Associate Professor Ferhaan Ahmad

Dr. Ahmad received an MD from McGill University, a PhD from Baylor College of Medicine, and postdoctoral training from Harvard Medical School. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa and the Director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Program, which brings together basic scientists at the Carver College of Medicine and clinicians at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) who are focusing on heritable cardiovascular disorders. He directs a laboratory conducting basic and translational research into the genetic and genomic mechanisms underlying inherited cardiovascular disorders, including cardiomyopathies. At the UIHC Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic, an interdisciplinary team evaluates, counsels and treats patients with inherited cardiovascular disorders and their families. He also serves as Director of the UIHC Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program and as Editor-in-Chief of Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine.