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Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

William A. Zoghbi, MD Centennial Chair in Cardiovascular Health, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute
Jerold B. Katz Investigator, Academic Institute
Full Clinical Member, Research Institute
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Department of Cardiology
Co-director, Center for Health Data Science and Analytics
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


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Biography

Dr. Nasir received his MD from Pakistan, followed by a MPH at John Hopkins University. Dr. Nasir completed his internal medicine residency at Boston Medical Center and cardiology fellowship at Yale University. He also received postdoctoral research training at the division of cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was recipient of NIH T-32 fellowship in cardiac imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. He recently earned a Master’s degree in Health Economics and Policy Management from London School of Economics & Political Science.

Dr. Nasir serves as Associate Editor for Circulation: Quality of Care and Outcomes, editorial board member for Circulation as well on the board of directors for American Society of Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). He was honored with the Johns Hopkins Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2013, which acknowledges alumni who have typified Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and brought credit to the University by their personal accomplishments, professional achievements, or humanitarian service

Dr. Nasir has over 500 peer-reviewed articles which are published in top journals such as Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Archives of Internal Medicine, Circulation, Journal of American College of Cardiology and European Heart Journal. Dr. Nasir has lectured extensively throughout the world on coronary arthrosclerosis, cardiac imaging and prevention.

Description of Research

Dr. Nasir’s area of expertise in preventive cardiology involves the identification of high-risk individuals — those likely to have a heart attack or stroke. His research helps to identify the at-risk population so that treatments may be targeted to them.

Publications

Association of cardiovascular risk profile with premature all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in US adults: findings from a national study
Nguyen, RT, Jain, V, Acquah, I, Khan, SU, Parekh, T, Taha, M, Virani, SS, Blaha, MJ, Nasir, K & Javed, Z 2024, , BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, vol. 24, no. 1, 91. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-023-03672-3

Cardiovascular disease in Arab Americans: A literature review of prevalence, risk factors, and directions for future research
Lababidi, H, Lababidi, G, Rifai, MA, Nasir, K & Al-Kindi, S 2024, , American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 18, 100665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100665

County-level socio-environmental factors and obesity prevalence in the United States
Salerno, PRVO, Qian, A, Dong, W, Deo, S, Nasir, K, Rajagopalan, S & Al-Kindi, S 2024, , Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1766-1774. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15488

Environmental Exposome and Atrial Fibrillation: Emerging Evidence and Future Directions
Wass, SY, Hahad, O, Asad, Z, Li, S, Chung, MK, Benjamin, EJ, Nasir, K, Rajagopalan, S & Al-Kindi, SG 2024, , Circulation Research, vol. 134, no. 8, pp. 1029-1045. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323477

Association of Environmental Injustice and Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors in the United States
Khadke, S, Kumar, A, Al-Kindi, S, Rajagopalan, S, Kong, Y, Nasir, K, Ahmad, J, Adamkiewicz, G, Delaney, S, Nohria, A, Dani, SS & Ganatra, S 2024, , Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. e033428. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.033428

Epidemiology and Prognostic Implications of Coronary Artery Calcium in Asymptomatic Individuals With Prediabetes: A Multicohort Study
Rifai, MA, Al-Mallah, MH, Blaha, MJ, Patel, J, McEvoy, JW, Nasir, K, Shahid, I, Patel, KV, Sharma, G, Marrugat, J, Tizon-Marcos, H, Erbel, R, Stang, A, Jöckel, KH, Lehmann, N, Schramm, S, Schmidt, B, Blumenthal, RS, Virani, SS, Nambi, V & Cainzos-Achirica, M 2024, , Diabetes care, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 698-706. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1864

Age- and sex-based heterogeneity in coronary artery plaque presence and burden in familial hypercholesterolemia: A multi-national study
Nasir, K, Mszar, R, Cainzos-Achirica, M, Grandhi, GR, Tromp, TR, Alonso, R, Bittencourt, MS, Bruckert, E, Díaz-Díaz, JL, Gallo, A, Hovingh, GK, Miname, MH, Muñiz-Grijalvo, O, Pang, J, de Isla, LP, Sijbrands, EJG, Watts, GF, Mata, P & Santos, RD 2024, , American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 17, 100611, pp. 100611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2023.100611

