Email

vnambi@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Athero & Lipo
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Staff Cardiologist

Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Hospital

Addresses

Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (Clinic)

6655 Travis Street, Suite 320
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5800

Education

MBBS from Madras Medical College

01/1998 - Madras, India

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2008 - Houston, Texas United States

Cardiology

Internship at Michael Reese Hospital

06/1999 - Chicago, Illinois United States

Internal Medicine

Residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation

06/2002 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Internal Medicine

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine

01/2012 - Houston, Texas United States

Certifications

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Cardiology

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Atherosclerosis imaging
• Biomarkers
• Cardiovascular disease prevention

Professional Statement

Dr. Nambi’s clinical background includes training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology (with a focus on prevention and non-invasive cardiology) and Vascular Medicine with expertise in ultrasound based imaging, while his PhD was in clinical research. He currently serves as the program director of the lipids and lipoprotein fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and is a staff cardiologist at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs hospital. Dr. Nambi has served several national societies in several capacities: he has been an officer in the Southwest Lipid Association, served as the chair of the vascular council and member of the education committee at the American Society of Echocardiography, as a speaker/ grant reviewer for the American Heart Association; he is the topic coordinator for the prevention sessions for the upcoming scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology. He is locally and nationally known as an expert in lipidology and cardiovascular prevention.
His research interests are primarily in evaluating the use of imaging (ultrasound) and biomarkers in cardiovascular risk prediction and prevention. He has been very involved with the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study and serves on the ancillary study section of the ARIC study. He has over than 90 publications and has been an invited speaker in several national conferences.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Saunders JT, Nambi V, de Lemos JA, Chambless LE, Virani SS, Boerwinkle E, Hoogeveen RC, Liu X, Astor BC, Mosley TH, Folsom AR, Heiss G, Coresh J, Ballantyne CM "Cardiac troponin T measured by a highly sensitive assay predicts coronary heart disease, heart failure, and mortality in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.." Circulation. 2011 Apr 5;123(13):1367-76. Pubmed PMID: 21422391
• Yang EY, Chambless L, Sharrett AR, Virani SS, Liu X, Tang Z, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V "Carotid Arterial Wall Characteristics Are Associated With Incident Ischemic Stroke But Not Coronary Heart Disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.." Stroke. 2012 Jan;43(1):103-8. Pubmed PMID: 22033999
• Nambi V, Pedroza C, Kao LS "Carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular events.." Lancet. 2012 Jun 2;379(9831):2028-30. Pubmed PMID: 22541276
• Nambi V, Chambless L, Folsom AR, He M, Hu Y, Mosley T, Volcik K, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne CM "Carotid intima-media thickness and presence or absence of plaque improves prediction of coronary heart disease risk: the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study.." J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 2010 Apr 13;55(15):1600-7. Pubmed PMID: 20378078

Memberships

American College of Cardiology

American Society of Echocardiography

Intellectual Property

Product Patent (Pending)

Languages

Tamil, Hindi, French