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AMER SULEMAN M.D.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
6/97 to present
Consultant in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Medical City Hospital Dallas, Dallas Texas
- Medical Center of Plano, Plano Texas
- Presbyterian Hospital of Allen, Allen
- Medical Center of McKinney, McKinney
- Denton Regional Medical Center, Denton
- Denton Community Hospital, Denton
- Centennial Medical Center Frisco
- Baylor Medical Center Plano
ACADEMIC PREPARATION
- Fellowship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE, Kansas City Missouri, KRANNERT INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY, and INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Fellowship in Cardiology: ALTON OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Resident and Clinical Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, School of Medicine at Buffalo
- Resident & Clinical Instructor: Department of Pathology STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, School of Medicine at Buffalo
- Resident and Clinical Instructor: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery MAYO HOSPITAL, Lahore, Pakistan
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATIONS:
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (American Board of Internal Medicine), the highest level of certification in the field of heart rhythm management.
- Cardiovascular Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Pacemaker and Defibrillators
- Specialist in Clinical Hypertension (American Society of Hypertension, one of less than 800 physicians in united states with this qualification, this is highest level of certification in hypertension management )
- Echocardiography (American Society of Echocardiography), the highest level of certification in cardiac ultrasonography
MEDICAL LICENSURE
State of Texas
State of Louisiana. Missouri, Indiana, Alabama, New York (inactive)
ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS:
In the fields of
Cardiovascular reactivity
Study individual differences in hemodynamic responses to stressors and examine their roles in early detection and development of cardiovascular disease.
Mechanisms of Hypertension
Study the differences in blood vessel response to mental stress in risk population to examine underlying mechanism of development of essential hypertension.
Clinical Pharmacology
Participate in the development of new drugs in cardiovascular disease
Lipidology
Study the effects of risk factor reduction in cardiovascular disease
Caffeine and Exercise
Study the effects of caffeine on cardiovascular system, and concept of caffeine tolerance
Clinical Medicine
Case reports of unusual cases and clinically relevant issues
AWARDS / HONORS / GRANTS
Public Service Commission, national ranking: #1 ranking in the whole province out of a total of 3000 graduating physicians (November, 91).
Invited on Pakistan National Television four times to represent talented students of the country.
Scientific Poster Recognition Award: Southern Medical Association; 93rd Annual Assembly, DallasTexas November, 1999; "Diagnosis and treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy in a CommunityHospital",
Scientific Poster Recognition Award: Southern Medical Association; 93rd Annual Assembly, Dallas, Texas November, 1999; "A case of Pheochromocytoma"
Scientific Poster Recognition Award: Southern Medical Association, 93rd Annual Assembly, Dallas, Texas November, 1999; "Fibromuscular Dysplasia of Renal, Carotid and Iliac Arteries"
Pfizer Fellow Award for research.
American College of Physicians, Missouri Chapter, Best abtstract from Kansas City
Certificate of Scholarship: (Rs. 2500) North American Alumni of King Edward Medical College; for writing original research paper "Common Indications of Caesarian Section in Pakistan", 1989,
Certificate of Scholarship: (Rs.2500): North American Alumni of King Edward Medical College; for writing original research paper "Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children", December, 1998
Hijri Scholarship: Government of Pakistan (16th among 40,000 pre-medical graduates)
Merit Scholarship: Government of Pakistan (30th among 64,000 students in secondary school examination).
Research Grant: Cholesterol Problem in Indians and Pakistanis, (CPIP Study) KOS Pharmaceuticals
Literary Crest: K.E.MedicalCollege (Awarded after a lapse of thirteen years prior to which no student was able to fulfil the criteria).
Roll of Honour: Government College Lahore: Public speaking
Professor Hamid Ahmad Khan Gold Medal: PunjabUniversity: Public speaking
Best Debater of Pakistan: Lion's Club International
College Chess Champion, K.E.MedicalCollege
Second Prize, National photography competition, Art and Cultural Organization of Pakistan
Winner of 104 national level debate competitions with 10 gold-silver medals
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
CME EDITOR, Section of Cardiology, Online Text book of Medicine,
Zevitz M. ed., Boston Publishing Company, 2000.
MEMBER EDITORIAL BOARD, International Journal of Medicine, Priory Lodge Education, Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom
MEMBER EDITORIAL BOARD, Family Practice on Line, Priory Lodge Education, Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom
EDITOR, Aks-e-tehrir Urdu literary magazine, Dallas, Texas 10/98
PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST AND EDITORIAL WRITER: Major Pakistani newspapers and magazines.
EDITOR, KEMCOL '89: Annual Literary Periodical of K.E.MedicalCollege.
PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS IN MEDIA:
Marquis Whos Who in the World
Marquis Whos Who in Healthcare
Year Book Of Experts Authorities & Spokespersons 2000: Selected and Enlisted as an expert in cholesterol management.
Interview Dallas Morning News, August 2004
Interview Star Telegram Fort Worth Section Body and Soul regarding National Asian Indian Heart Disease Project, February 2, 2000.