Redefining Cardiovascular Risk Assessment as a Spectrum: From Binary to Continuous
Saba, PS, Al Kindi, S & Nasir, K 2024, , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 574-576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.026

Social Determinants of Health Framework to Identify and Reduce Barriers to Imaging in Marginalized Communities
Elmohr, MM, Javed, Z, Dubey, P, Jordan, JE, Shah, L, Nasir, K, Rohren, EM & Lincoln, CM 2024, , Radiology, vol. 310, no. 2, 223097. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.223097

Unfavorable social determinants of health and risk of mortality in adults with diabetes: findings from the National Health Interview Survey
Chang, R, Philip, J, Javed, U, Titus, A, Gardezi, SK, Kundi, H, Yousefzai, R, Hyder, AA, Mossialos, E, Nasir, K & Javed, Z 2024, , BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, vol. 12, no. 1, e003710. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003710

Unfavorable social determinants of health and mortality risk by cardiovascular disease status: Findings from a National Study of United States Adults
Maqsood, MH, Nguyen, R, Chang, R, Kundi, H, Hagan, K, Butt, S, Titus, A, Hyder, AA, Javed, U, Al-Kindi, S, Blaha, MJ, Mossialos, E, Nasir, K & Javed, Z 2024, , American Heart Journal, vol. 267, pp. 95-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2023.10.006

Global Paths to Cardiovascular Health Equity Across Risk Spectrum: Unveiling Threads of Social Determinants
Al-Kindi, S, Javed, Z & Nasir, K 2024, , JACC: Asia, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 55-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacasi.2023.10.008

Social disadvantage, coronary artery calcium, and their interplay in the prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events
Acquah, I, Cainzos-Achirica, M, Taha, MB, Lahan, S, Blaha, MJ, Al-Kindi, SG, Khan, SU, Sharma, G, Budoff, MJ & Nasir, K 2024, , Atherosclerosis, vol. 388, 117355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.117355

From data to wisdom: harnessing the power of multimodal approach for personalized atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk assessment
Al-Kindi, S & Nasir, K 2024, , European Heart Journal - Digital Health, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 6-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztad068

Social Vulnerability Index and Cardiovascular Disease Care Continuum: A Scoping Review
Ibrahim, R, Sainbayar, E, Pham, HN, Shahid, M, Saleh, AA, Javed, Z, Khan, SU, Al-Kindi, S & Nasir, K 2024, , JACC: Advances. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.100858

Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Shahid, I, Avenatti, E, Titus, A, Al-Kindi, S & Nasir, K 2024, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 94-106. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1313

County-Level Socio-Environmental Factors Associated With Stroke Mortality in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study
Salerno, PRVO, Motairek, I, Dong, W, Nasir, K, Fotedar, N, Omran, SS, Ganatra, S, Hahad, O, Deo, SV, Rajagopalan, S & Al-Kindi, SG 2024, , Angiology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00033197241244814

Geographically Weighted Modeling to Explore Social and Environmental Factors Affecting County-Level Cardiovascular Mortality in People With Diabetes in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Zelko, A, Salerno, PRVO, Al-Kindi, S, Ho, F, Rocha, FP, Nasir, K, Rajagopalan, S, Deo, S & Sattar, N 2023, , American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 209, pp. 193-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.084

Thoracic Aortic Calcium Density and Area in Long-Term Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Men Versus Women
Razavi, AC, Kim, C, Van Assen, M, De Cecco, CN, Berman, DS, Budoff, MJ, Quyyumi, AA, Vaccarino, V, Miedema, MD, Nasir, K, Rozanski, A, Fernandez, C, Rumberger, JA, Shaw, LJ, Bødtker Mortensen, M, Wong, ND, Blumenthal, RS, Sperling, LS, Whelton, SP, Blaha, MJ & Dzaye, O 2023, , Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. E015690. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.015690

Impact of Guideline-Directed Statin Intervention for Primary Prevention in Patients With Diabetes
Muluk, P, Zhu, J, Thoma, F, Hay, E, Marroquin, O, Makani, A, Aiyer, A, Nasir, K, Gulati, M, Shapiro, MD, Mulukutla, S & Saeed, A 2023, , Diabetes care, vol. 46, no. 12, pp. 2273-2277. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-0816

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