Taking Charge of My Cancer

Episode 58 with Dr Mustafa Mohamed Ahmed


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He is passionate about helping heart failure patients author their own story and he is honored to be part of such an amazing team at UF Health. He is an associate professor for the University of Florida’s Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. He specialize in advanced heart failure, ventricular assist devices and transplantation, while serving as the section chief of heart failure and medical director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at UF Health. He wear many hats, including the program director of the cardiovascular disease fellowship at UF.

He attended Johns Hopkins University as an undergraduate and obtained his medical degree at West Virginia University School of Medicine, where He was awarded the Van Liere Research Scholarship and the Harak V Dedhia Medical Student Award. Thereafter, He completed his internship and residency at Thomas Jefferson University. He started his training in cardiovascular medicine at UF, followed by an additional fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplantation while serving as the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) training scholar.
He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease as well as advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. His current research interests include stem cell therapy in heart failure, ideal strategies for pacemakers and defibrillators in LVAD recipients, interventions to reduce bleeding in LVAD patients and the role of spirituality in medical care. He also stay engaged as a member of the Heart Failure Society of America as well as the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Within Gainesville, he is actively engaged in the community, having founded an expense-free medical clinic that received recognition by the Annual Spirit of Gainesville Award in Medicine. In his free time, He enjoys reading fiction, grilling, playing and watching sports, and riding his bicycle.
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Division of Cardiovascular Medicine » College of Medicine » University of Florida (ufl.edu)

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Taking Charge of My CancerBy Derly Munoz