Interview Star Telegram Fort Worth "Regarding TNT Study, February 22nd , 1999
Interview WebMD, Regarding Caffeine Study, March 2000
Interview Datamonitor United Kingdom, interviewed as one of 350 specialists in US, Germany, France, UK Italy, Spain and Japan, February 2000.
Bibliography
CHAPTERS IN BOOK
Amer Suleman, Nasir Hameed Siddiqi : "Dilated Cardiomyopathy"; Online Textbook of Medicine, Zevitz M (Ed.) Boston Publishing Company
Amer Suleman, Kyle Heffner: "Exercise Physiology"; Sports Medicine Online, Splantz S (Ed.) Boston Publishing Company
Kazi Imran Majeed, Amer Suleman: "Hyperammonemia Syndrome": Text book of Neurology On Line, Splantz S (Ed.), Boston Publishing Company
MANUSCRIPTS
John Miller, AMER SULEMAN, Djavid Hadian: "Termination of orthodromic supraventricular tachycardia with a nonpropagated stimulus" J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2003 Apr;14(4):439.
AMER SULEMAN, Bong Hee Sung, Mohammad Ajmal, Kazi Imran Majeed Nasir Hameed Siddiqi: "Caffeine and its Effects on Heart; Facts, Myths & Controversies" Life and Medical Sciences On Line, April 2000
AMER SULEMAN, Kazi Imran Majeed, Wajahat Mirza, Mahvash Amer: "Mitral Stenosis - A Review" International Journal of Medicine (Periodical On Line), March 2000
AMER SULEMAN, Nasir Hameed Siddiqi, , "Hemodynamic and Cardiovascular Effects of Caffeine": International Journal of Medicine (Periodical On Line), January 2000
AMER SULEMAN and Khurram Bashir: Common Indications for Caesarean Sections. Awarded scholarship for research by North American Alumni of King Edward Medical College, 1989.
AMER SULEMAN: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children: Awarded scholarship for research by North American Alumni of King Edward Medical College, 1988.
ABSTRACTS
Bong Hee Sung and AMER SULEMAN. Tolerance to Repeated Caffeine Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease. Proceedings of 3rd International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Amsterdam, July, 1994.
AMER SULEMAN, Bong Hee Sung, Wendy Orlowski, Joseph L. Izzo Jr., Michael F. Wilson. Exaggerated Blood Pressure Response to Mental Stress in Hypercholesterolemic Patients. American Journal of Hypertension, 1994;7(4):107A
AMER SULEMAN, Bong Hee Sung, Wendy Orlowski, Joseph L. Izzo Jr., Michael F. Wilson. Hypercholesterolemia Influences Blood Pressure Response to Mental Stress. FASEB Journal (Journal of Federation of American Society of Experimental Biology), 1994: Vol. 8;A455
Bong Hee Sung, AMER SULEMAN, Paresh Dandona, Joseph L. Izzo Jr. Michael F. Wilson. Normotensive, Noninsulin Dependant Women Exhibit Exaggerated Blood Pressure Response to Mental Stress. FASEB Journal (Journal of Federation of American Society of Experimental Biology) 1994;Vol 8; A943
Bong Hee Sung, Lawrence Golden, Paresh Dandona, Joseph L. Izzo Jr., AMER SULEMAN, Michael F. Wilson. Gender Differences in Blood Pressure Response to Mental Stress and its Implications for Cardiovascular Disease. Proceedings of 3rd International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Amsterdam, July, 1994.
Bong Hee Sung, Lawrence Golden, Paresh Dandona, Joseph L. Izzo Jr., AMER SULEMAN, Michael F. Wilson. Insulin Resistance may Cause Exaggerated Blood Pressure Response to Mental Stress. Proceedings of 3rd International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Amsterdam, July 7, 1994
AMER SULEMAN, Gregory Jones: New Onset Ventricular Tachycardia during Pregnancy; Southern Medical Journal Vol. 89 No. 10 S15 October 1996.
Tansel Turgut, Furrukh Malik, Frank Smart, Dwight Stapleton, AMER SULEMAN, Mandeep Mehra: Agnogenic Leukemia in Heart Transplant Recipient, Southern Medical Journal, Vol. 89 No. 10 S72 October 96.
Bong Hee Sung, Michael F Wilson, Paresh Dandonna, AMER SULEMAN: "Reduction in Cholesterol improves Blood Pressure Response to Mental Stress". Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 1996;141:43
AMER SULEMAN, Saad Rahman, Kartik Patel: Warfarin induced Alopecia treated with Conjugated Estrogens, Southern Medical Journal, Vol. 91 No. 10 S43-44, October 98.
