
Rifat B Dweik MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology
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20 Hope AveSuite G07Waltham, MA 02453
Phone+1 781-894-1199
Fax+1 781-647-6178
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Summary
- I am a board certified cardiologist practicing general cardiology with interest in nuclear cardiac imaging and pacemaker implantation.
Education & Training
- Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University HealthFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1988 - 1991
- Boston VA Healthcare System (Brockton-West Roxbury)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1987
- Waltham Weston Hospital Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1985
- Ain Shams University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 1987 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsPretreatment with theophylline does not affect adenosine-induced thallium-201 myocardial imagingGary V. Heller, Rifat B. Dweik, Marilyn M. Barbour, Carol Ewing Garber, Donna J. Cloutier
American Heart Journal. 1993-11-01 - 15 citationsTreatment of pacemaker-associated right atrial thrombus with 2-hour rTPA infusionChristopher J. Cooper, Rifat B. Dweik, Solomon Gabbay
American Heart Journal. 1993-07-01 - 12 citationsEffects of intravenous theophylline on exercise-induced myocardial ischemia. I. Impact on the ischemic thresholdGary V. Heller, Marilyn McFarland Barbour, Rifat B. Dweik, Joseph J. Corning, Joseph R. McClellan
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1993-04-01
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