Comprehensive Cardiac Care

Mohammed N. Imam, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C.

 

SPECIALTY

Cardiothoracic Surgery

CERTIFICATION

2000 Diplomate
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (recert 2010)
1998 Diplomate
American Board of Surgery

CURRENT POSITION

Academic Appointment
Assistant Professor
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

Chairman
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Staten Island University Hospital, NY
Northwell Health

Executive Director
The Heart Institute
Staten Island University Hospital, NY
Northwell Health

PAST POSITIONS

2015-2016
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Baptist Health Lexington

2011-2016
Director, Heart Valve Center
Baptist Health Lexington

2006-2016
Staff Surgeon, Baptist Health Lexington

8/1/04-6/19/06
Director, Kentucky Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, KY

8/1/99-6/1/04
Staff Surgeon, James H. Quillen Regional Heart Center, TN

INTERNSHIP & RESIDENCY

7/1/97-6/30/99
Chief Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston

7/1/92-6/30/97
Surgical Resident, Nassau University Medical Center, NY

EDUCATION

6/1/85-1/30/91
University of Bombay
Degree: M.B.B.S.

2013
Harvard Manage Mentor Leadership Course
The Advisory Board Physician Leadership Course

2016
Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management
Brandeis University (American College of Surgeons)

FELLOWSHIP

8/1/91-8/30/92
Research Fellow
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, CO

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

11/02-5/04
Clinical Assistant Profession of Surgery and Family Medicine
East Tennessee State University School of Medicine

7/1/97-6/30/99
Clinical Instructor in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston

7/1/96-6/30/97
Clinical Instructor in Surgery
State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

9/1/16-present
Staten Island University Hospital, NY
Northwell Health

7/1/06-8/10/16
Central Baptist Hospital, KY

7/1/06-8/10/16
St. Joseph’s Hospital, KY

7/1/04-6/30/06
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, KY

8/1/99-6/1/04
Holston Valley Medical Center, TN

LICENSURE

New York (2016)
Kentucky (2004)
Tennessee ( 1999)
Massachusetts (2006)

EXAMINATIONS

American Board of Thoracic Surgery In-Training Examination
Percentile Score:
95 (1998)
95 (1999)

ABSITE (American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination)
Percentile Score:
99 (1997)
99 (1996)
97 (1995)
99 (1994)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Principal Investigator: REDCABG clinical trial (2010)
Principal Investigator: ANGINA RELIEF trial (2015)
Principal Investigator: CREST2 trial ( 2015)
Molecular diagnosis of Hepatitis C virus (NIH funded)
Neurodegenerative disease and Neural Cell Transplant (NIH funded)
Human Fetal Cells-Immortalization Studies (NIH funded)

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Developed a safe and reliable blood test for detecting Hepatitis C virus which is currently in clinical use.

Played a major role in discovering prostaglandins as neurotoxins and its relevance in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

Showed for the first time that antioxidants induced differentiation of neuroblastoma cells in vitro.

HONORS & AWARDS

Alley- Sheridan Award (Thoracic Surgery Foundation/Society of Thoracic Surgeons) for Leadership in Health Policy (2016)
Kentucky’s Favorite Physician (2015)
Patient’s Choice Award, USA (2008-14)
National Registry of Who’s Who in America (2001)
Chairman’s award for outstanding achievements in
Surgical education, NY (1997)
Ranked first in surgery orals in the graduating class (1989)
Scholarship for excellence in surgery (1989)
Honored by the Bombay City Education Society for academic achievements (1984)
Silver and Bronze medals of the Duke of Edinburgh’s award Scheme (1983)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2003- Society of Thoracic Surgeons-Member

2001- American College of Surgeons-Fellow

2001- American College of Cardiology-Fellow

1999- American Medical Association

2006- Kentucky Medical Association

1999- Tennessee Medical Association

2006- Lexington Medical Society

1999- American Heart Association

1999- American College of Chest Physicians

1999- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

1999- American Thoracic Society

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

Board of Directors, Baptist Health Medical Group, KY

Consultant/Advisory board, Cryolife

Organizer, Annual Advanced Cardiac Symposium, Lexington, KY

Board Member, Central Baptist Heart and Vascular Institute, KY

Chair, Stroke Committee, Central Baptist Hospital, KY

Cardiovascular Peer Review Committee, Central Baptist, KY

Endovascular Committee, Central Baptist Hospital, KY

Chair, Critical Care Committee, Lake Cumberland, Regional Hospital, KY

Clinical Lab Committee at the Holston Valley Medical Center, TN

Ambulatory Surgery Committee at the Nassau University, Medical Center, NY

SPEAKER’S BUREAU

Edwards Lifesciences – Transcatheter Valve Therapies

PRESENTATIONS/CME

Innovative Surgical Therapies for Valvular Heart Disease: Advanced Cardiac Symposium, Lexington,KY, April 2011
TAVR- A New option for Aortic Stenosis: Symposium for Heart Disease in Women, Corbin,KY, February 2013
The TAVR Experience- “Finding the Ideal Patient”; Advanced Cardiac Symposium, Lexington,KY, April 2013

PUBLICATIONS

Contributing author:
Recent Advances in Neural Transplantation, CNS Neuronal
Injury and Neuronal Regeneration, 1994

Mitchell, R., Rogers, A., Earle, G., Imam, M.., Hybrid Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms by Debranching and the Creation of Landing Zone , Journal of Kentucky Medical Association, Vol. 107/No.11, November 2009

Mitchell, R., Rogers, A., Earle, G., Imam, M., Endograft Repair of Type B Aortic Dissection with Three Year Follow-up, Journal of Kentucky Medical Association, Vol. 107/No. 8, August 2009

Kougias, P., Kappa, J., Sewell, D., Feit, R., Imam, M., Greenfield, T., Simultaneous Carotid Endarterectomy and Coronary Bypass Grafting: Results of Patient Specific Groups, Annals of Vascular Surgery, 21:408-414, 2007

Imam, M., Kim R, Ger, R., Transposition Muscle Flaps for Infected Infrainguinal Vascular Grafts:
A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Surgical Rounds, 22:209-212, April 1999

Imam, M., Nadjari, H., Association of Meckel’s Diverticulum and Arteriovenous
Malformations of the Ileum, Contemporary Surgery for Residents, 13-15, Jan 1997

Kalambe, B, Imam, M., Parikh, S., Patankar, C, Sina, R., Intestinal Obstruction by Jejunal Diverticular Enteroliths, Bombay Hospitals Journal, 33:140-142, 1991

Prasad K., Imam, M., Kentroti, S. Vernadakis, A, Edwards-Prasad, J., Carvalho, E.,
Modification of Cyclic-AMP Induced Differentiation of Neuroblastoma Cells in Culture by Beta-Carotene and Vitamin E, J.Am.Coll.Nutr., 13-298-303-194

Imam, M., TAVR- A Lifesaving Option for Aortic Stenosis, MD Update, December, 2012

INTERESTS

Transcatheter Valve Replacement and Repair
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Open and Endovascular aortic surgery
Mitral valve repair
Aortic valve replacement
Surgery for atrial fibrillation
Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices
Transmyocardial laser revascularization
Heart failure surgery
Thoracic surgery
Endovascular surgery