Marilyn K. Aday, AMER SULEMAN, George Marinides, John Raymond: Diagnosis And Treatment Of Diabetic Nephropathy in a Community Hospital, 93rd Annual Session of Southern Medical Association, Dallas Texas, November, 1999
AMER SULEMAN, Faraz Qureshi: Fibromuscular Dysplasia of Renal, Carotid and Iliac Arteries, 93rd Annual Session of Southern Medical Association, Dallas, Texas November, 1999
AMER SULEMAN, Dan G. McBride, Kevin Lowe, Anwar Moryan, Javed Akram: A Case of Pheochromocytoma, 93rd Annual Session of Southern Medical Association, DallasTexas, November, 1999
AMER SULEMAN: " Tachycardia Induced Cardiomyopathy", 94th Annual Session of Southern Medical Association, Orlando, Florida, November, 2000
AMER SULEMAN, Cheryl Myers. Kathryn Vlach,David Steinhaus: "An unusual form of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia" AssociateCompetetionAmericanCollege of Physicians, Missouri Chapter 2000, Judged as the best abstract from Kansas City
AMER SULEMAN, Kathryn Vlach, Keith Hebert, David Steinhaus: "Higher pacing rates increase cardiac output and decrease pulmonary artery diastolic pressure in patients with congestive heart failure" Associate Competetion American College of Physicians, Missouri Chapter 2000
AMER SULEMAN, David Steinhaus, Kathryn Vlach, Kieth Hiebert: Anodal Stimulation, Is t a potential concern during Biventricular pacing? NASPE Annual Session Boston Massachusset, 2001
AMER SULEMAN, Kathryn Vlach, David Steinhaus: Effects of different atrial pacing Sites on far field R wave sensing; NASPE Annual Sessions, Boston Massachussets, 2001 Judged as one of top three abstracts Pfizer Fellow award
AMER SULEMAN, Kathryn Vlach, David Steinhaus: Postural Changes during heart failure: Annual session of Heart Failure Society of America, September 2001/ Awarded Fellows Travel Grant.
David Steinhaus, AMER SULEMAN, Kathryn Vlach, Keith Hebert: " Atrial pacing from different sites": American College of Cardiology Annual sessions, March 2002
Deepak Bhakta, AMER SULEMAN, John Miller: " Activation Mapping of ectopic atrial tachycardia" Heart Rhythm Society Annual Session May 2004
ILLUSTRATION
Amer Suleman : " EKG Quiz" International Journal of Medicine, (Periodical On Line) March 2000.
CLINICAL TRIALS AND INVESTIGATIONS
2003-2004 Principal Investigator, Vibrant Study, Vitatron
2003-2004 Principal Investigator, Life Study, Guidant Corporation
2003-2004 Principal Investigator, REFLUX Study, Guidant Corporation
1999-2000 Investigator, National Asian Indian Heart Disease Project (NAIHDP), University of California at Berkley
1998-2001 Investigator, Treatment of Cholesterol to new target evels (TNT), "The effect of LDL-Cholesterol Lowering Beyond Currently Recommended Minimum Targets on Coronary Heart Disease Occurrence in Patients at High CHD Risk" Parke Davis & Pfizer
1993-94 Co-investigator, "Eight-week Comparative Study of the Percent of Subjects Achieving NCEP LDL-C Goal While on Fluvastatin or Mevacor." Sandoz Pharmaceutical Corporation ($55,000)
1993-94 Collaborator, "An Open Label, Positive-controlled, 48-week,
Multicenter Study of Troglitazone in Patients with Non-insulin Dependant Diabetes Mellitus to Assess Potential Effects on Cardiac Mass and Function." Parke Davis ($245,080)
1990-95 Collaborator, "Caffeine Influences on Exercise and Psychological Stress". NIH-HL 32050 ($1,140,000)
1993-94 Collaborator, "Amlodipine Study for Angina Patients",
Pfizer Labs L-0232 ($28,000)
1993-96 Collaborator, Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival," Zeneca ($75,375)
CEU/CME CREDIT LECTURES
Each of these lectures was worth 1.2 hours of CEU nursing credit and 1 hour of CME (Continuing Medical Education) credit for physicians:
Amer Suleman: EKG Changes in Exercise Stress Testing; Stress Testing Conference, Denton Regional Medical Center (January 6, 1998)
Amer Suleman: EKG Changes in Exercise Testing Part II; Stress Testing Conference, Denton Regional Medical Center, January 13, 1998
Amer Suleman: Basic Ventilation Respiration & Oxygenation; Stress Testing Conference, Denton Regional Medical Center, January 20, 1998
Amer Suleman: Stress Echocardiography; Stress Testing Conference, Denton Regional Medical Center, February 10, 1999
Amer Suleman and Tanveer Qureshi: Anti Arrhythmic Drugs; Nursing teaching conference, Denton Community Hospital, 1998.
Amer Suleman: EKG Interpretation: Stress Testing Conference, Denton Regional Hospital March 10 1998
Amer Suleman and Kyle Heffner: Exercise Stress Testing, EKG Interpretation, Stress Testing Conference, March 24, 1998
Amer Suleman: EKG Interpretation: Stress Testing Conference, April 28, 1998
Amer Suleman: Cardiac Arrhythmias; Stress Testing Conference, June 2, 1998
Amer Suleman: Tilt Table Testing; Stress Testing Conference; Denton Regional Medical Center
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
REGULAR VOLUNTEER, AL-SHIFA CLINIC EULESSTEXAS
(Al-Shifa Clinic is a free medical service provided for minority groups and financially unaffording individuals)
HOBBIES
Chess, Photography, Reading, Poetry, Music
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