Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Practice Location
Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Associates
Smith Tower
6550 Fannin, Suite 1901
Houston, TX 77030
713-441-1100
Medical School
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Medicine Residency
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Cardiology Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Areas of Interest
- Echocardiography
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Board Certification
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Subspecialty certification in Echocardiography
Languages
English and Arabic
Biography
Dr. Sherif F. Nagueh, cardiologist and medical director of the echocardiography laboratory at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Houston, is professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
He has special interests in cardiac imaging, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Nagueh pursues an active research agenda, with interests in cardiomyopathy and left ventricular diastolic function.
Dr. Nagueh received his medical degree from Cairo University in Egypt. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, then completed his fellowship in Cardiology and echocardiography at Baylor College of Medicine. He has passed the certification and recertification examinations in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and echocardiography.
Dr. Nagueh is active in the national and international scientific community. He has authored over 100 manuscripts, and 7 book chapters related to cardiac diagnosis, and patient care issues.
He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), and serves on the board of directors of ASE and on the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL). He sits on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals, including Circulation, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, JACC imaging, Clinical Science, Cardiosource, and the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.
