
Consultant interventional cardiologist with 13 years' expertise in complex coronary and peripheral procedures
Experience
13 years
Languages
Arabic, English
Location
Al Nahda, Dubai
Sees
adults, seniors
Dr. Mahmoud Farouk is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah, with over 13 years of clinical experience. He holds a medical degree, master's, and doctorate in cardiovascular medicine from Cairo University, Egypt, and completed a three-year clinical fellowship in complex coronary and peripheral intervention at Careggi Hospital, Florence University Hospital, Italy. He is licensed by the UAE Ministry of Health, DHA, and DHCC.
Dr. Farouk specializes in complex coronary interventions, including chronic total occlusions and calcified lesions, as well as peripheral vascular procedures. He manages heart failure, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, and performs cardiac imaging (echocardiography), stress testing, and heart rhythm monitoring. He is experienced in implanting pacemakers, defibrillators, and other cardiac devices, and treats blood clots in the veins and lungs.
He brings a background in academic medicine, having served as Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Cairo University and as Head of Cardiology at multiple hospitals in the UAE and Egypt. Dr. Farouk is fluent in English and Arabic and is a good choice for patients needing advanced interventional cardiac procedures or management of complex heart conditions.
Special interests: diagnosis and management of heart failure, hypertension, and high cholesterol, transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac imaging, exercise stress testing and ambulatory monitoring, complex coronary interventions including calcified and bifurcation lesions, cardiac device implantation, peripheral vascular disease management, acute and chronic venous and pulmonary thrombosis.
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Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS)
Cairo University, Egypt
Master's Degree in Cardiovascular Medicine
Cairo University, Egypt
Doctorate in Cardiovascular Medicine (PhD)
Cairo University, Egypt
Fellowship in Complex Coronary and Peripheral Intervention
Careggi Hospital, Florence University Hospital, Italy
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology Department
Amina Hospital, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Assistant Professor of Cardiology
Cairo University, Egypt
20 publications listed on their hospital profile.
Consultations are available in Arabic, English.
Zulekha Hospital — Sharjah, Al Nahda, Dubai.
This doctor primarily sees adults and seniors.
Commonly treated: Acute Coronary Syndrome, Bifurcation Lesions, Calcified Coronary Lesions, Chronic Total Occlusions, Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Irregular Heartbeat.
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