Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1462 Clifton Road NE – Suite 507, Atlanta, GA 30322; Office (404) 727-3655; Fax (404) 712-8785; aquyyum@emory.edu

Dr. Quyyumi is currently a tenured Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine and Co-Director at Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute. He is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Medicine.

He graduated from Guy’s Hospital Medical School in London, England and after accomplishing part of his medicine and cardiology training in London at Guy’s Hospital, Queens’ Square, Royal Free and the National Heart hospitals, he completed his fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University in Boston and at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland. He was a Senior Investigator and director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the Cardiology Branch of the National Institutes of Health for several years before arriving at Emory as Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology.

His research focus over the last 30 years has focused on clinical and translational research in vascular biology, stem cells, and angiogenesis, biomarkers for evaluating cardiovascular risk including proteomics, metabolomics, and genomics. He has performed seminal studies investigating mechanisms of myocardial ischemia including silent and stress-induced ischemia. His current studies include a comprehensive assessment of vascular endothelial function, investigation of novel genetic and protein biomarkers and environmental risks of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and in health disparities. He is also conducting clinical trials with stem/progenitor cells in advanced cardiovascular diseases including peripheral arterial diseases and heart failure.

He has published nearly 400 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and written several book chapters. He has received numerous awards for research, mentorship, and teaching.