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Faraz Ahmad

  • 151 Citations
20132026

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Research Interests

Dr. Ahmad is an assistant professor of medicine-cardiology and a faculty member in the Center for Health Information Partnerships in Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He is a practicing advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist and cares for patients across the spectrum of heart failure, including evaluation for and management of ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation. Dr. Ahmad’s research interests are in the development of the methods, tools, and technologies to collect, store, analyze, and apply diverse electronic health data—including patient-reported outcomes measures—for improving clinical care, conducting pragmatic clinical trials, and generating real world evidence. His research in these areas has been supported by multiple organizations, including the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Heart Failure Society of America, the National Institutes of Health, and the People-Centered Research Foundation.

Certifications and Licenses

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Internal Medicine

Training Experience

2012Residency, University of Pennsylvania Hospitals
2016Fellowship, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center
2017Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2018Fellowship, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center

Education/Academic qualification

MS, Northwestern University

… → 2017

MD, The University of Chicago

… → 2009

Research interests

  • Amyloidosis
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Clinical Trial Methodology
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Epidemiology
  • Healthcare Quality
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Medical Informatics
  • Patient-Centered Care
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • Ventricular Assist Devices

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Grants

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis - Field Center

Allen, N. B., Carnethon, M. R., Greenland, P., Kershaw, K. N., Khan, S. S., Liu, K., Lloyd-Jones, D. M., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J., Zhao, L. & Ahmad, F.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

12/19/19 → 12/18/26

Project: Research project

    • Spironolactone Initiation Registry Randomized Interventional Trial in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction SPIRRIT-HFpEF

    Ahmad, F.

    Duke University, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    12/10/19 → 7/31/22

    Project: Research project

    Using PCORnet to Compare Blood Pressure Control Strategies

    Ahmad, F.

    Duke University, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    8/13/19 → 7/31/20

    Project: Research project

    • NU Site: CAPriCORN - Chicago Area Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network

    Ahmad, F.

    People-Centered Research Foundation, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    11/1/18 → 9/30/20

    Project: Research project

    • Further development of the PROMIS-Plus-HF measure to enhance its usefulness for clinical care and research and to test different implementation strategies using principles from the fields of human-computer interaction and implementation science

    Ahmad, F.

    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    9/30/18 → 9/29/23

    Project: Research project

    • Research Output

    • 151 Citations
    • 22 Article
    • 1 Comment/debate
    • 1 Letter

    Development and initial validation of the PROMIS®-Plus-HF profile measure

    Ahmad, F. S., Kallen, M. A., Schifferdecker, K. E., Carluzzo, K. L., Yount, S. E., Gelow, J. M., McCullough, P. A., Kimmel, S. E., Fisher, E. S. & Cella, D., Jun 1 2019, In : Circulation: Heart Failure. 12, 6, e005751.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    • 2 Scopus citations

    Integrating hypertension phenotype and genotype with hybrid non-negative matrix factorization

    Luo, Y., Mao, C., Yang, Y., Wang, F., Ahmad, F. S., Arnett, D., Irvin, M. R. & Shah, S. J., Aug 15 2019, In : Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). 35, 16, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access

    Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Distribution in the United States Population (from NHANES, 2005 to 2012)

    Olson, K. A., Patel, R. B., Ahmad, F. S., Ning, H., Bogle, B. M., Goldberger, J. J. & Lloyd-Jones, D. M., Apr 15 2019, In : American Journal of Cardiology. 123, 8, p. 1249-1254 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Adjudicated heart failure in HIV-infected and uninfected men and women

    Feinstein, M. J., Steverson, A. B., Ning, H., Pawlowski, A. E., Schneider, D., Ahmad, F. S., Sanders, J. M., Sinha, A., Nance, R. M., Achenbach, C. J., Delaney, J. A. C., Heckbert, S. R., Shah, S. J., Hanna, D. B., Hsue, P. Y., Bloomfield, G. S., Longenecker, C. T., Crane, H. M. & Lloyd-Jones, D. M., Nov 1 2018, In : Journal of the American Heart Association. 7, 21, e009985.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 9 Scopus citations

    A Novel Patient Recruitment Strategy: Patient Selection Directly from the Community through Linkage to Clinical Data

    Zimmerman, L. P., Goel, S., Sathar, S., Gladfelter, C. E., Onate, A., Kane, L. L., Sital, S., Phua, J., Davis, P., Margellos-Anast, H., Meltzer, D. O., Polonsky, T. S., Shah, R. C., Trick, W. E., Ahmad, F. S. & Kho, A. N., Jan 1 2018, In : Applied Clinical Informatics. 9, 1, p. 114-121 8 p., 170176ra.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 3 Scopus citations