Email

ajith.nair@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Baylor Heart Clinic (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge St
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2545

Heart Failure Program (Clinic)

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
6720 Berter Avenue
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-3961
ajith.nair@bcm.edu

Education

BS from University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas United States

MD from University of Texas Southwestern

Dallas, Texas United States

Residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York United States

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York United States

Cardiovascular Diseases

Clinical Fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York United States

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Certifications

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Diseases

American Board of Internal Medicine

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

Star Award for Clinical Excellence

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2018)

Houston Top Doctors

Houstonia Magazine (01/2019 - 12/2019)

Professional Interests

• Congestive Heart Failure
• Cardiac Transplantation
• Mechanical Assist Devices
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Cardiomyopathies
• Cardiogenic Shock
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Coronary Artery Disease

Professional Statement

Ajith Nair is a cardiologist specializing in cardiomyopathies, advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, cardiac transplantation, and pulmonary hypertension. He serves as the Director of the Baylor St. Luke's Advanced Heart Failure clinic, and his research interests are in the field of cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension and advanced heart failure therapies. He is the principal site investigator for multiple clinical trials, serves on editorial boards of several cardiology journals, and has a medical education role.

Websites

Selected Publications

• "Cardiac Amyloidosis: Evolving Diagnosis and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association." Circulation. 2020 Jun 1; Pubmed PMID: 32476490
• Parikh V, Bhardwaj A, Nair A "Pharmacotherapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension." J Thorac Dis. 2019 Sep; Pubmed PMID: 31632754
• Manian N, Thakker J, Nair A "The Use of Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices for ACS Patients with Cardiogenic Shock and High-Risk PCI." Curr Cardiol Rep. 2022 Apr; Pubmed PMID: 35403950
• REDUCE LAP-HF-II investigators "Latent Pulmonary Vascular Disease May Alter the Response to Therapeutic Atrial Shunt Device in Heart Failure." Circulation. 2022 Mar; Pubmed PMID: 35354306

Memberships

American College of Cardiology

American Heart Association

International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation

American Medical Association

Heart Failure Society of America

Skills

Cardiac catheterization

Endomyocardial Biopsy

Echocardiography

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Languages

Spanish, Malayalam