Mohamed H Hamdan, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
John and June B. Hartman Research Endowed Professorship
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
 

	Contact	Appointments: (801) 587-5888 Administrative:(801) 581-7715 Fax: (801)581-7735 Email Dr. Hamdan
	Office	Division of Cardiology University of Utah School of Medicine, Room 4A148
Education	College: Carmel St. Joseph, Baccalaureate (1980) American University of Beirut, Bachelor of Science(1983) Medical School: American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon Doctor of Medicine (1987) PostGraduate Training: 7/89-6/92 Residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 7/92-6/94 Fellowship in Cardiology at Stanford University Hospital 7/94-6/96 Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of California, San Francisco
Faculty Positions:	1997 Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 2001 Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2002) 2005 Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Utah Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical Specialty:	Electrophysiology Cardiology
Recent Publications:	Hamdan, M., Joglar, J. Page, R., Sheehan, C., Zagrodzky, J., Wasmund, S., and Smith, M: Baroreflex gain correlates with blood pressure recovery during simulated ventricular tachycardia in humans. Circulation 1999; 100:381-386. Hamdan, M., Page, R., Sheehan, C., Zagrodzky, J., Wasmund, S., Joglar, J., and Smith, M: Increased sympathetic activity following AV junction ablation in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2000;36(1):151-158. Hamdan, M., Zagrodzky, J., Joglar, J., Sheehan, C., Ramaswamy, K., Erdner, J., Page, R., and Smith, M: Biventricular pacing decreases sympathetic activity compared to right ventricular pacing in patients with depressed ejection fraction. Circulation 2000:102:1027-1032. Hamdan, M., Zagrodzky, J., Page, R., Joglar, J., Wasmund, S., Sheehan, C., Adamson, M., and Smith, M: The effect of P wave timing during supraventricular tachycardia on the hemodynamic and sympathetic neural response. Circulation 2001:103:96-101. Takata, T., Wasmund, S., Smith, M., Li J., Joglar, J., Kowal, R., Page, R., and Hamdan, M: Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (Paxil) does not prevent the vasovagal reaction associated with carotid sinus massage and/or lower body negative pressure in healthy volunteers. Circulation 2002;106(12):1500-1504. Wasmund, S., Li, J., Page, R., Joglar, J., Kowal, R., Smith, M., and Hamdan, M: The effect of atrial fibrillation and an irregular ventricular response on sympathetic nerve activity in human subjects. Circulation 2003:107(15):2011-5. Kowal, R., Wasmund, S., Smith, M., Sharma, N., Carayannopoulos, G., Le, Brian, Cogan, J., Kizilbash, A., Joglar, J., Hamdan, M: Biventricular Pacing Reduces the Induction of Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: A Potential Mechanism for Arrhythmia Suppression. Heart Rhythm 2004:3, 295-300. Lux, R., and Hamdan, M: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and the Arrhythmogenic Substrate. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (In Press).