Ihab R Hamzeh, MD
Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine
About Ihab R Hamzeh
Dr. Ihab Hamzeh was a faculty member in Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine since 2012, where he was Director of the echo lab at Ben Taub Hospital and an Associate Program Director of the Baylor cardiology fellowship program. He is recognized for his strengths as a clinical cardiologist, echocardiographer, and educator.
Dr. Hamzeh received his medical degree from American University of Beirut. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. He then completed his Clinical Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at University of Louisville, Kentucky.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Research interest it to identify novel echocardiographic predictors of cardiac toxicity in addition to valvular heart disease in oncology and radiation patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1997 | American University of Beirut, Beirut, LBN, MD, Medical |
Postgraduate Training
| 2005-2006 | Clinical Research, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |
| 2002-2005 | Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |
| 2001-2002 | Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 1998-2001 | Resident, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 1997-1998 | Intern, American University of Beirut, Beirut |
Board Certifications
| 2005 | Cardiovascular Diseases (ABMS) |
| 2005 | National Board of Echocardiography |
| 2005 | Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology |
| 2001 | Internal Medicine (ABIM) |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Krittanawong C, Maitra NS, Hassan Virk HU, Farrell A, Hamzeh I, Arya B, Pressman GS, Wang Z, Marwick TH. Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 16(3):282-294, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36648033.
- Cochran JM, Jia X, Kaczmarek J, Staggers KA, Rifai MA, Hamzeh IR, Birnbaum Y. Direct Oral Anticoagulants in the Treatment of Left Ventricular Thrombus: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study and Meta-Analysis of Existing Data. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 26(2):173-178, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33078629.
- Ullah W, Zahid S, Hamzeh I, Birnbaum Y, Virani SS, Alam M. Trends and Predictors of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Related In-Hospital Mortality (From the National Inpatient Sample Database). Am J Cardiol 143:97-103, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33359229.
- Pandey Y, Owen B, Birnbaum G, Tabbaa R, Hamzeh I, Lakkis N, Kayani W. Multivessel Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection After a Motor Vehicle Accident With Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JACC Case Rep 2(15):2295-2298, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 34317158.
- Sudhakar D, Kamran H, Chen N, Mims M, Hamzeh I. A Sticky Situation: Aortic Valve Thrombus in Patient with Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome and Immune Thrombocytopenia. Am J Med 133(8):e393-e395, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31987800.
- Amidi O, Siebert VRJ, Allison J, Hamzeh IR. Cardiac Eosinophilic Masses in Man With Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis. Tex Heart Inst J 47(4):337-338, 2020. PMID: 33472240.
- Mahtta D, Ahmed ST, Shah NR, Ramsey DJ, Akeroyd JM, Nasir K, Hamzeh IR, Elgendy IY, Waldo SW, Al-Mallah MH, Jneid H, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Facility-Level Variation in Cardiac Stress Test Use Among Patients With Diabetes: Findings From the Veterans Affairs National Database. Diabetes Care 43(5):e58-e60, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32161052.
- Khan MR, Kayani WT, Manan M, Munir A, Hamzeh I, Virani SS, Birnbaum Y, Jneid H, Alam M. Comparison of surgical versus transcatheter aortic valve replacement for patients with aortic stenosis at low-intermediate risk. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 10(2):135-144, 2020. PMID: 32420093.
- Del Castillo M, Hamzeh I, Birnbaum Y. Tall R Waves in Precordial Electrocardiogram Leads. Tex Heart Inst J 47(1):47-48, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32148455.
- Allison JD, Zehner C, Jia X, Hamzeh IR, Alam M, Nair A, Birnbaum Y. Assessing the Validity of Echocardiographic Criteria for Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Cardiology 145(11):703-709, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33032287.
- Singh M, Hanis CL, Redline S, Ballantyne CM, Hamzeh I, Aguilar D. Sleep apnea and galectin-3: possible sex-specific relationship. Sleep Breath 23(4):1107-1114, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30721387.
- Khalid U, Bandeali S, Jones PG, Virani SS, Hira R, Hamzeh I, Chan PS, Kleiman NS, Lakkis N, Alam M. Prescription Patterns of Clopidogrel, Prasugrel, and Ticagrelor After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Stent Implantation (from the NCDR PINNACLE Registry). Am J Cardiol 124(12):1807-1812, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31668345.
