cardiac CTCBCCT
Certification board of cardiac MRICBCMR
Certification board of nuclear cardiologyCBNC
National board of echocardiophyASCeXAM

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

AI2Health Datathon - first place University of Florida, 2023
Carl Pepine Research Award University of Florida, 2020

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Preoperative use of intra-aortic balloon pump before left ventricular assist device implantation.
Omar M Sharaf, Hua Liu, Matheus Falasa, Lindsey Brinkley, Ahmet Bilgili
JHLT Open. 2025-05-01
Advancing the frontier of left ventricular assist device outflow graft stenting: Stenting techniques and outcomes in a landmark case series.
David Gittess, Mohammad A Al-Ani, Andrew Stein, Juan R Vilaro, Alex M Parker
JHLT Open. 2025-05-01
Multimodality Imaging for the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis.
Romulo A Pasini, Mohammad A Z Al-Ani, Stephan Altmayer, Joice Dias Prodigios, Borna Mehrad
Radiology. Cardiothoracic Imaging. 2025-04-01

Journal Articles

Acute Right Ventricular Failure: A Novel Presentation of Methadone-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Mohammad Al-Ani, Mustafa M Ahmed, BMJ Case Reports CP
Morphine in Acute Pulmonary Oedema Treatment
Mohammad Al-AniMedia IsmaelDavid E. Winchester, Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports, 4/1/2017

Press Mentions

From Bird Strike to Hope: The Story of Moe Ricks’s Optimism in the Face of TragedyJuly 30th, 2020

Grant Support

AHA's Second Century Early Faculty Independence AwardAHA2024–2027
Moving HCM Excellence Into the Fast Lane: Harnessing Technology to Reconfigure Clinical Workflows in an Academic Medical CenterBristol Myers Squibb2023–2024

Committees

Early career board member and chapter representative at national ACC early career section, Florida Chapter - American college of cardiology 2023 - Present