Abdi Rasekh, MD, FACC, a Interventional Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist with Texas Heart Institute
Get to know Interventional Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Dr. Abdi Rasekh, who serves patients in Houston, Texas
Dr. Rasekh is a board-certified cardiologist and clinical cardiac electrophysiologist practicing at Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. He holds three more positions with THI, including Teaching Staff for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Teaching Staff for the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, and Editorial Consultant for the Texas Heart Institute Journal.
Dr. Rasekh’s clinical interests include sudden cardiac death, atrial fibrillation, ablation of arrhythmias, device therapy for congestive heart failure, and management of coronary artery disease. In addition to his clinical roles, Dr. Rasekh is an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Practice locations include the O’Quinn Medical Tower Clinic (Houston, TX), Clear Lake Clinic (Webster, TX), HCA Healthcare Clear Lake Hospital (Webster, TX), CHI St. Luke’s Health (Houston, TX), and HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center (Houston, TX).
Dr. Rasekh received his medical degree in 1991 from the University of Paris 13, Bobigny School of Medicine in Paris, France. He then completed his internal medicine residency at The Graduate Hospital Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1994), followed by his cardiology fellowship (1997) and clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship (1999) at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine.
Subsequent to his education, the doctor attained board certification in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease medicine, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The American Board of Internal Medicine is a 501 nonprofit, self-appointed physician-evaluation organization that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties.
Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart as well as some parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Clinical cardiac electrophysiology is a branch of the medical specialty of cardiology and is concerned with the study and treatment of rhythm disorders of the heart.
A member of the Heart Rhythm Society, Dr. Rasekh is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He is the recipient of the Bronze Medical Award for Clinical Research Thesis at the University of Paris XIII, as well as Chief Fellow at Texas Heart Institute Cardiology Disease Fellowship at St. Luke’s.
Learn more about Dr. Abdi Rasekh:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/3318545-Abdi-Rasekh-cardiac-electrophysiologist-Houston-TX-77030, or through Texas Heart Institute, https://www.texasheart.org/people/abdi-rasekh/
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