Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD, MMM

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Specialties:

  • Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Internal Medicine

Title:

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Director, Echocardiography Services
  • Medical Director, Non Invasive Diagnostic Services, USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute

Department:

Locations:

Background:

A native of Pakistan, Dr. Naqvi previously taught medicine at UCLA before joining the Keck School of Medicine of USC in 2007. Dr. Naqvi began her career at Cedars-Sinai in 1996 as a staff cardiologist, eventually becoming the center's director of Echocardiography and director of cardiovascular screening and interventional ultrasound. She heads the echocardiography services at the Keck School of Medicine, while also supervising junior faculty and overseeing quality control of echocardiograms. Dr. Naqvi is also responsible for the orientation and evaluation of cardiovascular fellows rotating through echocardiography labs at Keck Hospital of USC. In addition to her extensive research funding and published articles, Dr. Navqi is currently or previously has been a member of 10 professional societies, including the American Heart Association and the Los Angeles Society of Echocardiology, which she serves as president. Among her vast array of honors and awards, Dr. Navqi has been the recipient of the Scientist of the Week Award by the Association for Eradication of Heart Attacks and was written about in a UK publication depicting the Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century.

Education:

  • MBBS, Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, 1984

Internships:

  • Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, Internal Medicine 1984 - 1986
  • Lister Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1991

Residencies:

  • Civil Hospital & Jinnah Central Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1987
  • Worchester Royal Infirmary, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1990
  • SUNY at Stony Brook Health Science Center, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1993

Fellowships:

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cardiopulmonary Disease, 1993 - 1996

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American Society Echocardiography

Awards:

  • Co-author Recipient (Sanjay Kaul) Young Investigator, 1995 Award, AHA sponsored Scientific Conference on the Functional and Structural Aspects of the Vascular Wall, Snowbird Utah, 1995
  • Recipient Laverna Titus Young Investigators Award, Clinical Science, AHA, May 1995 Greater Los Angeles Affiliate, CA, 1995
  • Recipient ACC / Merck Fellowship Award 1996 - 1997, 1996
  • Recipient LASE (LA, Echo Society) Fellowship Award, 1997
  • Biography in Marquis's Who's Who in America, Who's Who in America in Health Care, 2002 - 2006, Who in Women in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, The Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, UK, 2004
  • 20th Annual International Conference on Recent Advances in Echocardiography: Case Studies (Read with the experts) March 6, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana, Won first prize in audience response case presentation, 2004
  • Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians, (FRCP), UK, 2005
  • Scientist of the Week, Association for Eradication of Heart Attacks, 2005
  • Yearly Tubau Fellowship Award, 2007
  • T-E Audiovisual Grant, University of Southern California, 2007

Languages:

  • English