Syed Saad Mahmood, M.D., MPH

Cardiology

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Personal Statement

I am a CardioOncologist specializing in the care of cancer patients with heart disease. It is my goal to help cancer patients tolerate cardiac side effects of life-prolonging cancer therapy, and to optimize heart health of cancer survivors.

I am an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. As a physician-investigator I have co-authored multiple papers in CardioOncology, and my body of research has been cited over 2,800 times by the scientific community.

Biographical Info

Residency: Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Fellowship: Cardiovascular Diseases, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine.

Fellowship: Cardio-Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Dr Mahmood's research is focused on understanding the cardiotoxicity of immunotherapy for cancer, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and chimeric antigen receptor T-cells. He has received research grant funding from the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation, and the New York Academy of Medicine.

Honors and Awards
  • Glorney-Raisbeck Junior Faculty Research Award in Cardiovascular Diseases, New York Academy of Medicine (2020-2021)
  • Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowships Award in Cardiovascular Diseases, New York Academy of Medicine (2019-2020)
  • Chief Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Weill Cornell Medicine (2019-2020)
  • Rising Star Award - Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (2017)
  • Elected, Alpha Omega Alpha, Case Western Reserve University (2010)
  • Dean’s Award, Case Western Reserve University (2010)
  • Helen H. Glaser Student Essay, Alpha Omega Alpha (2010)
  • Academic merit scholarship, Academy of Medicine Education Foundation (2009)
  • Sarnoff Cardiovascular Disease Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School (2007-2008)
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Expertise
Transthoracic Echocardiogram
Stress Echocardiogram
Transesophageal Echocardiogram
Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Cardiovascular Stress Testing
Cancer Immunotherapy
Clinical Research
Myocarditis
Cardiomyopathy
Cancer Complications
Languages
English
Urdu
Hindi
Education 
  • M.D.
    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    2010
  • M.P.H.
    Case Western Reserve University
    2007
  • B.A., B.S.
    Case Western Reserve University
    2004

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