Email

mahboob.alam@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Baylor Medicine - McNair Campus (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge Street
Suite 6C
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2545

Education

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

01/2011 - Houston, TX United States

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

01/2010 - Houston, TX United States

Residency at Baylor College Of Medicine

01/2007 - Houston, TX United States

MBBS from Aga Khan University Medical College

01/2002 - Karachi, Pakistan

MD from Aga Khan University Medical College

Karachi, Pakistan

Certifications

Board Certified - Cardiovascular Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Board Certified - Interventional Cardiology

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

2023 Top Doctor

Houstonia Magazine

Fellow - American College of Cardiology

Fellow - The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI)

Professional Interests

• Interventional Cardiology
• Ischemic Heart Disease
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Percutaneous Coronary and Peripheral Intervention
• Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
• Valvular Heart Disease

Professional Statement

Dr. Mahboob Alam has been working at Baylor College of Medicine as an Associate Professor in Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology since 2012. Dr. Alam is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and a Fellow of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI).
As an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Alam focuses on management of coronary and peripheral artery disease. He is actively involved in taking care of patients with high-risk coronary artery disease requiring advanced mechanical circulatory support including cardiogenic shock, complex anatomy including chronic total occlusions and heavily calcified plaques requiring coronary atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy or mechanical thrombectomy.
Dr. Alam is involved in various multicenter clinical trials, enrolling patients at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston TX. Other interests include primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and thromboembolic pulmonary arterial diseases.
When not providing clinical care, Dr. Alam dedicates his time to clinical research and has been an active voting member on various committees of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).

Websites

Videos

Selected Publications

• Khalid U, Kayani W, Alam M, Denktas AE "Revascularization Options for Left Main Disease: What Clinicians Need to Know." Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2023;25(6):267-273. Pubmed PMID: 37178417
• Rector G, Triska J, Ajene G, Wang A, Haddadin F, Jabri A, Alam M, Birnbaum Y. "Right Bundle Branch and Bifascicular Blocks: Insensitive Prognostic Indicators for Acute Myocardial Infarction." Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023;48(1):101418. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101418.. Pubmed PMID: 36181784
• Ijaz SH, Minhas AMK, Jain V, Rifai MA, Sharma G, Mehta A, Dani SS, Fudim M, Al-Kindi SG, Sperling L, Shapiro MD, Alam M, Virani SS, Goel SS, Nasir K, Khan SU "Characteristics and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations among the older population (age =80 years) in the United States, 2004-2018." Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2023;(111):104930. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2023.104930. Pubmed PMID: 37001288
• Sattar Y, Aronow HD, Alam M. "Drug-Coated Balloon Failure Following Femoro-Popliteal Intervention: Where to Draw the Line?." J Am Coll Cardiol.. 2022;80(13):1251-1253. Pubmed PMID: 36137675

Languages

Urdu