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Ahmed F.

Ahmed F. Osman, MD

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My Biography

  • Professional Associations
    Professional Associations
    • Fellow, European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 
    • Member, European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
    • Fellow, American College of Cardiology (ACC) 
    • Member, Clinical Council on Clinical Cardiology
    • American Heart Association (AHA) 
    • Member and Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 
    • Member, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)
  • Awards and Publications
    Awards and Publications
    Awards:
    • Best Doctor Award, Gulf Coast magazine 2011 yearly to present.  -Humanitarian award, Fort Lauderdale Caducean Society, 2018 
    • Recipient of 1st Distinguished Physician Award, Broward Health Medical Center, 2015 
    • Recipient of the Ochsner Foundation Award for excellence in medical writing, 99’
    • The Samuel Floch award for 1995, Norwalk Hospital, Yale, best intern
    • Medical school: Graduated: excellent with honors 12/91
    • Pharmacology: 1st prize 1988, Cairo University, Faculty of medicine

    Publications :
    1. “Enhanced detection of arrhythmia vulnerability using T wave Alternans, Left ventricular ejection fraction, and programmed ventricular stimulation: a prospective study in subjects with chronic ischemic heart disease.” Eric J. Rashba, Ahmed F. Osman, Karen MacMurdy, Malcolm M. Kirk, Samantha E. Sarang, Robert W. Peters, Stephen R. Shorofsky and Michael R. Gold. J Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Vol. 15, pp. 170-176, February 2004
    2. “Body composition and prognosis in chronic systolic heart failure: the obesity paradox.” Lavie CJ, Osman AF, Milani RV, Mehra MR. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Apr 1; 91(7): 891-4
    3. “Exercise is superior to pacing for T wave Alternans measurement in subjects with chronic coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction”. Eric J. Rashba, MD, Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Karen MacMurdy, MD, Malcolm M. Kirk, MD, Samantha Sarang, RN, Robert W. Peters, MD, Stephen R. Shorofsky, MD, PhD, and Michael R. Gold, MD, PhD. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 13, pp.845-850, September 2002
    4. “Influence of QRS duration on the prognostic value of T wave Alternans.” Eric J. Rashba, MD, Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Karen MacMurdy, MD, Malcolm M. Kirk, MD, Samantha Sarang, RN, Robert W. Peters, MD, Stephen R. Shorofsky, MD, PhD, and Michael R. Gold, MD, PhD. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 13, pp. 770-775, August 2002
    5. “T Wave Alternans for Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Stratification”. Ahmed F. Osman, MD and Michael R. Gold, MD. PhD. Curr Opin Cardiol 2002. 17: 1-5 
    6. “The Incremental Prognostic Importance of Body Fat Adjusted Peak Oxygen Consumption in Chronic Heart Failure”. Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, FACC, Carl J. Lavie, MD, FACC, Eduardo Nunez, MD, Richard V. Milani, MD, FACC. JACC vol. 36, No. 7, Dec. 2000, 2126-31
    7. “Clinical Use of Heart Rate Variability”. Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Review, Published in the Resident Report on NASPE 99, Sept. 1999, Vol. 4, No. 7, 27-32
    8. “Dual Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery: A Rare Coronary Anomaly”. Ahmed F. Osman, Qasem Shamaileh, Youssef Goussos, and Christopher J. White. J Interven Cardiol 2000; 13: 123-128
    9. “Cardioversion and Defibrillation: Indications and Clinical Use”. Review article. Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Carl J. Lavie, MD and Freddy Abi-Samra, MD. The Clinics Atlas of Office Procedures (cardiovascular disease), Sept. 2000; 409-19
    10. “Lack of Benefit of an Active Pectoral Pulse Generator on Atrial Defibrillation Thresholds”. Michael R. Gold, MD PhD, Stephen R. Shorofsky, MD, PhD, Rachida Bouhouch, MD, Robert A. Joy, MD, D. Scott Kirby, MD, Ahmed F. Osman, MD and Eric J. Rashba, MD. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 13, pp. 332-335, April 2002
    11. Therapeutic Hypothermia Still Effective in Prevention of Anoxic Encephalopathy following Extended Period of Pulselessness during Cardiac Arrest. Rivera NT, Bray N, Osman A, Kumar S and Vicuña R. J Clin Exp Res Cardiol 1: 101 
    12. Rare infection of ICD lead with candida Albicans:case report and literature review. Nina T.Rivera, Natasha bray, Hong Wang, Kenneth Zelnick, Ahmed Osman, and Ricardo Vicuna. Therapeutic Advances in cardiovascular disease: 1-9, 2014 
    13. Long-term clinical outcomes and prognostic indicators for focal impulse and rotor modulation guided ablation: a single-center observational study . Matthew Lozier, Ronald Pachon, John Lee, Alexandra Sanchez, Elie Donath, Ahmed Osman. journal of electrocardiology, volume 61, july–august 2020, pages 153-159
    14. Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure among patients with diabetes (insights from a national database). Mohamed Hamed, Ramez Morcos, Ayman Elbadawi, Ahmed Osman, Hani Jneid, Wissam Khalife, Brijeshwar Maini, Houman Khalili. Am J Cardiology. Volume 202, 1 sept. 2023 pp 144-150.
  • Fellow, European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 
  • Member, European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology (ACC) 
  • Member, Clinical Council on Clinical Cardiology
  • American Heart Association (AHA) 
  • Member and Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 
  • Member, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)
Awards:
  • Best Doctor Award, Gulf Coast magazine 2011 yearly to present.  -Humanitarian award, Fort Lauderdale Caducean Society, 2018 
  • Recipient of 1st Distinguished Physician Award, Broward Health Medical Center, 2015 
  • Recipient of the Ochsner Foundation Award for excellence in medical writing, 99’
  • The Samuel Floch award for 1995, Norwalk Hospital, Yale, best intern
  • Medical school: Graduated: excellent with honors 12/91
  • Pharmacology: 1st prize 1988, Cairo University, Faculty of medicine

