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Abbas Haider Zaidi, MD

Cardiologist

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Biography

Dr. Abbas H. Zaidi, MD, MSc is an Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University, and a pediatric cardiologist serving as the medical director of the outpatient cardiology at ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· Children's Health in Wilmington, DE. He completed his medical school at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, residency at Emory University in Atlanta, and Cardiology Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, including a senior fellowship in cardiac pathology and outpatient cardiology. He worked as an attending at Boston Medical Center before joining ¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾Ã¾«Æ· in 2020. He has vast experience caring for diverse patients from rural villages in Pakistan to inner-city urban populations at Boston Medical Center. His research interests include understanding gaps in care with follow-up adherence for patients and how they relate to social determinants of health. He is a learning health systems researcher and was awarded a K12 grant through AHRQ as part of the PEDSnet collaborative. He also completed Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) course at Thomas Jefferson University and obtained a Master's in population health.

Fellowship

  • Congenital Cardiac Pathology - Boston Children's Hospital, 2013
  • Ped. Outpatient Cardiology - Boston Children's Hospital, 2020
  • Pediatric Cardiology - Boston Children's Hospital, 2019

Internship

  • The Children's Hospital Pakistan Inst., Med. Serv, 2012

Residency

  • General Pediatrics - Egleston Children's Hospital At Emory University, 2016

Education

  • M.D. - Aga Khan University, 2010

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
  • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

  • Parent and Primary Care Clinician Perceptions About Pediatric Hypertension; JAMA Network Open; (2024).

  • Trends in Gaps of Care for Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: Implications for Social Determinants of Health and Child Opportunity Index; Journal of the American Heart Association; (2024).

  • Trends in Gaps of Care for Congenital Heart Disease Patients: Implications for Social Determinants of Health and Child Opportunity Index; Unknown Source; (2024).

  • Is Family History for the Management of Cardiovascular Health in Youth Still Relevant in Clinical Practice?; Current Atherosclerosis Reports; (2024).

  • Social Determinants of Health Including Child Opportunity Index Leading to Gaps in Care for Patients With Significant Congenital Heart Disease; Journal of the American Heart Association; (2024).

  • Prevalence of High Blood Pressure Among Youth in India and Association With Future Cardiovascular Disease; JAMA network open; (2022).

  • Clinical syndromic phenotypes and the potential role of genetics in pulmonary vein stenosis; Children; (2021).

  • Ascending aorta size at birth predicts white matter microstructure in adolescents who underwent fontan palliation; Journal of the American Heart Association; (2018).

  • Postmortem imaging in congenital heart disease: Preliminary experience; Acta Radiologica; (2015).

  • Echocardiographic characteristics of annulo-leaflet mitral ring; Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography; (2015).

  • Preliminary experience with porcine intestinal submucosa (CorMatrix) for valve reconstruction in congenital heart disease: Histologic evaluation of explanted valves; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2014).

  • Giant aneurysm of the atrial appendages in infants; Annals of Pediatric Cardiology; (2014).

  • Effect of percutaneous mitral vavuloplasty on pregnant mother and foetus - a tertiary care hospital experience from a developing country; Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association; (2011).