Mohamed Hamdan, MD, MBA, professor and head, Cardiovascular Medicine and Mildred and Marv Conney Chair in Cardiology, has been elected to the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC).

The AUC is an educational organization established in 1961 that elects an active membership of 125 academic cardiologists considered to be leaders who shape the course of research and training in cardiovascular disease in the United States.

The group has a purely educational purpose and meets once per year in January for a two-day session of scientific interchange.

Dr. Hamdan specializes in clinical management of syncope (fainting). In 2012, he established the UW Health Faint and Fall Clinic, which uses decision-making software and a team of multi-disciplinary practitioners from cardiology, geriatric medicine, and neurology to care for more than 500 new patients per year.

His research focuses on evaluating the role of the baroreflex (the reflex by which the body maintains blood pressure at nearly constant levels). He is particularly interested in determining how the hemodynamic (blood flow) response is modified during abnormally high heart rate, and the effects of heart rhythm disturbances on blood pressure regulation.

Dr. Hamdan earned his medical degree at American University of Beirut and completed his residency in internal medicine and research fellowship at University of Iowa, followed by a cardiology fellowship at Stanford University and fellowship in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the University of California San Francisco. He later earned his executive MBA from the University of Utah.

Resources:

• Association of University Cardiologists

Photo (top): In this 2016 file photo, Dr. Mohomad Hamdan (left) talks with a colleague during a UW Mini Med School lecture about caring for your heart and arteries. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine