Ramzan M. Zakir, MD, RPVI, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, Heart and Vascular Institute of Central Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Devoted to helping others, Dr. Ramzan M. Zakir was drawn to medicine after being inspired by different physicians’ commitment to health care and their patients. Desiring to influence patient care positively, he delved into the industry and currently thrives as an interventional cardiologist at the RWJPE Heart and Vascular Institute of Central Jersey, which he founded in 2013. Since 2009, Dr. Zakir has performed thousands of successful coronary and endovascular procedures. Prior to performing complex coronary interventions, he assesses patients at the state-of-the-art RWJPE Heart and Vascular Institute of Central Jersey. He also performs complex endovascular procedures at Cardiac and Vascular Interventions, an office-based laboratory he founded in 2020.
Dr. Zakir has also excelled as a clinical associate professor of medicine at Rutgers Medical School-Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas University Hospital, where he is also the current director of high-risk PCI and research. Outside of his primary efforts, he has been a principal investigator of clinical trials concerning coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial disease. He has authored numerous papers and is invited faculty to conferences throughout the world. He is the co-founder of the New Jersey Cardiovascular Foundation and co-chair of Cors At The Shore, which brings cutting-edge medical education to the region.
Dr. Zakir is a recipient of numerous awards, including the 2022 Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award, the IAOTP Top Interventional Cardiologist of the Year recognition, and Continental Who’s Who Cardiologist of the Year acknowledgment. Additionally, he was named a Top Cardiologist by Castle Connolly Top Doctors, New Jersey Monthly Top Doctors, and NJ Top Doctors, to name a few. For his professional efforts, he was selected for a prominent feature in Fortune magazine.
FUTURE OF CARDIOLOGY
Dr. Zakir is on the cutting edge of technology to help improve patient outcomes. He sees an increased use of CT scanning to better identify patients at risk of heart attacks using a calcium score. Also, incorporating physiology into CT scans and angiography is a major advancement that better identifies which patients will benefit from coronary stents. Furthermore, balloons to treat calcified disease, stent technology, advanced 3D imaging, and artificial intelligence continue to improve, enabling practitioners to treat patients with more complex disease safely.
Learn More About Dr. Ramzan M. Zakir:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/2880725-Ramzan-Zakir-Cardiologist or through the Heart and Vascular Institute of Central Jersey, https://njheartandvascular.com/dr-ramzan-m-zakir/
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