WKHL | Meet the Cardiologists

Mohammed Kazimuddin, MD, FACC, FSCAI

President, CEO

Director of Cardiology Fellowship Program at The Medical Center

President, CEO of Western Kentucky Heart and Lung Research Foundation and Education Trust

Board Certifications:

Interventional Cardiology

Cardiovascular Diseases

Nuclear Cardiology

Medical School:

Gandhi Medical College, Osmania University, India

Residency/General Cardiology Fellowship:

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, NY

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship:

St. Luke's -Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY

Coronary CTA:

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Mohammad Abdul-Waheed, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Director of Interventional Cardiology

Associate Director of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant

Medical School:

Osmania Medical College, Osmania University, India

Residency Internal Medicine:

Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

General Cardiology Fellowship:

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Fellowship:

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship:

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Cardiac CTA:

The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

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Areas of Interest:

Structural Heart Disease

Transcutaneous Aortic

Valve Replacement (TAVR)*

ASD and PFO closures

Complex Coronary Artery Disease:

Left Main stenting

Multi-vessel PCI

Chronic Total Occlusions

Complex High Risk Intervention

Radial Artery Catheterization

Peripheral Vascular Interventions

Decompensated Heart Failure

Left Ventricular Assist Device

Cardiac Transplant management

Muhammad Shoaib Akbar, MD, FACC

Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology

Associate Director of Interventional Cardiology

Board Certifications:

Interventional Cardiology

Cardiovascular Diseases

Nuclear Cardiology

Echocardiography

Internal Medicine

Medical School:

Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Internship/ Residency:

University of Minnesota/, Minneapolis, MN

General Cardiology Fellowship:

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Interventional Fellowship:

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Board Certifications:

Interventional Cardiology

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Cardiovascular Diseases

Nuclear Cardiology

Internal Medicine

Jacqueline Dawson Dowe, MD, FACC

Director of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant and Women's Heart Health

Associate Director of Cardiology Fellowship Program at The Medical Center

Vice President of the WKHL Research Foundation and Education Trust

Director of the Second Annual WKHL Research Foundation and Education Trust Symposium

Board Certifications:

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Cardiovascular Medicine

Nuclear Cardiology

Adult Echocardiography
Cardiovascular CT
Internal Medicine

Medical School:

University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Residency Internal Medicine:

University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

Cardiology Fellowship:

University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology Fellowship:

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Areas of Interest:

Decompensated Heart Failure

Left Ventricular Assist Device

Cardiac Transplant Management

Women's Cardiovascular Health

Complex Echocardiographic Cases

Preventive Cardiology
Nuclear Cardiology

Aniruddha Singh, MD, FACC

Director of Preventive Cardiology and Vascular Medicine

Director of the Third Annual WKHL Research Foundation and Education Trust Symposium

Board Certifications:

Cardiovascular Diseases

Nuclear Cardiology

Adult Echocardiography
Vascular Medicine
Lipidology

Internal Medicine

Medical School:

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, India

Residency Internal Medicine:

St. Vincent Hospital, University of Massachusetts, Worchester, MA

Cardiology Fellowship:

University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

Madhav Lavu, MD

Director of Electrophysiology

Board Certifications:

Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Diseases

Nuclear Cardiology

Vascular Interpretation

Medical School:

Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Internal Medicine Residency:

St Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY

Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship:

Creighton University, Omaha, NE

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship:

University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS

Deborah "Debbi" Elkin Gravil, MSN, NP-C

Nurse Practitioner

Board Certification:

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Master of Science in Nursing:

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Bachelor of Science in Nursing:

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Additional Certifications:

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Crisis Prevention Intervention

American Heart Association Stroke Certification

Pediatric Advanced Life Support