Education & Training

2013-2014

Fellowship

Interventional Cardiology

University of Maryland Medical Center

2010-2013

Fellowship

Cardiovascular Disease, Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center

2008-2010

Fellowship

Vascular Biology

MedStar Heart Institute

2005-2008

Residency

Internal Medicine, Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center

1993-2001

Medical Degree (MD)

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Biography

Research Publications

Diagnosis of cardiogenic shock without the use of a pulmonary artery catheter.

Cooper HA, Najafi AH, Ghafourian K, Paixao AR, Aljaabari M, Iantorno M, Caños D, Asch FM, Panza JA.

Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2015 Feb;4(1):88-95. doi: 10.1177/2048872614534564. Epub 2014 May 15.

Massive, rapidly growing cardiac lymphoma with rare valvular involvement showing excellent response to chemotherapy.

Mohsen A, Najafi AH, Zhou L, Mobarek DA, Aggarwal A, El-Bayoumi J, Greenberg MD, Mordini FE.

Can J Cardiol. 2013 Sep;29(9):1139.e3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.01.019. Epub 2013 Apr 18. No abstract available.

A new murine model of stress-induced complex atherosclerotic lesions.

Najafi AH, Aghili N, Tilan JU, Andrews JA, Peng X, Lassance-Soares RM, Sood S, Alderman LO, Abe K, Li L, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R, Zukowska Z, Epstein SE, Burnett MS.

Dis Model Mech. 2013 Mar;6(2):323-31. doi: 10.1242/dmm.009977. Epub 2013 Jan 11.

Aging causes collateral rarefaction and increased severity of ischemic injury in multiple tissues.

Faber JE, Zhang H, Lassance-Soares RM, Prabhakar P, Najafi AH, Burnett MS, Epstein SE.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2011 Aug;31(8):1748-56. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.227314. Epub 2011 May 26.

Aging-induced collateral dysfunction: impaired responsiveness of collaterals and susceptibility to apoptosis via dysfunctional eNOS signaling.

Wang J, Peng X, Lassance-Soares RM, Najafi AH, Alderman LO, Sood S, Xue Z, Chan R, Faber JE, Epstein SE, Burnett MS.

J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2011 Dec;4(6):779-89. doi: 10.1007/s12265-011-9280-4. Epub 2011 May 3.

Of mice and men: neuropeptide Y and its receptors are associated with atherosclerotic lesion burden and vulnerability.

Li L, Najafi AH, Kitlinska JB, Neville R, Laredo J, Epstein SE, Burnett MS, Zukowska Z.

J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2011 Jun;4(3):351-62. doi: 10.1007/s12265-011-9271-5. Epub 2011 Apr 6.

Gender differences affect blood flow recovery in a mouse model of hindlimb ischemia.

Peng X, Wang J, Lassance-Soares RM, Najafi AH, Sood S, Aghili N, Alderman LO, Panza JA, Faber JE, Wang S, Epstein SE, Burnett MS.

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2011 Jun;300(6):H2027-34. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00004.2011. Epub 2011 Mar 11.

Metallothionein enhances angiogenesis and arteriogenesis by modulating smooth muscle cell and macrophage function.

Zbinden S, Wang J, Adenika R, Schmidt M, Tilan JU, Najafi AH, Peng X, Lassance-Soares RM, Iantorno M, Morsli H, Gercenshtein L, Jang GJ, Epstein SE, Burnett MS.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010 Mar;30(3):477-82. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.200949. Epub 2010 Jan 7.

Fibromuscular dysplasia of ostial left main coronary artery depicted by intravascular ultrasound.

Najafi AH, Wang Z, Kent KM.

Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2009 Oct-Dec;10(4):277-9. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2009.01.002. No abstract available.

Insights into the role of infection in atherogenesis and in plaque rupture.

Epstein SE, Zhu J, Najafi AH, Burnett MS.

Circulation. 2009 Jun 23;119(24):3133-41. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.849455. Review. No abstract available.

Outcomes and quality of life in patients>or=85 years of age with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Shah P, Najafi AH, Panza JA, Cooper HA.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 Jan 15;103(2):170-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.051. Epub 2008 Oct 30.

Effect of mental imagery duration on functional brain mapping: an fMRI study.

Dehghani N, Najafi AH, Kharazi HH.