Research interests
Current research focus on pericardial disease, valvular disease and cardiac imaging[8]
Born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq
Class of 2012 graduate from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Mohamed M. Al-Kazaz is an associate professor of medicine in cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and section chief of general cardiology at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. He specializes in pericardial and valve disease, including complex valvular pathology, myocarditis and aortic disease, with expertise in advanced echocardiography. His research focuses on pericardial and valvular disease and cardiac imaging, including clinical trials of pericarditis therapeutics, medical therapy for aortic stenosis and transcatheter valve therapies. He also directs Northwestern’s centralized telemetry monitoring unit and has an interest in clinical operations and program building. After earning his MD in Qatar in 2012, he completed internal medicine training at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and cardiovascular fellowship at Mount Sinai, where he later served on the faculty before joining Northwestern in 2022.
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Training includes Faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital for three years before joining Northwestern in 2022, Chief fellow in cardiovascular medicine and advanced echocardiography at The Mount Sinai Hospital-Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Cardiovascular medicine fellow on the academic track at The Mount Sinai Hospital-Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, plus 14 more records.
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Current research focus on pericardial disease, valvular disease and cardiac imaging[8]
Involved in clinical trials focused on pericarditis and valvular heart disease[8]
Involved in clinical trials on medical therapy for aortic stenosis[8]
Involved in clinical trials on new therapeutics in pericardial disease[8]
Involved in clinical trials on transcatheter therapies for valve disease[8]
Leads active clinical trials recruiting research participants and patients[8]