- Khan MR, Kayani WT, Ahmad W, Manan M, Hira RS, Hamzeh I, Jneid H, Virani SS, Kleiman N, Lakkis N, Alam M. Effect of increasing age on percutaneous coronary intervention vs coronary artery bypass grafting in older adults with unprotected left main coronary artery disease: A meta-analysis and meta-regression. Clin Cardiol 42(11):1071-1078, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31486094.
- Pei DT, Liu J, Yaqoob M, Ahmad W, Bandeali SS, Hamzeh IR, Virani SS, Hira RS, Lakkis NM, Alam M. Meta-Analysis of Catheter Directed Ultrasound-Assisted Thrombolysis in Pulmonary Embolism. Am J Cardiol 124(9):1470-1477, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31492420.
- Trang A, Kampangkaew J, Fernandes R, Tiwana J, Misra A, Hamzeh I, Blaustein A, Aguilar D, Shah T, Ballantyne C, Quinones M, Nagueh SF, Dokanish H, Virani SS, Deswal A, Kirkpatrick JN, Nambi V. Understanding by General Providers of the Echocardiogram Report. Am J Cardiol 124(2):296-302, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31104774.
- McBride CL, Assalita S, Bolanos A, Hamzeh I. An Audaciously Aneurysmal Atrium. CASE (Phila) 2(2):73-76, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30062315.
- Maini R, Lim J, Liu J, Birnbaum I, Mirza F, Lakkis N, Hamzeh I. A Double Whammy: Severe Aortic Stenosis and Cocaine Overwhelm the Mitral Valve. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 14(1):63-65, 2018. PMID: 29623174.
- Khan MR, Kayani WT, Ahmad W, Hira RS, Virani SS, Hamzeh I, Jneid H, Lakkis N, Alam M. Meta-Analysis of Comparison of 5-Year Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery in the Era of Drug-eluting Stents. Am J Cardiol 120(9):1514-1520, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28886851.
- Allison JD, Macedo FY, Hamzeh IR, Birnbaum Y. Correlation of right atrial enlargement on ECG to right atrial volume by echocardiography in patients with pulmonary hypertension. J Electrocardiol 50(5):555-560, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28511781.
- Hoang V, Grounds J, Pham D, Virani S, Hamzeh I, Qureshi AM, Lakkis N, Alam M. The Role of Intracoronary Plaque Imaging with Intravascular Ultrasound, Optical Coherence Tomography, and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Curr Atheroscler Rep 18(9):57, 2016. PMID: 27485540.
- Liu G, Khalid U, Birnbaum Y, Hamzeh IR. A heartbreaking pleasure. Int J Cardiol 204:177-8, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26666345.
- DeJarnett N, Yeager R, Conklin DJ, Lee J, O'Toole TE, McCracken J, Abplanalp W, Srivastava S, Riggs DW, Hamzeh I, Wagner S, Chugh A, DeFilippis A, Ciszewski T, Wyatt B, Becher C, Higdon D, Ramos KS, Tollerud DJ, Myers JA, Rai SN, Shah J, Zafar N, Krishnasamy SS, Prabhu SD, Bhatnagar A. Residential Proximity to Major Roadways Is Associated With Increased Levels of AC133+ Circulating Angiogenic Cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 35(11):2468-77, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26293462.
- Maini R, Dadu RT, Addison D, Cunningham L, Hamzeh I, Wall M, Lakkis N, Tabbaa R. Isolated perforation of left coronary cusp after blunt chest trauma. Case Rep Cardiol 2015:235629, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25802765.
- DeJarnett N, Conklin DJ, Riggs DW, Myers JA, O'Toole TE, Hamzeh I, Wagner S, Chugh A, Ramos KS, Srivastava S, Higdon D, Tollerud DJ, DeFilippis A, Becher C, Wyatt B, McCracken J, Abplanalp W, Rai SN, Ciszewski T, Xie Z, Yeager R, Prabhu SD, Bhatnagar A. Acrolein exposure is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. J Am Heart Assoc 3(4), 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25099132.
- Huang HD, Alam M, Hamzeh I, Virani S, Deswal A, Aguilar D, Rogers P, Kougias P, Birnbaum Y, Paniagua D, Kar B, Ballantyne C, Bozkurt B, Jneid H. Patients with severe chronic kidney disease benefit from early revascularization after acute coronary syndrome. Int J Cardiol 168(4):3741-6, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23845772.
- Hamzeh I, Rashid A, Shaib F, Dawn B. Pulmonary vein stenosis due to a compressive malignant tumor detected by transesophageal echocardiography. Circulation 123(3):349-50, 2011. PMID: 21263008.
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