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Personal profile
Dr. Nasir received his MD from Pakistan, followed by a MPH at John Hopkins University. Dr. Nasir completed his internal medicine residency at Boston Medical Center and cardiology fellowship at Yale University. He also received postdoctoral research training at the division of cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was recipient of NIH T-32 fellowship in cardiac imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. He recently earned a Master’s degree in Health Economics and Policy Management from London School of Economics & Political Science.
Dr. Nasir serves as Associate Editor for Circulation: Quality of Care and Outcomes, editorial board member for Circulation as well on the board of directors for American Society of Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). He was honored with the Johns Hopkins Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2013, which acknowledges alumni who have typified Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and brought credit to the University by their personal accomplishments, professional achievements, or humanitarian service
Dr. Nasir has over 500 peer-reviewed articles which are published in top journals such as Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Archives of Internal Medicine, Circulation, Journal of American College of Cardiology and European Heart Journal. Dr. Nasir has lectured extensively throughout the world on coronary arthrosclerosis, cardiac imaging and prevention.
Research interests
Dr. Nasir’s area of expertise in preventive cardiology involves the identification of high-risk individuals — those likely to have a heart attack or stroke. His research helps to identify the at-risk population so that treatments may be targeted to them.
Research Area Keywords
- Heart & Vascular
- Outcomes, Quality & Health Care Performance
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Projects
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PREV CARD - Prevalence and Distribution of Lipoproteina Levels in CVD Novartis
Nasir, K. & Cainzos Achirica, M.
12/1/20 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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CMR for COVID Patients
Shah, D. J., Graviss, E. A., Malahfji, M., Nasir, K. & Yang, E. Y.
6/16/20 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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Research Output
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Prognostic value of coronary artery calcium score, area, and density among individuals on statin therapy vs. non-users: The coronary artery calcium consortium
Osei, A. D., Mirbolouk, M., Berman, D., Budoff, M. J., Miedema, M. D., Rozanski, A., Rumberger, J. A., Shaw, L., Al Rifai, M., Dzaye, O., Graham, G. N., Banach, M., Blumenthal, R. S., Dardari, Z. A., Nasir, K. & Blaha, M. J., Jan 2021, In : Atherosclerosis. 316, p. 79-83 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Trends and Predictors of Use of Digital Health Technology in the United States
Mahajan, S., Lu, Y., Spatz, E. S., Nasir, K. & Krumholz, H. M., Jan 2021, In : American Journal of Medicine. 134, 1, p. 129-134 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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2019 clinical trials in lipid lowering
Feldman, D. I., Pacor, J. M., Blumenthal, R. S. & Nasir, K., Jul 1 2020, In : Current Opinion in Cardiology. 35, 4, p. 319-324 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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Absence of Coronary Artery Calcification in Middle-Aged Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients Without Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Mszar, R., Grandhi, G. R., Valero-Elizondo, J., Virani, S. S., Blankstein, R., Blaha, M., Mata, P., Miname, M. H., Al Rasadi, K., Krumholz, H. M., Santos, R. D. & Nasir, K., Apr 1 2020, In : JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 13, 4, p. 1090-1092 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
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All-cause and cause-specific mortality in individuals with zero and minimal coronary artery calcium: A long-term, competing risk analysis in the Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium
Blaha, M. J., Cainzos-Achirica, M., Dardari, Z., Blankstein, R., Shaw, L. J., Rozanski, A., Rumberger, J. A., Dzaye, O., Michos, E. D., Berman, D. S., Budoff, M. J., Miedema, M. D., Blumenthal, R. S. & Nasir, K., Feb 2020, In : Atherosclerosis. 294, p. 72-79 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
3 Scopus citations