Publications :
  1. “Enhanced detection of arrhythmia vulnerability using T wave Alternans, Left ventricular ejection fraction, and programmed ventricular stimulation: a prospective study in subjects with chronic ischemic heart disease.” Eric J. Rashba, Ahmed F. Osman, Karen MacMurdy, Malcolm M. Kirk, Samantha E. Sarang, Robert W. Peters, Stephen R. Shorofsky and Michael R. Gold. J Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Vol. 15, pp. 170-176, February 2004
  2. “Body composition and prognosis in chronic systolic heart failure: the obesity paradox.” Lavie CJ, Osman AF, Milani RV, Mehra MR. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Apr 1; 91(7): 891-4
  3. “Exercise is superior to pacing for T wave Alternans measurement in subjects with chronic coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction”. Eric J. Rashba, MD, Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Karen MacMurdy, MD, Malcolm M. Kirk, MD, Samantha Sarang, RN, Robert W. Peters, MD, Stephen R. Shorofsky, MD, PhD, and Michael R. Gold, MD, PhD. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 13, pp.845-850, September 2002
  4. “Influence of QRS duration on the prognostic value of T wave Alternans.” Eric J. Rashba, MD, Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Karen MacMurdy, MD, Malcolm M. Kirk, MD, Samantha Sarang, RN, Robert W. Peters, MD, Stephen R. Shorofsky, MD, PhD, and Michael R. Gold, MD, PhD. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 13, pp. 770-775, August 2002
  5. “T Wave Alternans for Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Stratification”. Ahmed F. Osman, MD and Michael R. Gold, MD. PhD. Curr Opin Cardiol 2002. 17: 1-5 
  6. “The Incremental Prognostic Importance of Body Fat Adjusted Peak Oxygen Consumption in Chronic Heart Failure”. Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, FACC, Carl J. Lavie, MD, FACC, Eduardo Nunez, MD, Richard V. Milani, MD, FACC. JACC vol. 36, No. 7, Dec. 2000, 2126-31
  7. “Clinical Use of Heart Rate Variability”. Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Review, Published in the Resident Report on NASPE 99, Sept. 1999, Vol. 4, No. 7, 27-32
  8. “Dual Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery: A Rare Coronary Anomaly”. Ahmed F. Osman, Qasem Shamaileh, Youssef Goussos, and Christopher J. White. J Interven Cardiol 2000; 13: 123-128
  9. “Cardioversion and Defibrillation: Indications and Clinical Use”. Review article. Ahmed F. Osman, MD, Carl J. Lavie, MD and Freddy Abi-Samra, MD. The Clinics Atlas of Office Procedures (cardiovascular disease), Sept. 2000; 409-19
  10. “Lack of Benefit of an Active Pectoral Pulse Generator on Atrial Defibrillation Thresholds”. Michael R. Gold, MD PhD, Stephen R. Shorofsky, MD, PhD, Rachida Bouhouch, MD, Robert A. Joy, MD, D. Scott Kirby, MD, Ahmed F. Osman, MD and Eric J. Rashba, MD. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 13, pp. 332-335, April 2002
  11. Therapeutic Hypothermia Still Effective in Prevention of Anoxic Encephalopathy following Extended Period of Pulselessness during Cardiac Arrest. Rivera NT, Bray N, Osman A, Kumar S and Vicuña R. J Clin Exp Res Cardiol 1: 101 
  12. Rare infection of ICD lead with candida Albicans:case report and literature review. Nina T.Rivera, Natasha bray, Hong Wang, Kenneth Zelnick, Ahmed Osman, and Ricardo Vicuna. Therapeutic Advances in cardiovascular disease: 1-9, 2014 
  13. Long-term clinical outcomes and prognostic indicators for focal impulse and rotor modulation guided ablation: a single-center observational study . Matthew Lozier, Ronald Pachon, John Lee, Alexandra Sanchez, Elie Donath, Ahmed Osman. journal of electrocardiology, volume 61, july–august 2020, pages 153-159
  14. Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure among patients with diabetes (insights from a national database). Mohamed Hamed, Ramez Morcos, Ayman Elbadawi, Ahmed Osman, Hani Jneid, Wissam Khalife, Brijeshwar Maini, Houman Khalili. Am J Cardiology. Volume 202, 1 sept. 2023 pp 144-150.

My Locations

Fort Lauderdale
1841 NE 45th St Fort Lauderdale, FL` 33308-5117
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350 NW 84th Ave Plantation, FL` 33324-1847
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Hospital Affiliations

    • HCA Florida Westside Hospital
    • HCA Florida Northwest Hospital
    • HCA Florida University Hospital
    • HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital
    • Holy Cross Health
    • Broward Health Medical Center
    • Broward Health North
    • Broward Health Coral Springs
    • Broward Health Imperial Point

Education & Board Certifications

Undergrad

  • College of the Holy Family (Jesuits) Cairo, Egypt

Medical School

  • Cairo University Faculty of Medicine (M.B., B.Ch.) Cairo Egypt

Fellowship

  • University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD | Cardiology Fellowship: Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA

Internship / Residency

  • Norwalk Hospital/Yale University