Dr. Hisham Ahamed

Dr Hisham Ahamed completed his medical degree from J.S.S Medical College, Mysore and was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Gold Medal for the highest aggregate marks in pathology during his training. He subsequently went on to pursue a career in internal medicine at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai which is one of the largest tertiary care referral centers in South India. He successfully completed his internal medicine residency program at Chennai in 2008 and received the Gold Medal for the best outgoing resident in internal medicine. Having decided to focus on cardiovascular medicine, he joined the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, which had one of the most prestigious cardiovascular training programs in the country. During his cardiology training, he also received the Gold Medal for the best academic performance amongst cardiology residents. Dr Hisham went on to complete an interventional cardiology fellowship at Amrita and has been a permanent faculty at the institute since 2012. He has also obtained a fellowship in advanced cardiovascular imaging (cardiovascular MRI) from Lisbon and is actively involved in managing the advanced cardiovascular imaging protocols at Amrita.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other inherited cardiomyopathies are a key area of research for Dr Hisham. In 2013, under the mentorship of Dr Barry.J.Maron from Tufts HCM Center in Boston, he was able to establish the first and largest center of excellence in India, with respect to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kochi. It has now become the preferred destination for HCM patients all across India for their comprehensive evaluation and management needs. The Amrita HCM center is complimented by a state-of-the-art cardiovascular genomics division which is lead by Dr Hisham. He was also instrumental in establishing the first cardio-oncology division in India at the Amrita Institute, which offers a holistic approach and state of the art evaluation protocols which identifies the cardiovascular risk factors of cancer patients. This was established under the umbrella of the International Cardio-Oncology Society (ICOS).

Dr Hisham currently serves as the director of the Amrita HCM center, the co-director of the Amrita Amyloid Center and the clinical lead of cardiovascular genomics in his capacity as associate professor of cardiology and internal medicine at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kochi.

• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 
•  Cardiovascular genetics 
• Cardiac Amyloidosis 
• Advanced Cardiac Imaging - Cardiac MRI with multiparametric mapping 
• Interventional Cardiology 
• Inherited Cardiovascular Disease

• Malayalam 
• English 
• Hindi 
• Tamil 

• Awarded the Gold Medal for "The Best Outgoing Candidate - Academic Performance" from Sri Ramachandra University and Hospital 
• Awarded the best-case presentation for " A case of reactive thrombocytosis " during monthly hospital multi-speciality meet ( 2005 ) Amrita Hospital, Kochi 
• Awarded the Gold Medal for "The best academic performance in DM Cardiology" during the university examinations conducted in 2012 
• Amrita Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry and Clinic
  Project Lead, Amrita Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry and Clinic
  Founded the Amrita Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry and Clinic in 2013. This was the first comprehensive center of excellence for HCM care in India. This was established with mentorship under Dr Barry.J.Maron and Dr Martin.S. Maron from Tuft's HCM Center, Boston.
  (References : Importance and feasibility of creating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy centers in developing countries: the experience in India. Maron BJ. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Jul 15;116(2):332-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.04.027. Epub 2015 Apr 18.)
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Summit VI, Boston, USA
  Speaker : " HCM in the Developing World "
  Was an invited speaker : International Summit VI: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – A Contemporary and Treatable Genetic Disease: Diagnosis, Heart Failure Management, and Prevention of Sudden Death, held in Boston, MA, October 27-29, 2017, at the Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center. Spoke on "HCM in the developing world"and was the only invited speaker from the South Asian region.
• Chapter Author : "Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy" in Tandon's Textbook of Cardiology (2018)
  Chapter Author : "Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy" in Tandon's Textbook of Cardiology (2018)
  Co-authors : Dr Barry.J.Maron and Dr Martin.S.Maron
• National Cardio-Oncology Summit, 2017
  • Co-Founded India's first National Cardio- Oncology Society in 2017 (Secretary of the NCOS)
  • Co-Founded India's first National Cardio-Oncology Summit in 2017 (Ramada Hotel, 2017) under the auspices of Canadian Cardio Oncology Society and International Cardio-Oncology Society
  • Co-Director of the very first dedicated Cardio-Oncology service at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kochi
  • Organizing Secretary of India's first National Cardio-Oncology Summit at Ramada Hotel and Resorts, 2017 under the auspices of Canadian Cardio Oncology Society and International Cardio-Oncology Society
• ICCG : Brisbane, Australia 2018
  International Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics , Brisbane (2018)
  Presented 3 cardiovascular genomics papers at the ICCG, 2018 held at Brisbane:
  • Clinical outcome and phenotypic expression of PRKAG2 Cardiomyopathy
  • Familial Non- Syndromic Thoracic Aortic Dissection and Thoracic Aneurysm with an MYH 11 mutation
  • Clinical Profile of a Large Family with Familial HCM and Sudden Cardiac Death with an Alpha- Tropomyosin mutation
• Annual Kerala State Echocardiography Meet, 2017
  Organizing secretary of the Kerala Chapter of the Annual Indian Academy of Echocardiography Meet in 2017 (Ramada Hotel, Kochi)
• Annual Indian Academy of Echocardiography (2016) at Madurai
  Best Case presentation - Award session
  Won the award for best case presentation at Annual Indian Academy of Echocardiography meeting at Madurai ( 2016 ) for "Carcinoid Heart Disease : Flushing out the diagnosis"
• Case Presentation : Awards Session (CSI HFCON 2019)
  PRKAG2 Cardiomyopathy : A South Asian Cohort
  Presented the paper : PRKAG2 Cardiomyopathy : A South Asian Cohort at National CSI HFCON, 2019 during the Awards Session.
• Amrita Cardiovascular Genomics Service, 2015
  Founded the Amrita Cardiovascular Genomics Service, the first dedicated cardiovascular genomics service in the region. The service addresses all aspects of evaluation of inherited cardiovascular disease of patients and family screening along with advanced next generation sequencing and genetic counseling.
• Amrita Amyloid Center, 2023
  Organised the Amrita Amyloid Summit, India’s first Amyloid summit, with Dr Ron Witteles (Director, Stanford Amyloid Center). Formally established the Amrita Amyloid Center, the first Amyloid center of excellence in the region.