Mohamed H Hamdan, M.D.

Education and Training:

College:  Carmel St. Joseph, Baccalaureate; American University of Beirut, BS
Medical School: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Residency:  University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Internal Medicine 7/89-6/92)
Fellowship:  Stanford University Hospital (Cardiology 7/92-6/94); University of California - San Francisco (Cardiac Electrophysiology 7/94-6/96)
Faculty Positions:  Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1997); Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2001);  Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2002);  Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Utah (2005); Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Clinical Specialties:

• Electrophysiology Cardiology

Research Interests:

• Electrophysiology Cardiology

Recent Publications:

• Hamdan, M., Joglar, J. Page, R., Sheehan, C., Zagrodzky, J., Wasmund, S., and Smith, M: Baroreflex gain correlates with blood pressure recovery during simulated ventricular tachycardia in humans. Circulation 1999; 100:381-386.
• Hamdan, M., Page, R., Sheehan, C., Zagrodzky, J., Wasmund, S., Joglar, J., and Smith, M: Increased sympathetic activity following AV junction ablation in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2000;36(1):151-158.
• Hamdan, M., Zagrodzky, J., Joglar, J., Sheehan, C., Ramaswamy, K., Erdner, J., Page, R., and Smith, M: Biventricular pacing decreases sympathetic activity compared to right ventricular pacing in patients with depressed ejection fraction. Circulation 2000:102:1027-1032.
• Hamdan, M., Zagrodzky, J., Page, R., Joglar, J., Wasmund, S., Sheehan, C., Adamson, M., and Smith, M: The effect of P wave timing during supraventricular tachycardia on the hemodynamic and sympathetic neural response. Circulation 2001:103:96-101.
• Takata, T., Wasmund, S., Smith, M., Li J., Joglar, J., Kowal, R., Page, R., and Hamdan, M: Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (Paxil) does not prevent the vasovagal reaction associated with carotid sinus massage and/or lower body negative pressure in healthy volunteers. Circulation 2002;106(12):1500-1504.
• Wasmund, S., Li, J., Page, R., Joglar, J., Kowal, R., Smith, M., and Hamdan, M: The effect of atrial fibrillation and an irregular ventricular response on sympathetic nerve activity in human subjects. Circulation 2003:107(15):2011-5.
• Kowal, R., Wasmund, S., Smith, M., Sharma, N., Carayannopoulos, G., Le, Brian, Cogan, J., Kizilbash, A., Joglar, J., Hamdan, M: Biventricular Pacing Reduces the Induction of Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: A Potential Mechanism for Arrhythmia Suppression. Heart Rhythm 2004:3, 295-300.
• Lux, R., and Hamdan, M: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and the Arrhythmogenic Substrate. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (In Press).

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