Overview
Marwah Abdalla, MD, MPH, is a cardiologist, cardiac intensivist, educator, and scientist with expertise in hypertension, sleep, and cardiovascular health. She is the Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she serves as Director of Education for the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Co-Director of the Columbia Hypertension Center. Her research focuses on improving blood pressure measurement and management, developing and testing next-generation devices and wearables, and examining how sleep and circadian rhythms impact cardiovascular health. Nationally, she has served on several American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guideline and scientific statement writing committees.
Dr. Abdalla received her Medical Degree and Masters in Public Health from Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health. She was an Intern, Resident, and Chief Resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She completed her training as a cardiology Fellow and Chief Fellow at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and echocardiography. She is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Adult Cardiology
- Critical Care Cardiology
- Hypertension
Academic Appointments
- Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medicine
Administrative Titles
- Director of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Education
- Co-Director, ColumbiaDoctors Hypertension Center
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Female
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- MS, Public Health, Yale University
- Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Residency: Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Cardiovascular Disease, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Committees, Societies, Councils
- American College of Cardiology
- 2014 - Present: Council Member, Early Career Academic Working Group
- 2014 - Present: Council Member, Early Career International Working Group
- American Heart Association
- 2019 - Present: Vice Chair, Open Science Committee
- 2016 - Present: Council Member, Scientific Publishing Committee
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
Honors & Awards
- 2022 - 2025: Irving Scholars Program, Columbia University
- 2023: Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
- 2022: VP&S Early Career Physician-Scientists Funding
- 2021 - 2023: Ewig Clinical Education Scholar, Columbia University
- 2021: Daniel V. Kimberg Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia University
- 2021: Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation
- 2020: Fellow, American College of Cardiology
- 2020: Irené Ferrer Scholar Award in Gender-Specific Medicine
- 2018: Fellow, American Heart Association
- 2017: Lewis Katz Cardiovascular Research Prize-Columbia University
- 2012: “Physician of the Year” New York Presbyterian-Columbia University
- 2012: “Up and Coming, Future Stars of Cardiology”-Cardiosource Magazine
- 2012: Columbia University Medical House Staff Fellow Award for Outstanding Teaching
Research
Dr. Abdalla's clinical research focuses on understanding the mechanistic link between hypertension, target organ damage, and cardiovascular disease outcomes. This research includes work on out-of-office blood pressure assessment, abnormal ambulatory blood pressure phenotypes including masked hypertension and nocturnal hypertension, and sleep disorders.
Selected Publications
1. Abdalla, M., Akwo, E., Bluemke, D, Lima, JAC, Shimbo, D, Maurer, M, Bertoni, A. Association between Reduced Myocardial Contraction Fraction and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. International Journal of Cardiology, 2019 Jul 11. pii: S0167-5273(19)30083-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.07.040.
2. Anstey, DE, Tanner, RM, Booth, JN, Bress, AP, Diaz, KM, Sims, M, Ogedegbe, O, Muntner, P, Abdalla, M. Inappropriate Left Ventricular Mass and Cardiovascular Disease Events in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study, J Am Heart Assoc, in press 2019.
3. Abdalla, M., Booth, JN., Seals, SR., Spruill, TM., Viera, AJ., Diaz, KM., Sims, M., Muntner, P., Shimbo, D. Masked Hypertension and Incident Hypertension among Blacks in the Jackson Heart Study. Hypertension, 2016. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06904
4. Abdalla, M., Booth, JN., Diaz, KM., Sims, M., Muntner, P., Shimbo, D. Hypertension and Alterations in Left Ventricular Geometry in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 2016 Jun 2. pii: S1933-1711(16)30324-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2016.05.010.
5. Abdalla, M., Kovach, N., Liu, C., Damp, J.B., Jahangir, E., Hilliard, A., Gopinathannair, R., Abu-Fadel, M.S., El Chami, M.F., Gafoor, S., Vedanthan, R., Sanchez-Shields, M., George, JC., Priester, T., Alasnag, M., Barker, C., Freeman, A.M. The Importance of Global Health Experiences in the Development of New Cardiologists. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2015 Dec 24. pii: S0735-1097(15)07529-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.089.
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov