Qasim Raza, M.B.B.S.

My practice philosophy encircles two core aspects: empathy and quality. It relies on providing care with compassion and understanding, and it thrives on the newest evidence-based guidelines and recommendations that help patients stay out of the hospital longer and have better quality of life. My philosophy involves going the extra mile to address my patients' concerns. I strive to create a welcoming atmosphere during consultations, putting patients at ease.

I love nature and visiting places with natural beauty. My family and I enjoy taking trips to waterfalls, beaches, hiking up mountain trails. I love to draw, sketch and also work with graphic design. I am also a (retired) professional Scrabble player and a national champion! Challenge me to a match!

Education

• Aga Khan University Medical College
• Research Fellowship (Cardiology), Cleveland Clinic

Internship

• Internal Medicine, Trinity Health/St. Mary Mercy Hospital

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Trinity Health/St. Mary Mercy Hospital

Fellowships

• General Cardiology, East Carolina University
• Interventional Cardiology and Peripheral Intervention, East Carolina University

Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Society of Echocardiology

Memberships

• American Medical Association
• American Society of Echocardiology

• Coronary angiography and intervention: Assessing coronary arteries for blockages and placing stents
• Peripheral intervention: Assessing blockages in arteries of legs and opening blockages

• Impact of fear on the decline in acute cardiovascular admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary care center: An infodemiologic perspective, May 2021.
• Long-term mortality in patients with severe secondary mitral regurgitation and normal left ventricular ejection fraction: interventional perspective, March 2018.
• An alarming trend: Change in the risk profile of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction over the last two decades, December 2017.
• Effect of shorter door-to-balloon times over 20 years on outcomes of patients with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, October 2017.
• Prognostic significance of ischemic mitral regurgitation on outcomes in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction managed by primary percutaneous coronary intervention, January 2017.